Italy’s world number eight Musetti will attempt to go one better after losing to Paul in last year’s final, while Australia’s ninth-ranked De Minaur lost to Alcaraz in the 2023 showpiece.
Two rising stars in the men’s game are also set to compete this year in Czech 19-year-old Jakub Mensik – who won the Miami Open in March – and French 21-year-old Giovanni Mpetshi-Perricard.
Queen’s will also host a women’s tournament for the first time since 1973.
That takes place the week before the men’s event and will feature British number one Katie Boulter and former US Open champion Emma Raducanu.
Britain’s leading players including Draper, Boulter, Alfie Hewett, Gordon Reid and Lucy Shuker have written to the UK Prime Minister asking for continued investment into tennis, padel and multi-sport facilities across Britain.
In the letter, the players called on the government to continue “to invest into facilities, to ensure that every community across our nation has the opportunity to pick up a racquet and get active year-round, and to support the next generation of British players”.
