Lexus Eastbourne Open 2025: Leading Brits Reid, Lapthorne, Slade & Shuker confirmed among world-class wheelchair entry list

For the second successive year the Lexus Eastbourne Open will feature men’s, women’s and quad wheelchair draws during the British grass court summer swing, with many of the players going on to contest the Lexus British Open Roehampton the following week (1-4 July) in the lead up to the wheelchair events at The Championships, Wimbledon. 

World No.5 Reid is one of two Brits among the direct acceptances in a men’s singles entry that features four top 10 players, including fellow Paris 2024 Paralympic medallists Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina and Daniel Caverzaschi of Spain. British No.3 Ben Bartram returns to Eastbourne for the second successive year.

British No.1 and world No.5 Lapthorne beat Slade in the Eastbourne quad singles final in 2023 before teaming up to win the quad doubles title. They then went on to claim quad doubles silver medal at Paris 2024.

Lapthorne also beat then world No.1 Sam Schroder of the Netherlands in last year’s singles semi-finals, with Schroder and fellow Dutchman Niels Vink also joining the Brit in this year's confirmed entry list.

Oliver Cox and Gary Cox (no relation) complete a four-strong British entry for the quad singles and doubles.

World No.3 and two-time Paris 2024 silver medallist Diede de Groot joins world No.7 Jiske Griffioen among five top 10 players entered for the women’s singles. The two Dutch players return to Eastbourne after each winning the women’s title in 2023 and 2024, respectively.

British No.1 Shuker is set to return to Eastbourne for the fourth successive year after winning her first grass court title in Eastbourne last year when partnering Griffioen to victory in the women’s doubles. Shuker is joined by British No.2 Cornelia Oosthuizen.

Kirsty Thomson, LTA Tournament Director, said: “We are delighted with the exceptional strength and quality across of each of the wheelchair draws for the 2025 Lexus Eastbourne Open as this current era of international grass court wheelchair tennis at the LTA’s major events continues to inspire new players and new fans.

"With the Lexus British Open Roehampton and Wimbledon coming up we have an amazing summer of wheelchair tennis ahead.”

This summer will also feature a number of exhibition events across the LTA’s major event calendar, showcasing different formats of tennis at some of the game’s biggest stages.

At the HSBC Championships at the Queen’s Club, a wheelchair tennis exhibition will feature for the second year running, while there will also be a wheelchair tennis exhibition at the Lexus Nottingham Open.