Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova will team up to play in the women's senior doubles at Wimbledon this year.
The duo, who were once ranked as the No 1 doubles team in the world, are likely to be strong favourites to win the invitiational event at SW19.
Hingis and Kournikova won the Australian Open women's doubles title in 1999 and three years later in 2002.
Hingis, 29, won five Grand Slam singles crowns before retiring in 2007, when she was suspended for two years for testing positive for cocaine at Wimbledon.
She denied taking the drug but did not appeal the ban, which ended last September but has not ruled out the possibility of playing some more doubles on the WTA tour.
Kournikova, 28, reached the Wimbledon singles semi-finals in 1997 but has not played regularly on the WTA Tour in seven years.
"I'm so excited to be returning to the UK to play doubles with Martina again," said Kournikova.
"This tournament has always held a special place in my heart, and it will be a great honor to play on the courts of Wimbledon again. I'm looking forward to having a lot of fun.
"Anna and I have had a lot of success together and I look forward to being reunited with her at Wimbledon," said Hingis.
"Having won singles in 1997 and doubles in 1996 and 1998, I am excited about returning to the place where I have had some of the best memories of my career."
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