Myskina, the 2004 French Open titlist, will be the latest addition to the list of Grand Slam champions to have played on Indian soil in a professional event after she confirmed her participation in the Tier 3 event scheduled for September 19-25.
Boris Becker, Patrick Rafter and Carlos Moya, past men's Grand Slam champions, have played at the ATP Tour event in Chennai.
Among women, Mary Pierce and the legendary Martina Navratilova wielded the racquet at the WTA Tour event in Hyderabad in the recent past.
Myskina was the first Russian woman to win a Grand Slam title and has been ranked as high as number two not too long ago. Her career earnings total over USD 4.4 million.
She also led Russia to Fed Cup victory in 2004.
"This will be my first visit to India and I am really excited to be part of this event," Myskina said in a statement by Globosport, organisers of the event.
Grand Slam champion Mahesh Bhupathi, Managing Director of Globosport, said "the WTA Tour is presently dominated by amazing Russians and Myskina was the first female Russian player who started this trend with her victory in French Open 2004.
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