The world men's tennis number 10 Nicolas Almagro will play in the Heineken Open tournament in Auckland in January.
He joins fellow Spaniards, current world number five and defending champion David Ferrer and former world number seven Fernando Verdasco, as three of the top ranking players for the Open.
Almagro will make his sixth appearance in Auckland having won three ATP tournaments this year.
He made the semi-finals this year.
Almagro has 10 singles titles to his name - all on his favoured clay surface.
The full field for the Heineken Open will be announced on November 30th.
