ANDY MURRAY is among eight of the world's top 13 players to have been included on the official entry list for the Aegon Championships at Queen's this summer.

Murray will join Rafael Nadal, Milos Raonic, Stan Wawrinka, Marin Cilic, Grigor Dimitrov, Feliciano Lopez and Gilles Simon at the grass-court tournament in June, which will serve as a warm-up event for Wimbledon.

American number one John Isner and 20-year-old Australian Nick Kyrgios will also compete while four-time winner Lleyton Hewitt has been given a wild card for his 16th and final appearance before retiring next year.

Hewitt is one of three Wimbledon champions in the draw, with Nadal and Murray both triumphing in 2008 and 2013 respectively, having also won Queen's in the same year.

Tournament director Stephen Farrow said: "To see such a strong, confirmed entry for the Aegon Championships is a huge thrill for everyone involved in the tournament, and fantastic news for our ticket-holders.

"The Aegon Championships is an ATP-500 event for the first time this year, and we are determined to exceed the standards we set in being voted ATP-250 tournament of the year by the players the past two years."

Dimitrov is the reigning champion at Queen's after he defeated Lopez in the 2014 final.