She was also already confirmed for the women’s doubles where she will play alongside Katie Boulter in what will be Watson’s fourth Olympic Games.

The tennis draw was made at Roland Garos earlier today.

Watson and Salisbury will play Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Félix Auger Aliassime.

Watson and Boulter will play Germany’s Angelique Kerber and Laura Siegemund, with the number six seeds potentially lying in wait in round two should they win.

There is a strong entry list for the mixed, with 15 Top 10 players in either the singles or doubles scheduled to play.

Men’s singles Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Alexander Zverev partners Laura Siegemund, while Olympic debutants Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz will represent USA.

Laura Siegemund / Alexander Zverev (Germany) [1]
Coco Gauff / Taylor Fritz (USA) [2]
Ellen Perez / Matthew Ebden (Australia) [3]
Maria Sakkari / Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) [4]
Gabriela Dabrowski / Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada)
Sara Errani / Andrea Vavassori (Italy)
Sara Sorribes Tormo / Marcel Granollers (Spain)
Elena Rybakina / Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan)
Donna Vekic / Mate Pavic (Croatia)
Caroline Garcia / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France)
Mirra Andreeva / Daniil Medvedev (AIN)
Zheng Qinwen / Zhang Zhizhen (China, P.R.)
Katerina Siniakova / Tomas Machac (Czechia)
Demi Schuurs / Wesley Koolhof (Netherlands)
Heather Watson / Joe Salisbury (Great Britain)
Ena Shibahara / Kei Nishikori (Japan)

Play in the women’s doubles begins on Saturday 27 July and the mixed doubles gets underway on Monday 29 July.