Andy Roddick will attempt to win a record fifth AEGON Championships title at Queen's Club in June. The American - champion in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007 - is the latest top-10 star to sign up after Rafael Nadal and Juan Martin Del Potro confirmed their entries earlier this month.
Roddick was forced to withdraw from his semi-final against James Blake last year with an ankle injury but went on to put in his best performance at Wimbledon, losing to Roger Federer in an epic five-set final after beating Queen's champion Andy Murray in the last four. The 27-year-old has carried that form into 2010 and has won 20 matches already - more than anyone else on the ATP World Tour.
Roddick said: "I love the whole month in London. Over the years I've had a lot of success at The Queen's Club and I still say it's the best grass court in the world.
"It plays perfectly and so the AEGON Championships is a great way to prepare for Wimbledon."
Last year's heartbreaking SW19 defeat was the third time Roddick had been beaten by Federer in the final, but the world number eight believes 2010 could finally be his year.
"If you look at my grass court season (in 2009) as a whole, it went well," he continued. "Wimbledon was a very good event for me. I would have loved to have changed the last five minutes of it but I look forward to another opportunity.
"The more you distance yourself from it, the more you start remembering the better things about it.
"I promise you, I wish more than anything that I would have won that tournament but I'm still going to move on and keep going with the plan that we've set in place, because I feel like it is working.
"I'll always want to win that tournament and I view last year as something to build on.
Roddick was forced to withdraw from his semi-final against James Blake last year with an ankle injury but went on to put in his best performance at Wimbledon, losing to Roger Federer in an epic five-set final after beating Queen's champion Andy Murray in the last four. The 27-year-old has carried that form into 2010 and has won 20 matches already - more than anyone else on the ATP World Tour.Roddick said: "I love the whole month in London. Over the years I've had a lot of success at The Queen's Club and I still say it's the best grass court in the world.
"It plays perfectly and so the AEGON Championships is a great way to prepare for Wimbledon."
Last year's heartbreaking SW19 defeat was the third time Roddick had been beaten by Federer in the final, but the world number eight believes 2010 could finally be his year.
"If you look at my grass court season (in 2009) as a whole, it went well," he continued. "Wimbledon was a very good event for me. I would have loved to have changed the last five minutes of it but I look forward to another opportunity.
"The more you distance yourself from it, the more you start remembering the better things about it.
"I promise you, I wish more than anything that I would have won that tournament but I'm still going to move on and keep going with the plan that we've set in place, because I feel like it is working.
"I'll always want to win that tournament and I view last year as something to build on.