Scottish number one Elena Baltacha is seeded eighth for this week's $75,000 event in Shrewsbury.

Baltacha, currently ranked at 128 in the world, is the top-ranked British player at the event.

She opens against England's Amanda Elliott, a played almost 200 places below her in the world rankings.

Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson, the world number 57, is top seed and she faces Italy's Astrid Besser in her first round match.