The draw for the competition was held at the top of the ArcelorMittal Orbit and saw Kamiji, who became the first non-Dutch player to win the women's singles title in NEC Masters history last year, and Britain's Whiley, drawn with Germany's Sabine Ellerbrock and Dutch former finalist Sharon Walraven in Pool A for the three days of round-robin competition.

"After our great year together as doubles partners it is not what I wanted, to have to play Jordanne in my first match," said world number one Kamiji.

"It will be a tough match for both of us."

The 2012 finalists, Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot, have been drawn alongside fellow Dutch player Marjolein Buis and South Africa's Kgothatso Montjane in Pool B of the women's singles.

Japanese world number one Shingo Kunieda will face 2009 champion Maikel Scheffers of The Netherlands in his opening men's singles Pool A match.

Argentina's world number four Gustavo Fernandez has also been drawn in the same pool, along with Kunieda's compatriot and Masters debutant Takashi Sanada.

"The draw does not really matter to me, all matches are tough here and I just want to be able to progress," said Kunieda.

Japanese world number one Shingo Kunieda starts his campaign against 2009 champion Maikel Scheffers ©Getty Images



Britain's world number three Gordon Reid, the only player to have beaten Kunieda this season, joins French pair Stéphane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer, and Belgium's 2013 runner-up Joachim Gérard in Pool B. 

The top two players in each Pool after the three days of round-robin competition in the women's and men's singles will go forward to the semi-finals on Saturday (November 29).

With the top two players after the four-way round-robin phase of the quad singles going forward to the final on Saturday, American world number one and reigning champion David Wagner will begin his title defence today against South Africa's Lucas Sithole in a rematch of the 2013 Masters final.

Elsewhere, Britain's world number two Andy Lapthorne plays Australia's Dylan Alcott in a rematch of last weekend's Nottingham Indoor final.

"This is the Masters, the world's best are here and there are no easy matches," said Wagner.

"Each day I will just go out and play my best and if I play my best, that's all I can do,"

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