Men's tennis is heading back to Eastbourne in 2017 as part of a pre-Wimbledon grass court reshuffle.

A joint event was held at Devonshire Park the week before Wimbledon between 2009 and 2014, and the Lawn Tennis Association has announced that the men's ATP 250 tournament will leave Nottingham after only two years to return to Sussex.

The women's tournament, the flagship event of the Wimbledon run-in, will feature a 48-player main draw with a 28-player draw contesting the men's event.

Nottingham will keep its WTA event and, in partnership with Nottingham City Council, the LTA will stage a men's Challenger Tour tournament in the same week.

The LTA is also doubling prize money at the second-tier Surbiton, Manchester and Ilkley tournaments from US dollars 300,000 (£213,250) to more than 600,000 USD (£426,500) in 2017.

LTA chief executive Michael Downey said: ''This is all about delivering a bigger and better set of grass-court tournaments for the players and our fans.

''It represents another major step in the evolution of the British grass-court circuit.''