The song, entitled A Racket In Hand, has been written and performed by British songwriter Alexander Joseph, a strength and conditioning coach for the Tennis Foundation of Great Britain and who is Whiley’s coach.

All proceeds from the anthem will go towards the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Development Fund, which aims to establish sustainable development programmes in nations across the world in a bid to enhance the growth of the sport.

It provides tennis equipment to lesser-developed countries and identifies local stakeholders who can further help the development of wheelchair tennis.

“I’ve been a singer my whole life, but not many people know about it,” Whiley, winner of the US Open singles title last year and who partnered Japan’s Yui Kamiji to the women’s doubles Grand Slam in 2014, said.

“It was great to work on the record with one of my coaches.

“This anthem will be pushed out all the way to Rio [2016] to raise awareness of wheelchair tennis.

“People can buy it and all the money goes back into the sport.”

Wheelchair tennis was officially founded by American Brad Parks after he was injured during a freestyle skiing competition when he was 18 and began playing the sport at recreational level, in 1976.

Parks and other disabled athletes continued playing wheelchair tennis and the first tournament was held a year later.

From its humble roots, the sport began to grow and was accepted onto the Paralympic Games programme for Barcelona 1992 and became fully integrated into the ITF in 1998.

There are now 150 tournaments held in more than 40 countries across the world.

“Music and sport will always be a big part of who I am,” Joseph, who has also worked in skeleton and wheelchair basketball, said.

“They are an incredible way of connecting people and have the power to inspire change.”

The song, which costs £0.99 ($1.39/€1.23) can be bought by clicking here.