2021 Open Angers Arena Loire

The 2021 Open Angers Arena Loire was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament and part of the 2021 WTA 125 tournaments season, offering a total of $115,000 in prize money. It took place in Angers, France from 6 to 12 December 2021.^[1]

2021 Open Angers Arena Loire
Date	6 – 12 December
Edition	1st
Category	WTA 125
Draw	32S / 8D
Prize money	$115,000
Surface	Hard (Indoor)
Location	Angers, France
Venue	Arena Loire
Champions
Singles
Vitalia Diatchenko
Doubles
Tereza Mihalíková / Greet Minnen

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
UKR	Anhelina Kalinina	52	1
CHN	Zhang Shuai	62	2
BEL	Greet Minnen	75	3
FRA	Clara Burel	77	4
RUS	Varvara Gracheva	79	5
RUS	Vera Zvonareva	87	6
FRA	Océane Dodin	90	7
FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	93	8
UKR	Dayana Yastremska	100	9

• ¹ Rankings as of 29 November 2021.^[2]

Other entrants

The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:

• Elsa Jacquemot
• Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva
• Mallaurie Noël
• Jessika Ponchet

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Isabella Shinikova
• Natalia Vikhlyantseva
• Daniela Vismane
• Yuan Yue

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Vitalia Diatchenko
• Martina Di Giuseppe

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Mihaela Buzărnescu → replaced by Mariam Bolkvadze
• Alizé Cornet → replaced by Tamara Korpatsch
• Jaqueline Cristian → replaced by Ankita Raina
• Olga Danilović → replaced by Leonie Küng
• Anhelina Kalinina → replaced by Vitalia Diatchenko
• Jule Niemeier → replaced by Ylena In-Albon
• Viktoriya Tomova → replaced by Anna Blinkova
• Dayana Yastremska → replaced by Martina Di Giuseppe
• Maryna Zanevska → replaced by Julia Grabher
• Zheng Qinwen → replaced by Cristina Bucșa

Doubles entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ROU	Monica Niculescu	RUS	Vera Zvonareva	93	1
RUS	Anna Blinkova	SRB	Nina Stojanović	107	2

• ¹ Rankings as of 29 November 2021.

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2021 Open Angers Arena Loire – Singles

• Vitalia Diatchenko def Zhang Shuai 6–0, 6–4

Doubles

Main article: 2021 Open Angers Arena Loire – Doubles

• Tereza Mihalíková / Greet Minnen def Monica Niculescu / Vera Zvonareva 4–6, 6–1, [10–8]