The 2011 Open GDF Suez Nantes Atlantique was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Nantes, France between 31 October and 6 November 2011.
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 France | Pauline Parmentier | 66 | 1 | |
 United Kingdom | Heather Watson | 87 | 2 | |
| France | Alizé Cornet | 94 | 3 | |
| France | Stéphanie Foretz Gacon | 97 | 4 | |
| France | Iryna Brémond | 100 | 5 | |
 Russian Federation | Valeria Savinykh | 116 | 6 | |
 Spain | Arantxa Parra Santonja | 118 | 7 | |
| Russian Federation | Alexandra Panova | 122 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
Julie Coin Anaïs Laurendon Chloé Paquet Alice TissetThe following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
See main article: 2011 Open GDF Suez Nantes Atlantique – Singles. 
Alison Riske def. Iryna Brémond, 6 - 1, 6 - 4
See main article: 2011 Open GDF Suez Nantes Atlantique – Doubles. Stéphanie Foretz Gacon / Kristina Mladenovic def. Julie Coin / 
Eva Hrdinová, 6 - 0, 6 - 4
