2021 Open Angers Arena Loire Explained

Date:	6 – 12 December
Edition:	1st
Draw:	32S / 8D
Category:	WTA 125
Location:	Angers, France
Venue:	Arena Loire
Surface:	Hard (Indoor)
Prize Money:	$115,000
Champs:	Vitalia Diatchenko
Champd:	Tereza Mihalíková / Greet Minnen

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]

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Ukraine	Anhelina Kalinina	52	1
China	Zhang Shuai	62	2
Belgium	Greet Minnen	75	3
France	Clara Burel	77	4
Russian Federation	Varvara Gracheva	79	5
Russian Federation	Vera Zvonareva	87	6
France	Océane Dodin	90	7
France	Kristina Mladenovic	93	8
Ukraine	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	Rank^1	Seed
Romania	Monica Niculescu	Russian Federation	Vera Zvonareva	93	1
Russian Federation	Anna Blinkova	Serbia	Nina Stojanović	107	2

• ¹ Rankings as of 29 November 2021.

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2021 Open Angers Arena Loire – Singles.

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

Doubles

See main article: 2021 Open Angers Arena Loire – Doubles.

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

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Open Angers Area Loire Overview. wtatennis.com.
2. Web site: Open Angers Area Loire Player List. wtatennis.com.