The 2021 Play In Challenger was a professional

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tournament played on indoor

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. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

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, France, between 22 and 28 March 2021.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 15 March 2021.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Arthur Cazaux Arthur Cazaux (; born 23 August 2002) is a French tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 126 achieved on 14 August 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 430, achieved of 1 November 2021. Cazau ...

Evan Furness Evan Furness (born 13 August 1998) is a French professional tennis player. Furness has a career high ATP singles ranking of 197, achieved on 2 October 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 513, achieved on 27 May 2019. Furness ...

* Lilian Marmousez The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Dustin Brown The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: *

Maxime Hamou Maxime Hamou (born 8 June 1995) is a French tennis player. Hamou has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 211, achieved in July 2015 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 744, achieved in July 2016. Hamou achieved a career-high ITF j ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Zizou Bergs Zizou Bergs (born 3 June 1999) is a Belgian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 128 achieved on 26 September 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 449 achieved on 25 Octob ...

* Jurgen Briand * Baptiste Crepatte * Matteo Martineau The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *

Filip Cristian Jianu Filip Cristian Jianu (born 18 September 2001) is a Romanian tennis player. Jianu has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 284 achieved on 15 August 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 639 achieved on 28 November 2022. Jianu has a career high ...

Champions

Singles

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Grégoire Barrère Grégoire Barrère (; born 16 February 1994) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 80 achieved on 7 October 2019. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 161 achieved on 26 April 2021 ...

4–6, 6–1, 7–6^(7–5).

Doubles

Benjamin Bonzi Benjamin Bonzi (; born 9 June 1996) is a French professional tennis player. Bonzi has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 44 achieved on 18 July 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 124 achieved on 15 August 20 ...

Antoine Hoang Antoine Hoang (born 4 November 1995) is a French tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 98 achieved on 19 August 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 132 achieved on 18 October 2021. Professio ...

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Dan Added Dan Added (born 13 April 1999) is a French professional tennis player. Added has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 270 achieved on 14 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 122 achieved on 16 January 2023. Ad ...

Michael Geerts Michael Geerts (born 17 January 1995) is a Belgian tennis player. Geerts has a career high ATP singles ranking of 212 achieved on 3 April 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 162 achieved on 17 October 2022. Geerts competes ma ...

6–3, 6–1.

References

External links

Official Website
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