The 91^st edition of the 2021 French Senior Championships took place on the weekend of the 18th/19th at the Glaz Arena in Cesson-Sévigné.

Team Cornilleau was widely represented by 12 players: Stéphanie Loeuillette, Camille Lutz, Charlotte Lutz, Rheann Chung, Can Akkuzu, Romain Lorentz, Grégoire Jean, Paul Gauzy, Thibault Poret, Damien Llorca, Thomas le Breton, and Jules Cavaillé.

First day of competition for players from all over France attempting to win the 5 titles at stake in these championships: Men's Singles, Women's Singles, Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles, and Mixed Doubles.

After a victory against Clément Chobeau, Thomas Le Breton lost to Abdel Kader Salifou.

The match between Paul Gauzy and Jules Cavaille saw Paul Gauzy emerge victorious. He then lost to Stéphane Ouaiche in the round of 32.

Amiens player Grégoire Jean made a successful entry into these French Championships by winning his round of 64 match against Bastien Dupont. In the round of 32, he faced 10th seed Mehdi Bouloussa and, despite some spectacular points, lost 4 sets to 2.

Romain Lorentz, representing the Istres TT club, won his first match against Guillaume Alcayde before losing to 4th seed Alexandre Robinot.

Damien Llorca was defeated in the first round of the competition by Félix Lebrun.

Still a junior, Thibault Poret succeeded in his debut at the French Championships by defeating Rémi Menand. In the round of 32, he faced fellow Team Cornilleau member Can Akkuzu; 2nd seed Can emerged as the winner of the match.

In the women's singles draw, the event went almost perfectly. Charlotte Lutz, in her first participation, won her matches against Léana Hochart and then 8th seed Océane Guisnel in the round of 32.

Her sister Camille Lutz, directly qualified for the round of 32, logically won her match against Claire Clavier in 4 sets.

Stéphanie Loeuillette, 3rd seed for these French Championships, qualified for the round of 16 against Clémence Chevallier.

Only Rheann Chung failed to qualify for the next stage of the competition. After a victory against Marie Mollet, Rheann lost to Nolwenn Fort.

Three pairs saw their journey end in the round of 32. Paul Gauzy partnered with Dorian Zheng lost to the Moland/Rakotoarimanana pair. The Thomas Le Breton/Damien Provost pair lost to Bailliet/Kouraichi, and Damien Llorca/Kevin Rivoal lost to Lavergne/Mommesin.

Jules Cavaillé partnered with Clément Chobeau lost in 3 sets to the Ouaiche/Salifou pair in the round of 16.

After winning a match in 3 sets, the Romain Lorentz/Brice Ollivier pair won their match against Bailliet/Kouraichi.

Thibault Poret partnered with Félix Lebrun logically defeated the Douin/Menand pair before achieving a great performance by knocking out the Brossier/Hachard pair, seeded number 2 in the doubles draw.

Grégoire Jean partnered with Bastien Dupont lost in the round of 16 to the Picard/Bourrassaud pair.

Charlotte Lutz was partnered with Lucie Gauthier for this doubles event; they lost to the Pauly Prost/Raharimanana pair in the round of 16.

Finally, the number 1 seeds, Stéphanie Loeuillette and Jia Nan Yuan, logically won against Le Lannic/Frete.

Friday was a busy day for our Team Cornilleau members, as nine of them also participated in the mixed doubles event.

Stéphanie Loeuillette, partnered for the first time with Quentin Robinot as heavy favorites, logically won against the Menanteau/Zheng and then Le Lannic/De Saintilian pairs.

The match between Damien Lllorca and Léana Hochart against the Julie Pennec/Thomas Le Breton pair saw the latter win before being eliminated in the round of 16 by the Gasnier/Dupont pair.

Camille Lutz was partnered with Bastien Rembert, and they had a successful day by eliminating the Chevallier/Sabhi and then Andorin/Bailliet pairs.

Her sister, Charlotte Lutz, was partnered with Alexis Kouraichi and won against the Zarif/Ouaiche pair before losing to the Thibault Poret and Nolwenn Fort pair in the round of 16.

Romain Lorentz partnered with Océane Guisnel logically won against the Raharimanana/Rivoal pair and then against the Grégoire Jean/Romane le Scour pair, who had themselves defeated the double of Jules Cavaillé and Cléa de Stoppeleire.

Can Akkuzu, the only member of Team Cornilleau to reach the round of 16, lost to Damien Provost in 5 sets.

Three title contenders were still in the running Saturday morning to claim the French Championship title: Camille and Charlotte Lutz, and Stéphanie Loeuillette.

After a hard-fought match, Charlotte fell in the round of 16 against local player Romane Le Scour, who was supported by her home crowd. Camille Lutz reached the quarter-finals by defeating Laura Gasnier before losing to Yu-Hua Liu.

Stéphanie Loeuillette, still competing in all events, won her matches against Emmanuelle Lennon and then Marie Migot.

Thibault Poret teamed up with Nolwenn Fort; after a successful first half of the draw, the pair lost in the quarter-finals to Isa Cok and Rémi Menand. The journey also ended in the quarter-finals for the Camille Lutz/Bastien Remberte pair against Lucie Mobarek and Félix Lebrun.

Stéphanie Loeuillette continued her run alongside Quentin Robinot. In the semi-final, she eliminated the Mobarek/Lebrun pair and then found herself in the final against the Océane Guisnel/Romain Lorentz pair.

In the end, Stéphanie Loeuillette and Quentin Robinot triumphed in 4 sets.

Partnered with Jia Nan Yuan, Stéphanie Loeuillette won her quarter-final match against the Clavier/Nivelle pair and then against the Chasselin/Salpin pair in the semi-final.

In the final, the number one seeds won in 4 sets against Océane Guisnel and Marie Migot. Stéphanie Loeuillette won her second gold medal of these French Championships!

The 2015 French Champion pair Romain Lorentz/Brice Ollivier lost in the semi-finals to the young Esteban Dorr/Alexis Lebrun pair. Romain Lorentz secured his second medal of the day and of these championships, this time in bronze.

The day of the grand finals at these French championships! Only Stéphanie Loeuillette, who recently extended her contract with Team Cornilleau, was still in the running to represent the colors on this day. After two days where everything seemed to go her way, she fell in the semi-finals against Jia Nan Yuan. Nevertheless, she secured a third medal, following the two gold medals obtained the day before in women's doubles and mixed doubles.

As for our leisure ambassador Simon Gauzy, after a draw controlled from start to finish, he claimed the title of French Champion, the third of his career!