2021 WTA Lyon Open
Date1 – 7 March
Edition2nd
CategoryWTA 250
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$235,238
SurfaceHard - Indoors
LocationLyon, France
VenueHalle Tony Garnier
Champions
Singles
Denmark Clara Tauson
Doubles
Slovakia Viktória Kužmová / Netherlands Arantxa Rus

The 2021 WTA Lyon Open (also known as the Open 6ème Sens — Métropole de Lyon for sponsorship reasons) is a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is the second edition of the Lyon Open (WTA) and an International tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It will take place at the Halle Tony Garnier in Lyon, France, from 1 to 7 March 2021.

Champions

Singles

This was Tauson's first WTA singles title.

Doubles


Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Singles 280 180 110 60 30 1 18 12 1
Doubles 1 — — — —

Prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 321 Q2 Q1
Singles €23,548 €13,224 €8,145 €4,677 €2,963 €2,157 €1,575 €1,024
Doubles* €8,306 €4,838 €3,064 €1,854 €1,412 — — —

1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Ranking1 Seed
 RUS Ekaterina Alexandrova 33 1
 FRA Fiona Ferro 45 2
 FRA Caroline Garcia 46 3
 FRA Kristina Mladenovic 51 4
 FRA Alizé Cornet 58 5
 ROU Sorana Cîrstea 67 6
 ESP Paula Badosa 73 7
 NED Arantxa Rus 78 8
  • 1 Rankings as of 22 February 2021.[1]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry into the main draw using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 SVK Viktória Kužmová  NED Arantxa Rus 130 1
 JPN Makoto Ninomiya  CZE Renata Voráčová 132 2
 USA Kaitlyn Christian  USA Sabrina Santamaria 146 3
 RUS Ekaterina Alexandrova  RUS Yana Sizikova 226 4
  • Rankings as of February 8, 2021.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw using protected rankings:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

References

  1. ↑ "WTA - Lyon - Les Bleues ont rendez-vous à la Halle Garnier de Lyon". tennisactu.net. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
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