2021 WTA Lyon Open explained

Date:	1 – 7 March
Edition:	2nd
Category:	WTA 250
Draw:	32S / 16D
Surface:	Hard - Indoors
Prize Money:	$235,238
Location:	Lyon, France
Venue:	Halle Tony Garnier
Champs:	Clara Tauson
Champd:	Viktória Kužmová / 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

See main article: article and 2021 Lyon Open (WTA) – Singles.

• Clara Tauson def. Viktorija Golubic 6–4, 6–1.

This was Tauson's first WTA singles title.

Doubles

See main article: article and 2021 Lyon Open (WTA) – Doubles.

• Viktória Kužmová / Arantxa Rus def. Eugenie Bouchard / Olga Danilović 3–6, 7–5, [10–7].

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q2	width=85	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 32^1	width=85	Q2	width=85	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	Ranking^1	Seed
Russian Federation	Ekaterina Alexandrova	33	1
France	Fiona Ferro	45	2
France	Caroline Garcia	46	3
France	Kristina Mladenovic	51	4
France	Alizé Cornet	58	5
Romania	Sorana Cîrstea	67	6
Spain	Paula Badosa	73	7
	Arantxa Rus	78	8

• ¹ Rankings as of 22 February 2021.^[1]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Eugenie Bouchard
• Clara Burel
• Harmony Tan

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

• Mihaela Buzărnescu
• Vera Lapko

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Magdalena Fręch
• Margarita Gasparyan
• Giulia Gatto-Monticone
•    Viktorija Golubic
• Tereza Martincová
• Clara Tauson

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Zarina Diyas → replaced by Katarzyna Kawa
• Kirsten Flipkens → replaced by    Stefanie Vögele
• Coco Gauff → replaced by Irina Bara
• Kaja Juvan → replaced by Katarina Zavatska
• Marta Kostyuk → replaced by Greet Minnen
• Kateryna Kozlova → replaced by Océane Dodin
• Nadia Podoroska → replaced by Wang Xiyu

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Viktória Kužmová		Arantxa Rus	130	1
Japan	Makoto Ninomiya	Czech Republic	Renata Voráčová	132	2
United States	Kaitlyn Christian	United States	Sabrina Santamaria	146	3
Russian Federation	Ekaterina Alexandrova	Russian Federation	Yana Sizikova	226	4

• Rankings as of February 8, 2021.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• • Loïs Boisson / Juline Fayard Amandine Hesse / Elixane Lechemia

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

• • Vera Lapko / Aliaksandra Sasnovich Alexandra Panova / Rosalie van der Hoek

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Natela Dzalamidze / Cornelia Lister → replaced by Margarita Gasparyan / Cornelia Lister

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: WTA - Lyon - Les Bleues ont rendez-vous à la Halle Garnier de Lyon. 11 January 2021. tennisactu.net.