Date: | 28 February – 6 March |
Edition: | 3rd |
Category: | WTA 250 |
Draw: | 32S / 16D |
Surface: | Hard (Indoor) |
Prize Money: | $239,447 |
Location: | Lyon, France |
Venue: | Palais des Sports de Gerland |
Champs: | Zhang Shuai |
Champd: | Laura Siegemund / Vera Zvonareva |
The 2022 WTA Lyon Open (also known as the Open 6ème Sens — Métropole de Lyon for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the Lyon Open (WTA) and an International tournament on the 2022 WTA Tour. It took place at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, from February 28th to March 6th, 2022.[1] During this tournament, the WTA and other international governing bodies of tennis including the ATP did not have players of Russia and Belarus compete under their country's flags as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2]
See main article: article and 2022 WTA Lyon Open – Singles.
This is Zhang's first WTA Tour singles title since 2017, and third overall.
See main article: article and 2022 WTA Lyon Open – Doubles.
Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed | |
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Italy | Camila Giorgi | 30 | 1 | |
Romania | Sorana Cîrstea | 31 | 2 | |
Viktorija Golubic | 36 | 3 | ||
France | Alizé Cornet[3] | 37 | 4 | |
Italy | Jasmine Paolini | 44 | 5 | |
Ana Konjuh | 51 | 6 | ||
Belgium | Alison Van Uytvanck | 53 | 7 | |
China | Zhang Shuai | 65 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
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Japan | Eri Hozumi | Japan | Makoto Ninomiya | 78 | 1 | |
Chan Hao-ching | Julia Lohoff | 120 | 2 | |||
Romania | Irina Bara | Georgia | Ekaterine Gorgodze | 124 | 3 | |
Romania | Monica Niculescu | Alexandra Panova | 127 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: