| 2021 WTA Lyon Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 1 – 7 March | |||
| Edition | 2nd | |||
| Category | WTA 250 | |||
| Draw | 32S / 16D | |||
| Prize money | $235,238 | |||
| Surface | Hard - Indoors | |||
| Location | Lyon, France | |||
| Venue | Halle Tony Garnier | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Clara Tauson | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
 Viktória Kužmová /  Arantxa Rus | ||||
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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
Main article: 2021 Lyon Open (WTA) – Singles- Clara Tauson def.
Viktorija Golubic 6–4, 6–1.
This was Tauson's first WTA singles title.
Doubles
Main article: 2021 Lyon Open (WTA) – Doubles- Viktória Kužmová / Arantxa Rus def.
Eugenie Bouchard / 
Olga Danilović 3–6, 7–5, .
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 32 | 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 | — | — | — |
Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Ranking | 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 |
- Rankings as of 22 February 2021.
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:
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 | 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
- Natela Dzalamidze /
Cornelia Lister → replaced by Margarita Gasparyan / Cornelia Lister
References
- "WTA - Lyon - Les Bleues ont rendez-vous à la Halle Garnier de Lyon". tennisactu.net. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
External links
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