2021 WTA Lyon Open
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.
| 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 | |
Champions
    
    
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
 Zarina Diyas → replaced by Zarina Diyas → replaced by Katarzyna Kawa Katarzyna Kawa
.svg.png.webp) Kirsten Flipkens → replaced by Kirsten Flipkens → replaced by.svg.png.webp) Stefanie Vögele Stefanie Vögele
 Coco Gauff → replaced by Coco Gauff → replaced by Irina Bara Irina Bara
 Kaja Juvan → replaced by Kaja Juvan → replaced by Katarina Zavatska Katarina Zavatska
 Marta Kostyuk → replaced by Marta Kostyuk → replaced by.svg.png.webp) Greet Minnen Greet Minnen
 Kateryna Kozlova → replaced by Kateryna Kozlova → replaced by Océane Dodin Océane Dodin
 Nadia Podoroska → replaced by Nadia Podoroska → replaced by Wang Xiyu Wang Xiyu
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
 Natela Dzalamidze / Natela Dzalamidze / Cornelia Lister → replaced by Cornelia Lister → replaced by Margarita Gasparyan / Margarita Gasparyan / Cornelia Lister Cornelia Lister
References
    
- "WTA - Lyon - Les Bleues ont rendez-vous à la Halle Garnier de Lyon". tennisactu.net. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
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