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

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and an International tournament on the

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. It will take place at the

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in Lyon, France, from 1 to 7 March 2021.

Champions

Singles

* Clara Tauson def. Viktorija Golubic 6–4, 6–1. This was Tauson's first WTA singles title.

Doubles

* Viktória Kužmová /

Arantxa Rus Arantxa Rus (; born 13 December 1990) is a Dutch tennis player. In 2008, she won the girl's singles title at the 2008 Australian Open – Girls' singles, Australian Open, defeating Jessica Moore (tennis), Jessica Moore from Australia in the final ...

def. Eugenie Bouchard / Olga Danilović 3–6, 7–5, 0–7

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

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

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings as of 22 February 2021.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Eugenie Bouchard * Clara Burel *

Harmony Tan Harmony Tan (born 11 September 1997) is a French professional tennis player. Tan has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 90 in singles and 302 in doubles. She has won eight singles titles and one doubles title on tournaments of the ITF Women' ...

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 Magdalena Fręch (; born 15 December 1997) is a Polish tennis player. She has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won five singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 25 July 2022, she reached her be ...

* Margarita Gasparyan *

Giulia Gatto-Monticone Giulia Gatto-Monticone (born 18 November 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. In February 2020, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 148, while her best WTA doubles ranking is 200, achieved in October 2014. She has n ...

* Viktorija Golubic * Tereza Martincová * Clara Tauson

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Zarina Diyas Zarina Diyas ( kk, Зари́на Ди́ас; born 18 October 1993) is a Kazakh professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 31 in the world by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Diyas has won one WTA singles title, at the ...

→ replaced by Katarzyna Kawa * Kirsten Flipkens → replaced by Stefanie Vögele *

Coco Gauff Cori Dionne "Coco" Gauff (born March 13, 2004) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in singles, reached on October 24, 2022, and world No. 1 in doubles, achieved on August 15, 2022. Gauff won h ...

→ replaced by Irina Bara * Kaja Juvan → replaced by Katarina Zavatska * Marta Kostyuk → replaced by Greet Minnen *

Kateryna Kozlova Kateryna Baindl ( uk, Катерина Ігорівна Баіндль, née Kozlova; born 20 February 1994) is a Ukrainian tennis player. On 19 February 2018, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 62. On 22 October 2012, she ...

→ replaced by Océane Dodin *

Nadia Podoroska Nadia Natacha Podoroska (; born 10 February 1997) is an Argentine professional tennis player. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Podoroska has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, along with 14 singles titles and seven doubles titles on ...

→ replaced by Wang Xiyu

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings as of February 8, 2021.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

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Juline Fayard Juline Fayard (born 10 May 2003) is a French tennis player. Fayard made her WTA main draw debut at the 2021 Lyon Open (WTA), where she received a wildcard into the doubles main draw partnering Loïs Boisson Loïs Boisson (born 16 May 2003) i ...

Amandine Hesse Amandine Hesse (; born 16 January 1993) is a French professional tennis player. Hesse has won six singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 9 May 2016, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 154. On ...

/ 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 Rosalie van der Hoek (born 16 December 1994) is a Dutch tennis player. Van der Hoek, who prefers clay courts, has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 83, achieved on 18 October 2021. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2017 W ...

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Natela Dzalamidze /

Cornelia Lister Cornelia Lister (born 26 May 1994) is a former Swedish tennis player. She has won one singles title and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series o ...

→ replaced by Margarita Gasparyan /

References

External links

Official website
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