2020 WTA Lyon Open
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The 2020 Lyon Open (WTA) (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 first edition of the Lyon Open (WTA) and an International tournament on the 2020 WTA Tour. It took place at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, from 2 to 8 March 2020.
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Sofia Kenin | 5 | 1 |
| FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 39 | 2 |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia | 47 | 3 |
| FRA | Alizé Cornet | 58 | 4 |
| BEL | Alison Van Uytvanck | 62 | 5 |
| SUI | Jil Teichmann | 66 | 6 |
| RUS | Daria Kasatkina | 73 | 7 |
| SVK | Viktória Kužmová | 85 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings as of 24 February 2020.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Romania Irina Bara
- Romania Jaqueline Cristian
- Poland Magdalena Fręch
- Russia Anastasiya Komardina
- Ukraine Marta Kostyuk
- Germany Antonia Lottner
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- Russia Ekaterina Alexandrova → replaced by Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam
- Spain Paula Badosa → replaced by Netherlands Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
- Russia Margarita Gasparyan → replaced by France Pauline Parmentier
- Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková → replaced by Luxembourg Mandy Minella
- Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Bulgaria Viktoriya Tomova
- Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková → replaced by Czech Republic Tereza Martincová
During the tournament
- Switzerland Jil Teichmann (right ankle injury)
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | Anna-Lena Friedsam | LUX | Mandy Minella | 141 | 1 |
| SRB | Aleksandra Krunić | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 143 | 2 |
| GEO | Oksana Kalashnikova | RUS | Valeria Savinykh | 181 | 3 |
| ROU | Andreea Mitu | ROU | Raluca Olaru | 211 | 4 |
- Rankings as of February 24, 2020.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Champions
Singles
- United States Sofia Kenin def. Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Doubles
- Romania Laura Ioana Paar / Germany Julia Wachaczyk def. Netherlands Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove / Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs, 7–5, 6–4