2021 WTA Lyon Open
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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
- Denmark Clara Tauson def. Switzerland Viktorija Golubic 6–4, 6–1.
This was Tauson's first WTA singles title.
Doubles
- Slovakia Viktória Kužmová / Netherlands Arantxa Rus def. Canada Eugenie Bouchard / Serbia Olga Danilović 3–6, 7–5, [10–7].
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 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
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 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
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.
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:
- Poland Magdalena Fręch
- Russia Margarita Gasparyan
- Italy Giulia Gatto-Monticone
- Switzerland Viktorija Golubic
- Czech Republic Tereza Martincová
- Denmark Clara Tauson
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- Kazakhstan Zarina Diyas → replaced by Poland Katarzyna Kawa
- Belgium Kirsten Flipkens → replaced by Switzerland Stefanie Vögele
- United States Coco Gauff → replaced by Romania Irina Bara
- Slovenia Kaja Juvan → replaced by Ukraine Katarina Zavatska
- Ukraine Marta Kostyuk → replaced by Belgium Greet Minnen
- Ukraine Kateryna Kozlova → replaced by France Océane Dodin
- Argentina Nadia Podoroska → replaced by China 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:
- Belarus Vera Lapko / Belarus Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Russia Alexandra Panova / Netherlands Rosalie van der Hoek
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- Russia Natela Dzalamidze / Sweden Cornelia Lister → replaced by Russia Margarita Gasparyan / Sweden Cornelia Lister