2022 WTA Lyon Open
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The 2022 WTA Lyon Open (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 third edition of the Lyon Open (WTA) and an International tournament on the 2022 WTA Tour. It took place at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, from February 28th to March 6th, 2022. During this tournament, the WTA and other international governing bodies of tennis including the ATP did not have players of Russia and Belarus compete under their country's flags as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Champions
Singles
- China Zhang Shuai def. Ukraine Dayana Yastremska 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
This is Zhang's first WTA Tour singles title since 2017, and third overall.
Doubles
- Germany Laura Siegemund / Vera Zvonareva def. United Kingdom Alicia Barnett / United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls 7–5, 6–1
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ITA | Camila Giorgi | 30 | 1 |
| ROU | Sorana Cîrstea | 31 | 2 |
| SUI | Viktorija Golubic | 36 | 3 |
| FRA | Alizé Cornet | 37 | 4 |
| ITA | Jasmine Paolini | 44 | 5 |
| CRO | Ana Konjuh | 51 | 6 |
| BEL | Alison Van Uytvanck | 53 | 7 |
| CHN | Zhang Shuai | 65 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings as of 21 February 2022.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Georgia (country) Mariam Bolkvadze
- United Kingdom Katie Boulter
- Spain Cristina Bucșa
- Germany Tamara Korpatsch
- Japan Yuriko Miyazaki
- Switzerland Stefanie Vögele
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- Ekaterina Alexandrova → replaced by France Kristina Mladenovic
- Romania Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Romania Irina Bara
- Romania Jaqueline Cristian → replaced by Romania Ana Bogdan
- Czech Republic Tereza Martincová → replaced by Vitalia Diatchenko
- Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Italy Martina Trevisan
- Belgium Maryna Zanevska → replaced by Japan Mai Hontama
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN | Eri Hozumi | JPN | Makoto Ninomiya | 78 | 1 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | GER | Julia Lohoff | 120 | 2 |
| ROU | Irina Bara | GEO | Ekaterine Gorgodze | 124 | 3 |
| ROU | Monica Niculescu | Alexandra Panova | 127 | 4 |
- Rankings as of February 21, 2022.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- France Elsa Jacquemot / Germany Tatjana Maria
- Ukraine Dayana Yastremska / Ukraine Ivanna Yastremska
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- Hungary Tímea Babos / Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching → replaced by Spain Georgina García Pérez / Switzerland Xenia Knoll
- Anna Blinkova / Norway Ulrikke Eikeri → replaced by Norway Ulrikke Eikeri / United Kingdom Samantha Murray Sharan
- Germany Vivian Heisen / Germany Julia Lohoff → replaced by Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching / Germany Julia Lohoff
- India Sania Mirza / China Zhang Shuai → replaced by France Estelle Cascino / France Jessika Ponchet
- United Kingdom Samantha Murray Sharan / Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs → replaced by United Kingdom Alicia Barnett / United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls