2021 WTA Lyon Open
# 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.

## Champions

### Singles

* Clara Tauson def. Viktorija Golubic 6–4, 6–1.

This was Tauson's first WTA singles title.

### Doubles

* Viktória Kužmová / Arantxa Rus def. Eugenie Bouchard / 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 | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of $32^1$ | 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 | $Ranking^1$ | 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:

* Eugenie Bouchard
* Clara Burel
* Harmony Tan

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
* Margarita Gasparyan
* Giulia Gatto-Monticone
* Viktorija Golubic
* Tereza Martincová
* Clara Tauson

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Zarina Diyas → replaced by Katarzyna Kawa
* Kirsten Flipkens → replaced by Stefanie Vögele
* Coco Gauff → replaced by Irina Bara
* Kaja Juvan → replaced by Katarina Zavatska
* Marta Kostyuk → replaced by Greet Minnen
* Kateryna Kozlova → replaced by Océane Dodin
* Nadia Podoroska → replaced by Wang Xiyu

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | 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:

* Loïs Boisson / Juline Fayard
* Amandine Hesse / 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

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Natela Dzalamidze / Cornelia Lister → replaced by Margarita Gasparyan / Cornelia Lister
