2021 WTA Lyon Open - Wikipedia
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| 2021 WTA Lyon Open | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 1 – 7 March | ||
| Edition | 2nd | ||
| Category | WTA 250 | ||
| Draw | 32S / 16D | ||
| Prize money | $235,238 | ||
| Surface | Hard - Indoors | ||
| Location | Lyon, France | ||
| Venue | Halle Tony Garnier | ||
| Champions | |||
| Singles | |||
 Clara Tauson | |||
| Doubles | |||
 Viktória Kužmová /  Arantxa Rus | |||
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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.
This was Tauson's first WTA singles title.
Points and prize money
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| 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 | — | — | — | — |
| 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 | — | — | — |
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team
Singles main draw entrants
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| 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.[1]
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:
- Before the tournament
Doubles main draw entrants
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| 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.
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw using protected rankings:
- Before the tournament
- ^ "WTA - Lyon - Les Bleues ont rendez-vous à la Halle Garnier de Lyon". tennisactu.net. Retrieved 11 January 2021.