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.

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

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2021 Lyon Open (WTA) – Singles

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

This was Tauson's first WTA singles title.

Doubles

Main article: 2021 Lyon Open (WTA) – 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					1	—	—	—	—

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	—	—	—

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.^[1]

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	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:

• 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