2022 WTA Lyon Open

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

2022 WTA Lyon Open
Date	28 February – 6 March
Edition	3rd
Category	WTA 250
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$239,447
Surface	Hard (Indoor)
Location	Lyon, France
Venue	Palais des Sports de Gerland
Champions
Singles
Zhang Shuai
Doubles
Laura Siegemund / Vera Zvonareva

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2022 WTA Lyon Open – Singles

• Zhang Shuai def. Dayana Yastremska 3–6, 6–3, 6–4

This is Zhang's first WTA Tour singles title since 2017, and third overall.

Doubles

Main article: 2022 WTA Lyon Open – Doubles

• Laura Siegemund / Vera Zvonareva def. Alicia Barnett / 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[3]	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.^[4]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Elsa Jacquemot
• Dayana Yastremska
• Vera Zvonareva

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

• Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Vitalia Diatchenko

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Mariam Bolkvadze
• Katie Boulter
• Cristina Bucșa
• Tamara Korpatsch
• Yuriko Miyazaki
• Stefanie Vögele

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Mai Hontama

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Ekaterina Alexandrova → replaced by Kristina Mladenovic
• Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Irina Bara
• Jaqueline Cristian → replaced by Ana Bogdan
• Tereza Martincová → replaced by Vitalia Diatchenko
• Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Martina Trevisan
• Maryna Zanevska → replaced by 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:

• Elsa Jacquemot / Tatjana Maria
• Dayana Yastremska / Ivanna Yastremska

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Tímea Babos / Chan Hao-ching → replaced by Georgina García Pérez / Xenia Knoll
• Anna Blinkova / Ulrikke Eikeri → replaced by Ulrikke Eikeri / Samantha Murray Sharan
• Vivian Heisen / Julia Lohoff → replaced by Chan Hao-ching / Julia Lohoff
• Sania Mirza / Zhang Shuai → replaced by Estelle Cascino / Jessika Ponchet
• Samantha Murray Sharan / Bibiane Schoofs → replaced by Alicia Barnett / Olivia Nicholls