2021 WTA Lyon Open

{{Infobox tennis event|2021|WTA Lyon Open|

| date = 1 – 7 March

| edition = 2nd

| category = WTA 250

| draw = 32S / 16D

| surface = Hard - Indoors

| prize_money = $235,238

| location = Lyon, France

| venue = Halle Tony Garnier

| champs = {{flagicon|DEN}} Clara Tauson

| champd = {{flagicon|SVK}} Viktória Kužmová / {{flagicon|NED}} Arantxa Rus

}}

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 =

{{flagicon|DEN}} Clara Tauson def. {{flagicon|SUI}} Viktorija Golubic 6–4, 6–1.

This was Tauson's first WTA singles title.

= Doubles =

{{flagicon|SVK}} Viktória Kužmová / {{flagicon|NED}} Arantxa Rus def. {{flagicon|CAN}} Eugenie Bouchard / {{flagicon|SRB}} Olga Danilović 3–6, 7–5, [10–7].

Points and prize money

=Point distribution=

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style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"\|Event \| style="width:80px; background:lime;"\|W \| style="width:85px; background:thistle;"\|F \| style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"\|SF \| style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"\|QF \| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 16 \| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 32 \|width=85 \|Q \|width=85 \|Q2 \|width=85 \|Q1
style="background:#ededed;"\| Singles \|rowspan=2\|280 \|rowspan=2\|180 \|rowspan=2\|110 \|rowspan=2\|60 \|30 \|1 \|18 \|12 \|1
style="background:#ededed;"\| Doubles \| 1 \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|Event

| style="width:80px; background:lime;"|W

| style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F

| style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF

| style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32

|width=85 |Q

|width=85 |Q2

|width=85 |Q1

style="background:#ededed;"| Singles

|rowspan=2|280

|rowspan=2|180

|rowspan=2|110

|rowspan=2|60

|30

|18

|12

style="background:#ededed;"| Doubles

| 1

| {{n/a}}

=Prize money=

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|Event

| style="width:80px; background:lime;"|W

| style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F

| style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF

| style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32¹

|width=85|Q2

|width=85|Q1

style="background:#dfe2e9;"|Singles

|€23,548

|€13,224

|€8,145

|€4,677

|€2,963

|€2,157

|€1,575

|€1,024

style="background:#dfe2e9;"|Doubles*

|€8,306

|€4,838

|€3,064

|€1,854

|€1,412

| {{n/a}}

¹Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.

*per team

Singles main draw entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Ranking¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|RUS}} \|Ekaterina Alexandrova \|33 \|1
{{flag\|FRA}} \|Fiona Ferro \|45 \|2
{{flag\|FRA}} \|Caroline Garcia \|46 \|3
{{flag\|FRA}} \|Kristina Mladenovic \|51 \|4
{{flag\|FRA}} \|Alizé Cornet \|58 \|5
{{flag\|ROU}} \|Sorana Cîrstea \|67 \|6
{{flag\|ESP}} \|Paula Badosa \|73 \|7
{{flag\|NED}} \|Arantxa Rus \|78 \|8

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Ranking¹

! Seed

|Ekaterina Alexandrova

|33

|45

|46

|51

|58

|67

|73

|78

¹ Rankings as of 22 February 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.tennisactu.net/news-wta-lyon-les-bleues-ont-rendez-vous-a-la-halle-garnier-de-lyon-89532.html|title=WTA - Lyon - Les Bleues ont rendez-vous à la Halle Garnier de Lyon|access-date=11 January 2021|publisher=tennisactu.net}}

= Other entrants =

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

{{flagicon|CAN}} Eugenie Bouchard
{{flagicon|FRA}} Clara Burel
{{flagicon|FRA}} Harmony Tan

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

{{flagicon|ROU}} Mihaela Buzărnescu
{{flagicon|BLR}} Vera Lapko

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|POL}} Magdalena Fręch
{{flagicon|RUS}} Margarita Gasparyan
{{flagicon|ITA}} Giulia Gatto-Monticone
{{flagicon|SUI}} Viktorija Golubic
{{flagicon|CZE}} Tereza Martincová
{{flagicon|DEN}} Clara Tauson

= Withdrawals =

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|KAZ}} Zarina Diyas → replaced by {{flagicon|POL}} Katarzyna Kawa
{{flagicon|BEL}} Kirsten Flipkens → replaced by {{flagicon|SUI}} Stefanie Vögele
{{flagicon|USA}} Coco Gauff → replaced by {{flagicon|ROU}} Irina Bara
{{flagicon|SLO}} Kaja Juvan → replaced by {{flagicon|UKR}} Katarina Zavatska
{{flagicon|UKR}} Marta Kostyuk → replaced by {{flagicon|BEL}} Greet Minnen
{{flagicon|UKR}} Kateryna Kozlova → replaced by {{flagicon|FRA}} Océane Dodin
{{flagicon|ARG}} Nadia Podoroska → replaced by {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Xiyu

Doubles main draw entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flag\|SVK}} \|Viktória Kužmová \|{{flag\|NED}} \|Arantxa Rus \|130 \|1
{{flag\|JPN}} \|Makoto Ninomiya \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Renata Voráčová \|132 \|2
{{flag\|USA}} \|Kaitlyn Christian \|{{flag\|USA}} \|Sabrina Santamaria \|146 \|3
{{flag\|RUS}} \|Ekaterina Alexandrova \|{{flag\|RUS}} \|Yana Sizikova \|226 \|4

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|SVK}}

|Viktória Kužmová

|{{flag|NED}}

|Arantxa Rus