2020 WTA Lyon Open

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2020 Lyon Open (WTA)
Date2 - 8 March
Edition1st
Category WTA International tournaments
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
Surface Hard - Indoors
Location Lyon, France
Venue Palais des Sports de Gerland
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Kenin
Doubles
Flag of Romania.svg Laura Ioana Paar / Flag of Germany.svg Julia Wachaczyk
Lyon Open (WTA) ·  2021  

The 2020 Lyon Open (WTA) (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 first edition of the Lyon Open (WTA) and an International tournament on the 2020 WTA Tour. It took place at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, from 2 to 8 March 2020. [1]

Contents

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRanking1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sofia Kenin 51
Flag of France.svg  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 392
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia 473
Flag of France.svg  FRA Alizé Cornet 584
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Alison Van Uytvanck 625
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Jil Teichmann 666
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Daria Kasatkina 737
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Viktória Kužmová 858

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

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

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Anna-Lena Friedsam Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Mandy Minella 1411
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Aleksandra Krunić Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 1432
Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Oksana Kalashnikova Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Valeria Savinykh 1813
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Andreea Mitu Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Raluca Olaru 2114

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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References

  1. "Open 6ème Sens — Métropole de Lyon Overview". wtatennis.com.
  2. "Les joueuses édition 2020". Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.