WTA Lyon Open

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Lyon Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded2020
Abolished2023
Editions4 (2023)
Location Lyon, France
Venue Palais des Sports Gerland [1]
Category WTA 250
Surface Hard (Indoor)
Draw32S / 32Q / 16D
Prize money$259,303 (2023)
Current champions (2023)
Singles Flag of the United States.svg Alycia Parks
Doubles Flag of Spain.svg Cristina Bucșa
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bibiane Schoofs

The WTA Lyon Open (currently sponsored by 6ème Sens) was a tournament for female professional tennis players that was held annually, debuting in the 2020 season. It was categorized as an WTA 250 level tournament and was part of the WTA Tour. The tournament was played on indoor hard courts. [2]

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Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2020 Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Kenin Flag of Germany.svg Anna-Lena Friedsam 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
2021 Flag of Denmark.svg Clara Tauson Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Viktorija Golubic 6–4, 6–1
2022 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Shuai Flag of Ukraine.svg Dayana Yastremska 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
2023 Flag of the United States.svg Alycia Parks Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia 7–6(9–7), 7–5

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2020 Flag of Romania.svg Laura Ioana Paar
Flag of Germany.svg Julia Wachaczyk
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bibiane Schoofs
7–5, 6–4
2021 Flag of Slovakia.svg Viktória Kužmová
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arantxa Rus
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Eugenie Bouchard
Flag of Serbia.svg Olga Danilović
3–6, 7–5, [10–7]
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Laura Siegemund
Flag placeholder.svg Vera Zvonareva
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alicia Barnett
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olivia Nicholls
7–5, 6–1
2023 Flag of Spain.svg Cristina Bucșa
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bibiane Schoofs
Flag of Serbia.svg Olga Danilović
Flag placeholder.svg Alexandra Panova
7–6(7–5), 6–3

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