2022 WTA Lyon Open | |
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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 | |
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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]
Champions
[edit]Singles
[edit]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
[edit]Laura Siegemund /
Vera Zvonareva def.
Alicia Barnett /
Olivia Nicholls 7–5, 6–1
Singles main draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed |
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Camila Giorgi | 30 | 1 |
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Sorana Cîrstea | 31 | 2 |
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Viktorija Golubic | 36 | 3 |
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Alizé Cornet[3] | 37 | 4 |
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Jasmine Paolini | 44 | 5 |
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Ana Konjuh | 51 | 6 |
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Alison Van Uytvanck | 53 | 7 |
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Zhang Shuai | 65 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings as of 21 February 2022.[4]
Other entrants
[edit]The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
[edit]- 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
[edit]Seeds
[edit]Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Eri Hozumi | ![]() |
Makoto Ninomiya | 78 | 1 |
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Chan Hao-ching | ![]() |
Julia Lohoff | 120 | 2 |
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Irina Bara | ![]() |
Ekaterine Gorgodze | 124 | 3 |
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Monica Niculescu | ![]() |
Alexandra Panova | 127 | 4 |
- Rankings as of February 21, 2022.
Other entrants
[edit]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Withdrawals
[edit]- 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
References
[edit]- ^ "Open 6ème Sens — Métropole de Lyon Overview". wtatennis.com.
- ^ "Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis".
- ^ "WTA - Lyon - Alizé Cornet en tête d'affiche à l'Open 6e sens à Lyon". tennisactu.net. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "Tennis : l'Open 6ème sens de Lyon annonce ses têtes d'affiches pour l'édition 2022". lyoncapitale.fr. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.