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]
| 2020 Lyon Open (WTA) | |
|---|---|
| Date | 2 - 8 March |
| Edition | 1st |
| Category | WTA International tournaments |
| Draw | 32S / 16D |
| Prize money | $250,000 |
| Surface | Hard - Indoors |
| Location | Lyon, France |
| Venue | Palais des Sports de Gerland |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Sofia Kenin | |
| Doubles | |
 Laura Ioana Paar /  Julia Wachaczyk | |
Singles main draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Sofia Kenin | 5 | 1 |
 FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 39 | 2 |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia | 47 | 3 |
| FRA | Alizé Cornet | 58 | 4 |
 BEL | Alison Van Uytvanck | 62 | 5 |
 SUI | Jil Teichmann | 66 | 6 |
 RUS | Daria Kasatkina | 73 | 7 |
 SVK | Viktória Kužmová | 85 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings as of 24 February 2020.[2]
Other entrants
editThe 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
edit- Before the tournament
Ekaterina Alexandrova → replaced by 
Anna-Lena Friedsam
Paula Badosa → replaced by 
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove- Margarita Gasparyan → replaced by
Pauline Parmentier 
Barbora Krejčíková → replaced by 
Mandy Minella- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by
Viktoriya Tomova - Kristýna Plíšková → replaced by Tereza Martincová
- During the tournament
Jil Teichmann (right ankle injury)
Doubles main draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | Anna-Lena Friedsam |  LUX | Mandy Minella | 141 | 1 |
 SRB | Aleksandra Krunić |  SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 143 | 2 |
 GEO | Oksana Kalashnikova | RUS | Valeria Savinykh | 181 | 3 |
| ROU | Andreea Mitu | ROU | Raluca Olaru | 211 | 4 |
- Rankings as of February 24, 2020.
Other entrants
editThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Champions
editSingles
edit
Sofia Kenin def. Anna-Lena Friedsam, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Doubles
edit
Laura Ioana Paar / Julia Wachaczyk def. Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove / Bibiane Schoofs, 7–5, 6–4
References
edit- ^ "Open 6ème Sens — Métropole de Lyon Overview". wtatennis.com.
- ^ "Les joueuses édition 2020". Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
External links
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