2020 WTA Lyon Open
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| 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 | |
| Error creating thumbnail: Sofia Kenin | |
| Doubles | |
| Romania Laura Ioana Paar / Germany Julia Wachaczyk | |
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]
Singles main draw entrants
[edit | edit source]Seeds
[edit | edit source]| Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Error creating thumbnail: USA | Sofia Kenin | 5 | 1 |
| File:Flag of France.svg FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 39 | 2 |
| File:Flag of France.svg FRA | Caroline Garcia | 47 | 3 |
| File:Flag of France.svg FRA | Alizé Cornet | 58 | 4 |
| File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BEL | Alison Van Uytvanck | 62 | 5 |
| File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg SUI | Jil Teichmann | 66 | 6 |
| File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS | Daria Kasatkina | 73 | 7 |
| File:Flag of Slovakia.svg SVK | Viktória Kužmová | 85 | 8 |
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- 1 Rankings as of 24 February 2020.[2]
Other entrants
[edit | edit source]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:
- Romania Irina Bara
- Romania Jaqueline Cristian
- Poland Magdalena Fręch
- Russia Anastasiya Komardina
- Ukraine Marta Kostyuk
- Germany Antonia Lottner
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
[edit | edit source]- Before the tournament
- Russia Ekaterina Alexandrova → replaced by Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam
- Spain Paula Badosa → replaced by Netherlands Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
- Russia Margarita Gasparyan → replaced by France Pauline Parmentier
- Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková → replaced by Luxembourg Mandy Minella
- Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Bulgaria Viktoriya Tomova
- Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková → replaced by Czech Republic Tereza Martincová
- During the tournament
- Switzerland Jil Teichmann (right ankle injury)
Doubles main draw entrants
[edit | edit source]Seeds
[edit | edit source]| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Germany.svg GER | Anna-Lena Friedsam | File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg LUX | Mandy Minella | 141 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Serbia.svg SRB | Aleksandra Krunić | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 143 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Georgia.svg GEO | Oksana Kalashnikova | File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS | Valeria Savinykh | 181 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Romania.svg ROU | Andreea Mitu | File:Flag of Romania.svg ROU | Raluca Olaru | 211 | 4 |
- Rankings as of February 24, 2020.
Other entrants
[edit | edit source]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Champions
[edit | edit source]Singles
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: Sofia Kenin def. Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Doubles
[edit | edit source]- Romania Laura Ioana Paar / Germany Julia Wachaczyk def. Netherlands Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove / Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs, 7–5, 6–4