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]
| 2022 WTA Lyon Open | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
 Zhang Shuai | |
| Doubles | |
 Laura Siegemund /  Vera Zvonareva | |
Champions
editSingles
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
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 ITA
|
Camila Giorgi | 30 | 1 |
 ROU
|
Sorana Cîrstea | 31 | 2 |
 SUI
|
Viktorija Golubic | 36 | 3 |
 FRA
|
Alizé Cornet[3] | 37 | 4 |
| ITA
|
Jasmine Paolini | 44 | 5 |
 CRO
|
Ana Konjuh | 51 | 6 |
 BEL
|
Alison Van Uytvanck | 53 | 7 |
| CHN
|
Zhang Shuai | 65 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings as of 21 February 2022.[4]
Other entrants
editThe 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
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 JPN
|
Eri Hozumi | JPN
|
Makoto Ninomiya | 78 | 1 |
 TPE
|
Chan Hao-ching | GER
|
Julia Lohoff | 120 | 2 |
| ROU
|
Irina Bara |  GEO
|
Ekaterine Gorgodze | 124 | 3 |
| ROU
|
Monica Niculescu |
|
Alexandra Panova | 127 | 4 |
- Rankings as of February 21, 2022.
Other entrants
editThe 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.