2021 WTA Lyon Open – Singles

Singles
2021 WTA Lyon Open
Final
Champion	Clara Tauson
Runner-up	Viktorija Golubic
Score	6–4, 6–1
Details
Draw	32 (6 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds	8
Events
Singles Doubles
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World No. 139 Clara Tauson won her first WTA singles tennis title as a qualifier, defeating Viktorija Golubic in the final of the 2021 Lyon Open, 6–4, 6–1. Tauson did not drop a set throughout the entire tournament, including qualifying rounds, and dropped just 35 games across seven matches. Tauson became the second Danish player in history, after Caroline Wozniacki, to win a WTA Tour singles title. The final match was the first WTA singles final to be contested between two qualifiers since the 2017 Japan Women's Open.

Sofia Kenin was the defending champion,^[1] but chose not to participate after undergoing surgery for appendicitis.^[2]

Seeds

Draw

Key

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	Q	Clara Tauson	7	6
	7	Paula Badosa	5	1
								Q	Clara Tauson	6	6
								Q	Viktorija Golubic	4	1
	Q	Viktorija Golubic	4	6	77
	2	Fiona Ferro	6	0	64

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	E Alexandrova	3	4
	Q	C Tauson	6	6				Q	C Tauson	6	6
		T Babos	6	5	6				T Babos	2	3
		V Gracheva	4	7	3										Q	C Tauson	6	6
		V Kužmová	2	3												C Giorgi	3	1
		C Giorgi	6	6					C Giorgi	2	6	77
		N Stojanović	6	6					N Stojanović	6	1	65
	6	S Cîrstea	4	0																		Q	C Tauson	7	6
	4	K Mladenovic	5	7	6																	7	P Badosa	5	1
	PR	M Buzărnescu	7	5	2			4	K Mladenovic	6	6
		K Zavatska	4	1				Q	M Gasparyan	4	2
	Q	M Gasparyan	6	6											4	K Mladenovic	5	77	2
		S Vögele	77	65	6										7	P Badosa	7	65	6
		I Bara	63	77	3				S Vögele	2	4
	WC	H Tan	4	6	65			7	P Badosa	6	6
	7	P Badosa	6	0	77

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	A Rus	78	6
		Xiy Wang	66	4				8	A Rus	6	2	3
		G Minnen	7	7					G Minnen	4	6	6
		K Kawa	5	5												G Minnen	3	60
		V Lapko	7	4	3										Q	V Golubic	6	77
	Q	V Golubic	5	6	6			Q	V Golubic	6	6
		O Dodin	2	6	3			3	C Garcia	1	2
	3	C Garcia	6	2	6																	Q	V Golubic	4	6	77
	5	A Cornet	1	6	3																	2	F Ferro	6	0	64
	WC	C Burel	6	1	6			WC	C Burel	7	2	6
		A Sasnovich	79	6					A Sasnovich	5	6	0
	WC	E Bouchard	67	2											WC	C Burel	6	1	3
	Q	G Gatto-Monticone	2	6	2										2	F Ferro	2	6	6
	Q	T Martincová	6	3	6			Q	T Martincová	2	1r
	Q	M Fręch	7	5	5			2	F Ferro	6	4
	2	F Ferro	5	7	7

Qualifying

Seeds

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Tereza Martincová	6	6
	WC	Margot Yerolymos	2	1
								1	Tereza Martincová	6	6
									Yuki Naito	2	3
		Yuki Naito	77	6
	7	Harriet Dart	65	3

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Margarita Gasparyan	6	6
		Chloé Paquet	3	4
								2	Margarita Gasparyan	3	79	6
								8	Kamilla Rakhimova	6	67	3
		You Xiaodi	6	64	3
	8	Kamilla Rakhimova	1	77	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Viktorija Golubic	6	6
		Laura Ioana Paar	1	1
								3	Viktorija Golubic	6	6
								10	Leonie Küng	3	0
		Natalija Kostić	0	0
	10	Leonie Küng	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Viktoriya Tomova	6	6
	PR	Lu Jiajing	1	1
								4	Viktoriya Tomova	4	4
									Magdalena Fręch	6	6
		Magdalena Fręch	6	6
	9	Olga Danilović	1	1

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	5	Clara Tauson	6	6
	WC	Juline Fayard	2	0
								5	Clara Tauson	6	6
								WC	Amandine Hesse	4	2
	WC	Amandine Hesse	6	6
	11	Wang Xinyu	3	4

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	6	Barbara Haas	3	6	7
	WC	Loïs Boisson	6	2	5
								6	Barbara Haas	6	3	3
									Giulia Gatto-Monticone	2	6	6
		Giulia Gatto-Monticone	6	6
	12	Jaqueline Cristian	4	1

References

External links

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw