2021 WTA Lyon Open – Singles

Singles
2021 WTA Lyon Open
Final
ChampionDenmark Clara Tauson
Runner-up Switzerland  Viktorija Golubic
Score6–4, 6–1
Details
Draw32 (6 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds8
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

  1. Russia Ekaterina Alexandrova (first round)
  2. France Fiona Ferro (semifinals)
  3. France Caroline Garcia (second round)
  4. France Kristina Mladenovic (quarterfinals)
  5. France Alizé Cornet (first round)
  6. Romania Sorana Cîrstea (first round)
  7. Spain Paula Badosa (semifinals)
  8. Netherlands Arantxa Rus (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

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

Top half

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

Bottom half

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

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Czech Republic Tereza Martincová (qualified)
  2. Russia Margarita Gasparyan (qualified)
  3.  Switzerland Viktorija Golubic (qualified)
  4. Bulgaria Viktoriya Tomova (qualifying competition)
  5. Denmark Clara Tauson (qualified)
  6. Austria Barbara Haas (qualifying competition)
  7. United Kingdom Harriet Dart (first round)
  8. Russia Kamilla Rakhimova (qualifying competition)
  9. Serbia Olga Danilović (first round)
  10.  Switzerland  Leonie Küng (qualifying competition)
  11. China Wang Xinyu (first round)
  12. Romania Jaqueline Cristian (first round)

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
1 Czech Republic Tereza Martincová 6 6
WC France Margot Yerolymos 2 1
1 Czech Republic Tereza Martincová 6 6
  Japan Yuki Naito 2 3
  Japan Yuki Naito 77 6
7 United Kingdom Harriet Dart 65 3

Second qualifier

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

Third qualifier

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

Fourth qualifier

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

Fifth qualifier

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

Sixth qualifier

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

References

  1. ^ "Kenin captures second title of 2020 in Lyon over Friedsam". WTA Tennis. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Sofia Kenin undergoes surgery for appendicitis in Melbourne". Tennis.com. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.

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