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
Date28 February – 6 March
Edition3rd
CategoryWTA 250
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$239,447
SurfaceHard (Indoor)
LocationLyon, France
VenuePalais des Sports de Gerland
Champions
Singles
China Zhang Shuai
Doubles
Germany Laura Siegemund / Vera Zvonareva
← 2021 · WTA Lyon Open · 2023 →

Champions

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Singles

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This is Zhang's first WTA Tour singles title since 2017, and third overall.

Doubles

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Singles main draw entrants

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Seeds

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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

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The 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

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Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

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Seeds

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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

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Open 6ème Sens — Métropole de Lyon Overview". wtatennis.com.
  2. ^ "Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis".
  3. ^ "WTA - Lyon - Alizé Cornet en tête d'affiche à l'Open 6e sens à Lyon". tennisactu.net. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  4. ^ "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.
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