2021 WTA Lyon Open – Singles

Singles
2021 WTA Lyon Open
Champion	Clara Tauson
Runner-up	Viktorija Golubic
Score	6–4, 6–1
Draw	32 (6 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds	8

Clara Tauson defeated Viktorija Golubic in the final, 6–4, 6–1 to win the singles tennis title at the 2021 WTA Lyon Open.^[1] It was her first WTA Tour title, and she won it as a qualifier. Tauson did not lose a set during the tournament, including qualifying rounds, and dropped just 35 games across seven matches. Tauson was the second Dane, 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 reigning champion,^[2] but chose not to participate after undergoing surgery for appendicitis.^[3]

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw