WTA Lyon Open is a kind of tournament held especially for female professional tennis players, know its previous winners list and prize money
The tournament is held in the first week of March every year for female professional tennis players.
This competition was played in Gerland’s Palais des Sports. This competition was placed in Gerland’s Palais des Sports. It is a Lyon, France-based indoor athletic venue. The venue has a seating capacity of 5,910 people.
What Is The WTA Lyon Open And Format
It is part of the WTA Tour and is a WTA 250 category competition. Since the restructuring of the scheduling in 2021, WTA 250 events have been a classification of tennis tournaments on the Women’s Tennis Association tour. These tournaments were previously known as WTA International Tournaments.
The competition is held on indoor hard courts. It’s usually built of solid materials like asphalt or concrete, and it’s coated in acrylic resins to protect the surface and define the playing lines while also giving some padding.
This tennis event was founded 2 years ago on 2 March 2020. So, as we know already this is not a very old event, that’s why they have held 2 editions. Its draw size is 32 Singles and 16 Doubles.
WTA Lyon Open All Time Women’s Singles And Doubles Winners, 2022 Prize Money Pool
The Lyon Open, which began in 2020 and is now known as the Open 6ème Sens – Métropole de Lyon for sponsorship reasons. 6ème Sens was the current sponsor of this event.
Winners Of Singles
- 2020- Sofia Kenin
- 2021- Clara Touson
- 2022-Zhang Shuai
Winners Of Doubles
- 2020- Laura Ioana Paar & Julia Wachaczyk
- 2021- Viktória Kužmová & Arantax Rus
- 2022- Laura Seigemund & Vera Zvonareva
2022 Prize Money Pool Lyon Open Women Distribution
For singles events
| 2022 | Prize Money € EUR | Prize Money £ GBP | Prize Money $ USD | % Change vs 2021 |
| Winner | €25,000 | £21,634 | $31,000 | 6.17% |
| Runner-up | €14,545 | £12,587 | $18,036 | 9.99% |
| Semifinal | €8,145 | £7,048 | $10,100 | 0.00% |
| Quarterfinal | €4,677 | £4,047 | $5,799 | 0.00% |
| Round 2 | €2,963 | £2,564 | $3,674 | 0.00% |
| Round 1 | €2,158 | £1,867 | $2,676 | 0.05% |
| Q2 | €1,573 | £1,361 | $1,951 | -0.13% |
| Q1 | €1,025 | £887 | $1,271 | 0.10% |
For doubles events
| 2022 | Prize Money € EUR | Prize Money £ GBP | Prize Money $ USD | % Change vs 2021 |
| Winner | €8,710 | £6,179 | $10,800 | 4.9% |
| Runner-up | €5,080 | £3,604 | $6,299 | 5.0% |
| Semifinal | €3,064 | £2,174 | $3,799 | 0.0% |
| Quarterfinal | €1,854 | £1,315 | $2,299 | 0.0% |
| Round 1 | €1,410 | £1,000 | $1,748 | -0.1% |
The overall prize money for the WTA Lyon tournament in 2022 is $239,477 (€193,127), a little increase of 1.80% over the prize money for the tournament in 2021.
The winner in Lyon will get €25,000, an increase of 6.17% over 2021. The runner-up reward also sees a 9.99% boost, and they will get a receipt for €14,545.
The prize money is the same as last year in other parts of the draw, with every round earning the same sum as a year ago.
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