2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles

Singles
2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champion Taylor Fritz
Runner-up Frances Tiafoe
Score7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2)
Draw32 (4Q / 3WC)
Seeds8

Taylor Fritz defeated Frances Tiafoe in the final, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2) to win the singles tennis title at the 2022 Japan Open.

Novak Djokovic was the reigning champion from when the event was last held in 2019,[1] but chose to compete in Astana instead.

Seeds

  1. Casper Ruud (first round)
  2. Cameron Norrie (withdrew)
  3. Taylor Fritz (champion)
  4. Frances Tiafoe (final)
  5. Nick Kyrgios (quarterfinals, withdrew)
  6. Alex de Minaur (first round)
  7. Denis Shapovalov (semifinals)
  8. Dan Evans (second round)
  9. Borna Ćorić (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
  Kwon Soon-woo 2 6 4
4 Frances Tiafoe 6 0 6
4 Frances Tiafoe 63 62
3 Taylor Fritz 77 77
3 Taylor Fritz 6 65 6
7 Denis Shapovalov 3 77 3

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 C Ruud 3 3
J Munar 6 6 J Munar 6 3 1
P Martínez 7 6 P Martínez 4 6 6
A Popyrin 5 4 P Martínez 3 0
M McDonald 77 62 6 S-w Kwon 6 6
WC K Uchida 64 77 3 M McDonald 3 77 2
S-w Kwon 6 6 S-w Kwon 6 64 6
6 A de Minaur 3 2 S-w Kwon 2 6 4
4 F Tiafoe 6 6 4 F Tiafoe 6 0 6
WC Y Uchiyama 3 4 4 F Tiafoe 6 79
T Daniel 5 5 B Zapata Miralles 1 67
B Zapata Miralles 7 7 4 F Tiafoe 6 6
M Kecmanović 2 77 6 M Kecmanović 0 4
Y Nishioka 6 61 2 M Kecmanović 6 3 77
R Albot 77 1 4 8 D Evans 3 6 64
8 D Evans 63 6 6

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 N Kyrgios 6 6
C-h Tseng 3 1 5 N Kyrgios 3 6 6
Q S Shimabukuro 62 2 K Majchrzak 6 2 2
K Majchrzak 77 6 5 N Kyrgios
LL H Moriya 6 6 3 T Fritz w/o
Q Y Shimizu 1 3 LL H Moriya 1 6 4
J Duckworth 2 77 1 3 T Fritz 6 3 6
3 T Fritz 6 62 6 3 T Fritz 6 65 6
7 D Shapovalov 6 77 7 D Shapovalov 3 77 3
S Johnson 3 63 7 D Shapovalov 6 6
Q R Noguchi 6 3 77 Q R Noguchi 3 1
Q R Ramanathan 4 6 61 7 D Shapovalov 6 6
B Nakashima 6 6 9 B Ćorić 4 3
WC S Mochizuki 3 2 B Nakashima 5 2
T Kokkinakis 4 64 9 B Ćorić 7 6
9 B Ćorić 6 77

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Nicolás Jarry (first round)
  2. Elias Ymer (qualifying competition)
  3. Hiroki Moriya (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  4. Rio Noguchi (qualified)
  5. Max Purcell (qualifying competition)
  6. Ramkumar Ramanathan (qualified)
  7. Aziz Dougaz (first round)
  8. Sho Shimabukuro (qualified)

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

  1. Hiroki Moriya

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
1 Nicolás Jarry 4 4
WC Yuta Shimizu 6 6
WC Yuta Shimizu 6 6
5 Max Purcell 3 4
WC Shintaro Imai 6 65 5
5 Max Purcell 4 77 7

Second qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
2 Elias Ymer 77 6
WC Renta Tokuda 63 3
2 Elias Ymer 7 4 1
6 Ramkumar Ramanathan 5 6 6
Alt Ryota Tanuma 5 3
6 Ramkumar Ramanathan 7 6

Third qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
3 Hiroki Moriya 6 6
  Yuki Mochizuki 3 4
3 Hiroki Moriya 7 3 3
8 Sho Shimabukuro 5 6 6
  Go Soeda 3 4
8 Sho Shimabukuro 6 6

Fourth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
4 Rio Noguchi 6 6
PR Tatsuma Ito 0 2
4 Rio Noguchi 0 6 6
Alt Yusuke Takahashi 6 2 0
Alt Yusuke Takahashi 6 6
7 Aziz Dougaz 3 1

References

  1. ^ "Djokovic's Dream Debut: World No. 1 Victorious In Tokyo". 6 October 2019.