2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles

Singles
2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champion	Taylor Fritz
Runner-up	Frances Tiafoe
Score	7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–2)
Draw	32 (4Q / 3WC)
Seeds	8

Main article: 2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships

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

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Kwon Soon-woo	2	6	4
	4	Frances Tiafoe	6	0	6
								4	Frances Tiafoe	6^3	6^2
								3	Taylor Fritz	7^7	7^7
	3	Taylor Fritz	6	6^5	6
	7	Denis Shapovalov	3	7^7	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	7^7	6^2	6											S-w Kwon	6	6
	WC	K Uchida	6^4	7^7	3				M McDonald	3	7^7	2
		S-w Kwon	6	6					S-w Kwon	6	6^4	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	7^9
		T Daniel	5	5					B Zapata Miralles	1	6^7
		B Zapata Miralles	7	7											4	F Tiafoe	6	6
		M Kecmanović	2	7^7	6											M Kecmanović	0	4
		Y Nishioka	6	6^1	2				M Kecmanović	6	3	7^7
		R Albot	7^7	1	4			8	D Evans	3	6	6^4
	8	D Evans	6^3	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	6^2	2					K Majchrzak	6	2	2
		K Majchrzak	7^7	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	7^7	1			3	T Fritz	6	3	6
	3	T Fritz	6	6^2	6																	3	T Fritz	6	6^5	6
	7	D Shapovalov	6	7^7																		7	D Shapovalov	3	7^7	3
		S Johnson	3	6^3				7	D Shapovalov	6	6
	Q	R Noguchi	6	3	7^7			Q	R Noguchi	3	1
	Q	R Ramanathan	4	6	6^1										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	6^4				9	B Ćorić	7	6
	9	B Ćorić	6	7^7

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

1. Yuta Shimizu
2. Ramkumar Ramanathan
3. Sho Shimabukuro
4. Rio Noguchi

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	6^5	5
	5	Max Purcell	4	7^7	7

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Elias Ymer	7^7	6
	WC	Renta Tokuda	6^3	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.

External links

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw