Rafael Nadal defeated Maxime Cressy in the final, 7–6(8–6), 6–3 to win the men's singles title at the 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1. It was his 89th career ATP title. Cressy entered the tournament as a qualifier and was contesting his first tour-level final.[1][2]
| Men's singles | |
|---|---|
| 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1 | |
| Champion |  Rafael Nadal |
| Runner-up |  Maxime Cressy |
| Score | 7–6(8–6), 6–3 |
| Draw | 28 (4 Q / 2 WC) |
| Seeds | 8 |
This was the first edition of the tournament.[3]
Seeds edit
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
Rafael Nadal (champion)
Reilly Opelka (second round)
Grigor Dimitrov (semifinals)
David Goffin (second round)
Benoît Paire (first round, retired)
Ilya Ivashka (withdrew)
Dominik Koepfer (first round)- Mackenzie McDonald (second round)
Draw edit
Key edit
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals edit
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Rafael Nadal
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Alt |  Emil Ruusuvuori
| 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Rafael Nadal
| 78 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Q | Maxime Cressy
| 66 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 |  Grigor Dimitrov
| 5 | 69 | ||||||||||
| Q | Maxime Cressy
| 7 | 711 | ||||||||||
Top half edit
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | R Nadal
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  R Berankis
| 7 | 6 | Q | R Berankis
| 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M Giron
| 5 | 4 | 1 | R Nadal
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 A Popyrin
| 77 | 6 |  T Griekspoor
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 S Travaglia
| 65 | 3 | A Popyrin
| 3 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| T Griekspoor
| 6 | 6 | T Griekspoor
| 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  D Koepfer
| 3 | 4 | 1 | R Nadal
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt | E Ruusuvuori
| 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  D Goffin
| 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 A Molčan
| 6 | 66 | 6 | A Molčan
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | A Seppi
| 4 | 78 | 3 | A Molčan
| 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | C O'Connell
| 6 | 5 | 4 | Alt | E Ruusuvuori
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| J Thompson
| 1 | 7 | 6 | J Thompson
| 63 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt | E Ruusuvuori
| 77 | 6 | Alt | E Ruusuvuori
| 77 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| LL |  S Báez
| 62 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half edit
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | M McDonald
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| P Gojowczyk
| 0 | 3 | 8 | M McDonald
| 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 A Mannarino
| 4 | 3 | B van de Zandschulp
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| B van de Zandschulp
| 6 | 6 | B van de Zandschulp
| 77 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| F Bagnis
| 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | G Dimitrov
| 65 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  A Murray
| 3 | 7 | 3 | F Bagnis
| 7 | 63 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | G Dimitrov
| 5 | 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | G Dimitrov
| 5 | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | B Paire
| 6 | 3 | 2r | Q | M Cressy
| 7 | 711 | |||||||||||||||||||
| LL |  H Laaksonen
| 4 | 6 | 5 | LL | H Laaksonen
| 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| J Munar
| 6 | 6 | J Munar
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 K Anderson
| 4 | 4 | J Munar
| 63 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | M Cressy
| 6 | 6 | Q | M Cressy
| 77 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | R Hijikata
| 3 | 0 | Q | M Cressy
| 4 | 77 | 711 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | R Opelka
| 6 | 65 | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Qualifying edit
Seeds edit
Emil Ruusuvuori (moved to main draw)
Henri Laaksonen (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Sebastián Báez (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Marco Cecchinato (withdrew)- Andreas Seppi (qualified)
Ričardas Berankis (qualified)- Denis Kudla (first round)
- Maxime Cressy (qualified)
Qualifiers edit
Lucky losers edit
Qualifying draw edit
First qualifier edit
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| Alt |  Altuğ Çelikbilek
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Norbert Gombos
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Alt | Altuğ Çelikbilek
| 7 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | Ričardas Berankis
| 5 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tomás Martín Etcheverry
| 4 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Ričardas Berankis
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
Second qualifier edit
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Henri Laaksonen
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Jozef Kovalík
| 4 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Henri Laaksonen
| 6 | 68 | 4 | |||||||||
| WC | Rinky Hijikata
| 4 | 710 | 6 | |||||||||
| WC | Rinky Hijikata
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Denis Kudla
| 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
Third qualifier edit
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Sebastián Báez
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| WC | Marc Polmans
| 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Sebastián Báez
| 5 | 61 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Andreas Seppi
| 7 | 77 | ||||||||||
| Bernabé Zapata Miralles
| 4 | 63 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Andreas Seppi
| 6 | 77 | ||||||||||
Fourth qualifier edit
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| Alt | Andrea Vavassori
| 63 | 77 | 6 | |||||||||
| Lucas Pouille
| 77 | 65 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Alt | Andrea Vavassori
| 66 | 610 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Maxime Cressy
| 78 | 712 | ||||||||||
 João Sousa
| 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Maxime Cressy
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Nadal Soars To Melbourne Title". Association of Tennis Professionals. 9 January 2022. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Nadal eyes first Aussie title in 13 years". Yahoo! Sports. Australian Associated Press. 8 January 2022. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Draws revealed for Melbourne Summer Set". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 2022-01-02.