Shingo Kunieda defeated Alfie Hewett in the final, 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(10–5) to win the gentlemen's singles wheelchair tennis title at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships. It was his first Wimbledon singles title and record-extending 28th major singles title overall. With the win, Kunieda completed both a non-calendar year Grand Slam and the career Super Slam. Hewett served for the championship four times, but was broken all four times by Kunieda.[1]
| Wheelchair men's singles | |
|---|---|
| 2022 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Champion |  Shingo Kunieda |
| Runner-up |  Alfie Hewett |
| Score | 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(10–5) |
| Draw | 8 |
| Seeds | 2 |
Joachim Gérard was the defending champion,[2] but was defeated by Kunieda in the semifinals.
Seeds edit
Shingo Kunieda (champion)
Alfie Hewett (final)
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
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Shingo Kunieda
| 6 | 65 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
 Tom Egberink
| 1 | 77 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Shingo Kunieda
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
 Joachim Gérard
| 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joachim Gérard
| 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| WC | Tokito Oda
| 4 | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Shingo Kunieda
| 4 | 7 | 710 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Alfie Hewett
| 6 | 5 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
 Gustavo Fernández
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Nicolas Peifer
| 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gustavo Fernández
| 6 | 63 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Alfie Hewett
| 2 | 77 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gordon Reid
| 2 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Alfie Hewett
| 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Wimbledon: Alfie Hewett loses to Shingo Kunieda in men's wheelchair singles final". BBC Sport. 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Gerard Conquers SW19 and Sets Sights On More Slams and Paralympic Gold". International Tennis Federation. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2022.