2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1 – Men's singles

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 and his first in Australia since 2009. 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
Final score7–6(8–6), 6–3
Draw28 (4 Q / 2 WC)
Seeds8

This was the first edition of the tournament.[3]

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

  1. Rafael Nadal (champion)
  2. Reilly Opelka (second round)
  3. Grigor Dimitrov (semifinals)
  4. David Goffin (second round)
  5. Benoît Paire (first round, retired)
  6. Ilya Ivashka (withdrew)
  7. Dominik Koepfer (first round)
  8. Mackenzie McDonald (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals
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
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
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

Seeds
  1. Emil Ruusuvuori (moved to main draw)
  2. Henri Laaksonen (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  3. Sebastián Báez (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  4. Marco Cecchinato (withdrew)
  5. Andreas Seppi (qualified)
  6. Ričardas Berankis (qualified)
  7. Denis Kudla (first round)
  8. Maxime Cressy (qualified)

Qualifiers
  1. Ričardas Berankis
  2. Rinky Hijikata
  3. Andreas Seppi
  4. Maxime Cressy

Lucky losers
  1. Henri Laaksonen
  2. Sebastián Báez

First qualifier
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
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
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
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

References
  1. "Nadal Soars To Melbourne Title". Association of Tennis Professionals. 9 January 2022. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  2. "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.
  3. "Draws revealed for Melbourne Summer Set". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
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