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
editThe 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
editKey
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
editSeeds
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
editLucky losers
editQualifying draw
editFirst 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
editReferences
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.