2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1 – Men's singles

Men's singles
2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1
Final
ChampionSpain Rafael Nadal
Runner-upUnited States Maxime Cressy
Score7–6(8–6), 6–3
Details
Draw28 (4 Q / 2 WC)
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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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]

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

Seeds

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

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Spain Rafael Nadal67
Alt Finland Emil Ruusuvuori4 5
1 Spain Rafael Nadal786
Q United States Maxime Cressy663
3 Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov5 69
Q United States Maxime Cressy7711

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Spain R Nadal67
Q Lithuania R Berankis76Q Lithuania R Berankis2 5
United States M Giron5 4 1 Spain R Nadalw/o
Australia A Popyrin776Netherlands T Griekspoor
Italy S Travaglia653 Australia A Popyrin3 63
Netherlands T Griekspoor66Netherlands T Griekspoor64 6
7 Germany D Koepfer3 4 1 Spain R Nadal67
Alt Finland E Ruusuvuori4 5
4 Belgium D Goffin5 3
Slovakia A Molčan6666Slovakia A Molčan76
Q Italy A Seppi4 783 Slovakia A Molčan2 1
WC Australia C O'Connell65 4 Alt Finland E Ruusuvuori66
Australia J Thompson1 76Australia J Thompson6373
Alt Finland E Ruusuvuori776Alt Finland E Ruusuvuori775 6
LL Argentina S Báez621

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 United States M McDonald66
Germany P Gojowczyk0 3 8 United States M McDonald2 5
France A Mannarino4 3 Netherlands B van de Zandschulp67
Netherlands B van de Zandschulp66Netherlands B van de Zandschulp770 5
Argentina F Bagnis65 63 Bulgaria G Dimitrov6567
WC United Kingdom A Murray3 73 Argentina F Bagnis7633
3 Bulgaria G Dimitrov5 776
3 Bulgaria G Dimitrov5 69
5 France B Paire63 2rQ United States M Cressy7711
LL Switzerland H Laaksonen4 65 LL Switzerland H Laaksonen1 5
Spain J Munar66Spain J Munar67
South Africa K Anderson4 4 Spain J Munar634
Q United States M Cressy66Q United States M Cressy776
Q Australia R Hijikata3 0 Q United States M Cressy4 77711
2 United States R Opelka66569

Qualifying

Seeds

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

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Alt Turkey Altuğ Çelikbilek66
Slovakia Norbert Gombos4 4
Alt Turkey Altuğ Çelikbilek72 1
6 Lithuania Ričardas Berankis5 66
Argentina Tomás Martín Etcheverry4 2
6 Lithuania Ričardas Berankis66

Second qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
2 Switzerland Henri Laaksonen66
Slovakia Jozef Kovalík4 2
2 Switzerland Henri Laaksonen6684
WC Australia Rinky Hijikata4 7106
WC Australia Rinky Hijikata67
7 United States Denis Kudla1 5

Third qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
3 Argentina Sebastián Báez76
WC Australia Marc Polmans5 2
3 Argentina Sebastián Báez5 61
5 Italy Andreas Seppi777
Spain Bernabé Zapata Miralles4 63
5 Italy Andreas Seppi677

Fourth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Alt Italy Andrea Vavassori63776
France Lucas Pouille77653
Alt Italy Andrea Vavassori66610
8 United States Maxime Cressy78712
Portugal João Sousa2 3
8 United States Maxime Cressy66

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.