2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1 – Women's singles
# 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1 – Women's singles

Simona Halep defeated Veronika Kudermetova in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1. It was Halep's 23rd WTA Tour-level singles title, and her first in Australia.

This was the first edition of the tournament.

## Seeds

* Naomi Osaka (semifinals, withdrew)
* Simona Halep (champion)
* Veronika Kudermetova (final)
* Camila Giorgi (withdrew)
* Liudmila Samsonova (first round)
* Viktorija Golubic (quarterfinals)
* Tereza Martincová (first round)
* Kateřina Siniaková (first round)
* Alison Riske (first round)

## Draw

### Key

* 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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Naomi Osaka | | | | | | |
| 3 | Veronika Kudermetova | w/o | | | | | |
| 3 | Veronika Kudermetova | w/o | | 3 | Veronika Kudermetova | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | 2 | Simona Halep | 6 | 6 |
| Q | Zheng Qinwen | 3 | 2 | 2 | Simona Halep | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Simona Halep | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | N Osaka | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Cornet | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | N Osaka | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Martić | 3 | 4 | | | M Zanevska | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Zanevska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | N Osaka | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | S Zhang | 3 | $6^6$ | | | | | | | | A Petkovic | 1 | 5 | | | | |
| | C Burel | 6 | $7^8$ | | | C Burel | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Petkovic | 6 | $7^7$ | | | A Petkovic | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | L Samsonova | 3 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | N Osaka | |
| 3 | V Kudermetova | $7^7$ | $7^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | V Kudermetova | w/o |
| Q | V Kužmová | $6^4$ | $6^6$ | | 3 | V Kudermetova | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Brengle | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | M Brengle | 0 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Hibino | $6^3$ | $6^4$ | | | | | | | 3 | V Kudermetova | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | |
| | A Potapova | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Potapova | 2 | 6 | 0 | | | |
| WC | L Cabrera | 7 | 2 | 2 | | A Potapova | 6 | $6^4$ | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Bondár | 7 | $7^{10}$ | | Q | A Bondár | 4 | $7^7$ | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | K Siniaková | 5 | $6^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | T Martincová | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Konjuh | 6 | 6 | | | A Konjuh | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Cristian | $7^7$ | $6^7$ | 2 | | K Kanepi | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kanepi | $6^2$ | $7^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | A Konjuh | $6^1$ | $6^6$ | | | | | |
| LL | M Hontama | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | Q | Q Zheng | $7^7$ | $7^8$ | | | | | |
| Q | Q Zheng | 4 | 6 | 6 | Q | Q Zheng | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Zvonareva | 7 | 6 | | | V Zvonareva | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | A Riske | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | Q Zheng | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | V Golubic | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | S Halep | 6 | 6 |
| Alt | L Davis | 5 | 1 | | 6 | V Golubic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Pattinama Kerkhove | 6 | 6 | | Q | L Pattinama Kerkhove | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Mendez | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 6 | V Golubic | 2 | 7 | 4 | | | | |
| | E-G Ruse | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | S Halep | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Ar Rodionova | 3 | 2 | | | E-G Ruse | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Aiava | 4 | 2 | | 2 | S Halep | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Halep | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Seeds

* Lauren Davis (moved to main draw)
* Anna Bondár (qualified)
* Bernarda Pera (qualifying competition)
* Danka Kovinić (qualifying competition, withdrew)
* Dayana Yastremska (first round)
* Wang Qiang (first round)
* Magdalena Fręch (first round)
* Martina Trevisan (first round)
* Viktoriya Tomova (first round)
* Sara Errani (first round)
* Zheng Qinwen (qualified)
* Nao Hibino (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Viktória Kužmová
* Anna Bondár
* Zheng Qinwen
* Nao Hibino
* Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
* Destanee Aiava

### Lucky loser

* Mai Hontama

### Qualifying draw

**First qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alt | Liang En-shuo | 4 | $6^4$ | | | |
| | Olga Govortsova | 6 | $7^7$ | | | |
| | Olga Govortsova | 6 | $7^7$ | Olga Govortsova | 1 | $0^r$ |
| | | | | Viktória Kužmová | 6 | 0 |
| | Viktória Kužmová | $7^9$ | 6 | Viktória Kužmová | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Magdalena Fręch | $6^7$ | 3 | | | |

**Second qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Anna Bondár | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Leonie Küng | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | Leonie Küng | 3 | 2 | 2 | Anna Bondár | $7^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | Mai Hontama | $6^4$ | 4 |
| | Mai Hontama | 7 | 7 | | Mai Hontama | $6^4$ | 4 |
| 9 | Viktoriya Tomova | 5 | 5 | | | | |

**Third qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Bernarda Pera | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Rebecca Šramková | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Rebecca Šramková | 0 | 2 | 3 | Bernarda Pera | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| | | | | 11 | Zheng Qinwen | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| | Jule Niemeier | 4 | 0 | 11 | Zheng Qinwen | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Zheng Qinwen | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

**Fourth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Danka Kovinić | 6 | 6 | | | |
| WC | Alexandra Osborne | 2 | 1 | | | |
| WC | Alexandra Osborne | 2 | 1 | 4 | Danka Kovinić | |
| | | | | 12 | Nao Hibino | w/o |
| | Katarzyna Kawa | 3 | 0 | 12 | Nao Hibino | w/o |
| 12 | Nao Hibino | 6 | 6 | | | |

**Fifth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Dayana Yastremska | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove | 6 | 6 | | | Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | WC | Kimberly Birrell | 4 | 4 |
| WC | Kimberly Birrell | 6 | 4 | 6 | WC | Kimberly Birrell | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | Martina Trevisan | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | |

**Sixth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Wang Qiang | $6^9$ | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | Destanee Aiava | $7^{11}$ | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Destanee Aiava | $7^{11}$ | 6 | | WC | Destanee Aiava | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | WC | Taylah Preston | 4 | 4 |
| WC | Taylah Preston | 7 | 2 | 6 | WC | Taylah Preston | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | Sara Errani | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
