2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1 – Men's singles
# 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. Cressy entered the tournament as a qualifier and was contesting his first tour-level final.

This was the first edition of the tournament.

## Seeds

The 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

### 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 | Rafael Nadal | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| Alt | Emil Ruusuvuori | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| Alt | Emil Ruusuvuori | 4 | 5 | 1 | Rafael Nadal | $7^8$ | 6 |
| | | | | Q | Maxime Cressy | $6^6$ | 3 |
| 3 | Grigor Dimitrov | 5 | $6^9$ | Q | Maxime Cressy | $6^6$ | 3 |
| Q | Maxime Cressy | 7 | $7^{11}$ | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | 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 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | T Griekspoor | | | | | | |
| | S Travaglia | $6^5$ | 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 | $6^6$ | 6 | | A Molčan | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Seppi | 4 | $7^8$ | 3 | | | | | | | A Molčan | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| WC | C O'Connell | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | Alt | E Ruusuvuori | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Thompson | 1 | 7 | 6 | | J Thompson | $6^3$ | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | E Ruusuvuori | $7^7$ | 6 | | Alt | E Ruusuvuori | $7^7$ | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| LL | S Báez | $6^2$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | $7^7$ | 0 | 5 | | | | |
| | F Bagnis | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | G Dimitrov | $6^5$ | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| WC | A Murray | 3 | 7 | 3 | | F Bagnis | 7 | $6^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | G Dimitrov | 5 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | G Dimitrov | 5 | $6^9$ |
| 5 | B Paire | 6 | 3 | $2^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | Q | M Cressy | 7 | $7^{11}$ |
| 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 | $6^3$ | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | M Cressy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | M Cressy | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | R Hijikata | 3 | 0 | | Q | M Cressy | 4 | $7^7$ | $7^{11}$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | R Opelka | 6 | $6^5$ | $6^9$ | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Seeds

* 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

* Ričardas Berankis
* Rinky Hijikata
* Andreas Seppi
* Maxime Cressy

### Lucky losers

* Henri Laaksonen
* Sebastián Báez

### Qualifying draw

**First qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alt | Altuğ Çelikbilek | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Norbert Gombos | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Norbert Gombos | 4 | 4 | Alt | Altuğ Çelikbilek | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| | | | | 6 | Ričardas Berankis | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| | Tomás Martín Etcheverry | 4 | 2 | 6 | Ričardas Berankis | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Ričardas Berankis | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

**Second qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Henri Laaksonen | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Jozef Kovalík | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Jozef Kovalík | 4 | 2 | 2 | Henri Laaksonen | 6 | $6^8$ | 4 |
| | | | | WC | Rinky Hijikata | 4 | $7^{10}$ | 6 |
| WC | Rinky Hijikata | 6 | 7 | WC | Rinky Hijikata | 4 | $7^{10}$ | 6 |
| 7 | Denis Kudla | 1 | 5 | | | | | |

**Third qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Sebastián Báez | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Marc Polmans | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Marc Polmans | 5 | 2 | 3 | Sebastián Báez | 5 | $6^1$ |
| | | | | 5 | Andreas Seppi | 7 | $7^7$ |
| | Bernabé Zapata Miralles | 4 | $6^3$ | 5 | Andreas Seppi | 7 | $7^7$ |
| 5 | Andreas Seppi | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | |

**Fourth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alt | Andrea Vavassori | $6^3$ | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | Lucas Pouille | $7^7$ | $6^5$ | 3 | | | | |
| | Lucas Pouille | $7^7$ | $6^5$ | 3 | Alt | Andrea Vavassori | $6^6$ | $6^{10}$ |
| | | | | | 8 | Maxime Cressy | $7^8$ | $7^{12}$ |
| | João Sousa | 2 | 3 | | 8 | Maxime Cressy | $7^8$ | $7^{12}$ |
| 8 | Maxime Cressy | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
