2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships

{{TennisEventInfo|2022|Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships|

| date = 3–9 October

| edition = 47th

| category = ATP Tour 500

| draw = 32S/16D

| prize_money = $1,953,285

| surface = Hard / outdoor

| location = Tokyo, Japan

| venue = Ariake Coliseum

| champs = {{flagicon|USA}} Taylor Fritz

| champd = {{nowrap|{{flagicon|USA}} Mackenzie McDonald / {{flagicon|BRA}} Marcelo Melo}}

| main_name = Japan Open (tennis) {{!}} Japan Open

| before_year = 2019

| after_name = Japan Open Tennis Championships

}}

The 2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 47th edition of the Japan Open, and part of the ATP Tour 500 series of the 2022 ATP Tour. It was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from 3–9 October 2022. It was the first event since 2019, with the 2020 and 2021 events cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Third-seeded Taylor Fritz won the singles title.{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/tokyo/329/overview|title=Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships Overview|website=atptour.com}}

Finals

=Singles=

{{flagicon|USA}} Taylor Fritz def. {{flagicon|USA}} Frances Tiafoe, 7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–2)

=Doubles=

{{main if exists|2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles}}

{{flagicon|USA}} Mackenzie McDonald / {{flagicon|BRA}} Marcelo Melo def. {{flagicon|BRA}} Rafael Matos / {{flagicon|ESP}} David Vega Hernández, 6–4, 3–6, [10–4]

Singles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

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width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|NOR}} \|Casper Ruud \|2 \|1
~~{{flag\|GBR}}~~ \|~~Cameron Norrie~~ \|8 \|2
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flag\|USA}} \|Taylor Fritz \|12 \|3
style="background:#fcc;" \|{{flag\|USA}} \|Frances Tiafoe \|19 \|4
{{flag\|AUS}} \|Nick Kyrgios \|20 \|5
{{flag\|AUS}} \|Alex de Minaur \|22 \|6
{{flag\|CAN}} \|Denis Shapovalov \|24 \|7
{{flag\|GBR}} \|Dan Evans \|25 \|8
{{flag\|CRO}} \|Borna Ćorić \|26 \|9

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|Casper Ruud

~~{{flag|GBR}}~~

|~~Cameron Norrie~~

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|USA}}

|Taylor Fritz

|12

style="background:#fcc;"

|{{flag|USA}}

|19

|20

|22

|24

|25

|26

¹ Rankings are as of September 26, 2022.

=Other entrants=

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|JPN}} Kaichi Uchida
{{flagicon|JPN}} Yasutaka Uchiyama
{{flagicon|JPN}} Yosuke Watanuki

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|JPN}} Rio Noguchi
{{flagicon|IND}} Ramkumar Ramanathan
{{flagicon|JPN}} Sho Shimabukuro
{{flagicon|JPN}} Yuta Shimizu

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

{{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroki Moriya

=Withdrawals=

{{flagicon|USA}} Jenson Brooksby → replaced by {{flagicon|TPE}} Tseng Chun-hsin
{{flagicon|USA}} Marcos Giron → replaced by {{flagicon|POL}} Kamil Majchrzak
{{flagicon|GBR}} Cameron Norrie→ replaced by {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroki Moriya
{{flagicon|POR}} João Sousa → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} Steve Johnson
{{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Zverev → replaced by {{flagicon|AUS}} Alexei Popyrin

Doubles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

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width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|AUS}} \|Thanasi Kokkinakis \|{{flag\|AUS}} \|Nick Kyrgios \|34 \|1
{{flag\|AUS}} \|Matthew Ebden \|{{flag\|AUS}} \|Max Purcell \|69 \|2
style="background:#fcc;" \|{{flag\|BRA}} \|Rafael Matos \|{{flag\|ESP}} \|David Vega Hernández \|74 \|3
{{flag\|GBR}} \|Dan Evans \|{{flag\|AUS}} \|John Peers \|108 \|4

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|{{flag|AUS}}

|34

|{{flag|AUS}}

|69

style="background:#fcc;"

|{{flag|BRA}}

|Rafael Matos

|{{flag|ESP}}

|David Vega Hernández

|74

|Dan Evans

|{{flag|AUS}}

|John Peers

|108

Rankings are as of September 26, 2022.

=Other entrants=

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

{{flagicon|JPN}} Toshihide Matsui / {{flagicon|JPN}} Kaito Uesugi
{{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshihito Nishioka / {{flagicon|JPN}} Kaichi Uchida

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|BEL}} Sander Gillé / {{flagicon|BEL}} Joran Vliegen

=Withdrawals=

{{flagicon|JPN}} Taro Daniel / {{flagicon|USA}} Marcos Giron → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} Brandon Nakashima / {{flagicon|USA}} Hunter Reese
{{flagicon|SRB}} Miomir Kecmanović / {{flagicon|POR}} João Sousa → replaced by {{flagicon|MEX}} Hans Hach Verdugo / {{flagicon|SRB}} Miomir Kecmanović
{{flagicon|ESP}} Pedro Martínez / {{flagicon|GBR}} Cameron Norrie → replaced by {{flagicon|ESP}} Pedro Martínez / {{flagicon|ESP}} Bernabé Zapata Miralles

References

External links

{{Official website|https://www.rakutenopen.com/en/}}

Rakuten Japan Open

Category:Japan Open (tennis)