# 2022 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Andrey Rublev defeated Jiří Veselý in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the men's singles title at the 2022 Dubai Tennis Championships. It was Rublev's tenth career singles title. Veselý entered the tournament ranked as the world No. 123, and was the lowest-ranked finalist in the tournament's history.
Aslan Karatsev was the defending champion, but lost to Mackenzie McDonald in the first round.
This tournament marked Novak Djokovic’s first appearance of the season, as he was unable to compete at the Australian Open due to the cancellation of his visa. As a result of his quarterfinal loss to Veselý, Djokovic lost the world No. 1 ranking to Daniil Medvedev.

## Seeds

* Novak Djokovic (quarterfinals)
* Andrey Rublev (champion)
* Félix Auger-Aliassime (withdrew)
* Jannik Sinner (quarterfinals)
* Hubert Hurkacz (semifinals)
* Denis Shapovalov (semifinals)
* Aslan Karatsev (first round)
* Roberto Bautista Agut (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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Q | Jiří Veselý | 6$^7$ | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| 6 | Denis Shapovalov | 7$^9$ | 6$^2$ | 6$^3$ | | | | |
| 6 | Denis Shapovalov | 7$^9$ | 6$^2$ | 6$^3$ | Q | Jiří Veselý | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | 2 | Andrey Rublev | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Hubert Hurkacz | 6 | 5 | 6$^5$ | 2 | Andrey Rublev | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Andrey Rublev | 3 | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | N Djokovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Musetti | 3 | 3 | | 1 | N Djokovic | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Khachanov | 6 | 6$^1$ | 7 | | K Khachanov | 3 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | A de Minaur | 3 | 7$^7$ | 5 | | | | | 1 | N Djokovic | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | |
| Q | J Veselý | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | Q | J Veselý | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | M Čilić | 4 | 6$^3$ | | Q | J Veselý | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Rinderknech | 3 | 4 | | 8 | R Bautista Agut | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | R Bautista Agut | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Q | J Veselý | 6$^7$ | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| LL | A Popyrin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | D Shapovalov | 7$^9$ | 6$^2$ | 6$^3$ |
| | N Basilashvili | 2 | 3 | | LL | A Popyrin | 4 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-L Struff | 1 | 6 | 3 | Q | R Berankis | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Berankis | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | Q | R Berankis | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | |
| | D Goffin | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | 6 | D Shapovalov | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | T Daniel | 6 | 7$^7$ | | Q | T Daniel | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Fucsovics | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | D Shapovalov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | D Shapovalov | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 5 | H Hurkacz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Bublik | 3 | 1 | | 5 | H Hurkacz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | A Molčan | 6 | 6 | | LL | A Molčan | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Harris | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 5 | H Hurkacz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | A Murray | 6$^4$ | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 4 | J Sinner | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Q | C O'Connell | 7$^7$ | 3 | 5 | WC | A Murray | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Davidovich Fokina | 6 | 6$^6$ | 3 | 4 | J Sinner | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Sinner | 4 | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | H Hurkacz | 6 | 5 | 6$^5$ |
| 7 | A Karatsev | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Rublev | 3 | 7 | 7$^7$ |
| | M McDonald | 7 | 6 | | | M McDonald | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Krajinović | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | F Krajinović | 4 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Jaziri | 7$^7$ | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | M McDonald | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| | I Ivashka | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | A Rublev | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S-w Kwon | 6 | 6 | | | S-w Kwon | 6 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Evans | 4 | 5 | | 2 | A Rublev | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Rublev | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Alexei Popyrin (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Emil Ruusuvuori (withdrew)
* Alex Molčan (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Henri Laaksonen (first round)
* João Sousa (first round)
* Ričardas Berankis (qualified)
* Taro Daniel (qualified)
* Jiří Veselý (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Jiří Veselý
* Ričardas Berankis
* Taro Daniel
* Christopher O'Connell

### Lucky loser

* Alexei Popyrin
* Alex Molčan

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Alexei Popyrin | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Altuğ Çelikbilek | 5 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | Altuğ Çelikbilek | 5 | 2 | | 1 | Alexei Popyrin | 6$^4$ | 7$^8$ | 2 |
| | | | | | 8 | Jiří Veselý | 7$^7$ | 6$^6$ | 6 |
| WC | Hady Habib | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | Jiří Veselý | 7$^7$ | 6$^6$ | 6 |
| 8 | Jiří Veselý | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| Alt | Pavel Kotov | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | Egor Gerasimov | 4 | 5 | | | | | | |
| | Egor Gerasimov | 4 | 5 | | Alt | Pavel Kotov | 6$^6$ | 7 | 4 |
| | | | | | 6 | Ričardas Berankis | 7$^8$ | 5 | 6 |
| WC | Carlos Gómez-Herrera | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | Ričardas Berankis | 7$^8$ | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Ričardas Berankis | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Alex Molčan | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Mohamed Safwat | 6$^2$ | 3 | | | | |
| WC | Mohamed Safwat | 6$^2$ | 3 | 3 | Alex Molčan | 3 | 6$^3$ |
| | | | | 7 | Taro Daniel | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | Elias Ymer | 1 | 4 | 7 | Taro Daniel | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 7 | Taro Daniel | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Henri Laaksonen | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| | Christopher O'Connell | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Christopher O'Connell | 6 | 7 | | | Christopher O'Connell | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | PR | Yuki Bhambri | 3 | 4 |
| PR | Yuki Bhambri | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | PR | Yuki Bhambri | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | João Sousa | 3 | 6 | 6$^5$ | | | | |