# 2022 Champaign–Urbana Challenger – Singles

Stefan Kozlov was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Prajnesh Gunneswaran.
Ben Shelton won the title after defeating Aleksandar Vukic 0–6, 6–3, 6–2 in the final.

## Seeds

* Denis Kudla (first round)
* Steve Johnson (quarterfinals)
* Christopher Eubanks (semifinals)
* Ben Shelton (champion)
* Stefan Kozlov (first round)
* Aleksandar Vukic (final)
* Aleksandar Kovacevic (semifinals)
* Shang Juncheng (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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 6 | Aleksandar Vukic | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Christopher Eubanks | 6$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Christopher Eubanks | 6$^7$ | 4 | | 6 | Aleksandar Vukic | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| | | | | | 4 | Ben Shelton | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Ben Shelton | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | 4 | Ben Shelton | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Aleksandar Kovacevic | 7$^7$ | 2 | 4 | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 1 | D Kudla | 6$^1$ | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Álvarez Varona | 7$^7$ | 7$^8$ | | | N Álvarez Varona | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Holmgren | 1 | 6 | 6 | Q | A Holmgren | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | |
| | P Jubb | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | N Álvarez Varona | 6$^6$ | 4 | | | | |
| Q | P Kypson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | A Vukic | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | |
| Q | I Montes de la Torre | 1 | 4 | | Q | P Kypson | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | A McHugh | 2 | 4 | | 6 | A Vukic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Vukic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | A Vukic | 7$^9$ | 6 |
| 3 | C Eubanks | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | C Eubanks | 6$^7$ | 4 |
| | A Walton | 3 | 3 | | 3 | C Eubanks | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Sandgren | 3 | 6 | 6 | | T Sandgren | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Lock | 6 | 1 | 0 | | | | | 3 | C Eubanks | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | Alexander Petrov | 0 | 4 | | | | | | LL | E Zhu | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| LL | E Zhu | 6 | 6 | | LL | E Zhu | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Kirchheimer | 7$^9$ | 6 | | Q | S Kirchheimer | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J Shang | 6$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | S Kozlov | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Gunneswaran | 3 | 6 | 6 | | P Gunneswaran | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Fanselow | 6 | 6 | | | S Fanselow | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ezekiel Clark | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | P Gunneswaran | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| Q | E Quinn | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | B Shelton | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| WC | Mathis Debru | 5 | 2 | | Q | E Quinn | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Ozoliņš | 3 | 4 | | 4 | B Shelton | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | B Shelton | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | B Shelton | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | A Kovacevic | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | A Kovacevic | 7$^7$ | 2 | 4 |
| | Alafia Ayeni | 5 | 5 | | 7 | A Kovacevic | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Escobedo | 6 | 3 | 6 | | E Escobedo | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Z Svajda | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 7 | A Kovacevic | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Lucas Gerch | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | S Johnson | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | N Chappell | 3 | 4 | | | L Gerch | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Hunter Heck | 7$^7$ | 3 | 2 | 2 | S Johnson | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Johnson | 6$^1$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |