# 2022 Sydney Tennis Classic – Men's singles

Aslan Karatsev defeated Andy Murray in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the men's singles title at the 2022 Sydney Tennis Classic. This was Murray's first ATP final since he won the 2019 European Open.
Alex de Minaur was the defending champion from when the event was held in 2019, but withdrew before the tournament began.

## Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.
* Aslan Karatsev (champion)
* Nikoloz Basilashvili (second round)
* Dan Evans (semifinals)
* Reilly Opelka (semifinals)
* Lorenzo Sonego (quarterfinals)
* Dušan Lajović (second round)
* Fabio Fognini (second round)
* David Goffin (quarterfinals, retired)

## 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 |
| 1 | Aslan Karatsev | 6 | 6$^{13}$ | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | Dan Evans | 3 | 7$^{15}$ | 3 | | | | |
| 3 | Dan Evans | 3 | 7$^{15}$ | 3 | 1 | Aslan Karatsev | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | WC | Andy Murray | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Reilly Opelka | 7$^8$ | 4 | 4 | WC | Andy Murray | 3 | 3 |
| WC | Andy Murray | 6$^6$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | A Karatsev | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kecmanović | 6 | 6 | | | M Kecmanović | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | S Travaglia | 2 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | A Karatsev | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | C O'Connell | 2 | 6 | 6$^4$ | | | | | 5 | L Sonego | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | |
| Q | S Báez | 6 | 1 | 7$^7$ | Q | S Báez | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Gaston | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | L Sonego | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | L Sonego | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | A Karatsev | 6 | 6$^{13}$ | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | D Evans | 3 | 7$^{15}$ | 3 |
| | | | | | 3 | D Evans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Popyrin | 4 | 4 | | | P Martínez | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | D Evans | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | |
| SE | M Cressy | 6 | 7 | | | | | | SE | M Cressy | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | |
| | A Mannarino | 3 | 5 | | SE | M Cressy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Davidovich Fokina | 6$^5$ | 4 | | 6 | D Lajović | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | D Lajović | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| 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 |
| 7 | F Fognini | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | D Altmaier | 3 | 5 | 7 | F Fognini | 6$^7$ | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Veselý | 6$^2$ | 6$^0$ | | B Nakashima | 7$^9$ | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Nakashima | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | B Nakashima | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | J Thompson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | R Opelka | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Giron | 4 | 2 | WC | J Thompson | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | R Opelka | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | R Opelka | 7$^8$ | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | D Goffin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | WC | A Murray | 6$^6$ | 6 | 6 |
| | F Bagnis | 4 | 4 | 8 | D Goffin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Delbonis | 3 | 1 | LL | D Kudla | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | D Kudla | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | D Goffin | 2 | 0$^r$ | | | | | |
| Q | V Durasovic | 3 | 1 | | | | | | WC | A Murray | 6 | 0 | | | | | |
| WC | A Murray | 6 | 6 | WC | A Murray | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | N Basilashvili | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Facundo Bagnis (moved to main draw)
* Stefano Travaglia (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Jiří Veselý (qualified)
* Daniel Altmaier (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Pablo Andújar (first round)
* Sebastián Báez (qualified)
* Andreas Seppi (first round)
* Denis Kudla (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

### Qualifiers

* Viktor Durasovic
* Christopher O'Connell
* Jiří Veselý
* Sebastián Báez

### Lucky losers

* Stefano Travaglia
* Daniel Altmaier
* Denis Kudla

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| Alt | Harri Heliövaara | 7$^7$ | 7$^{13}$ | | | | | | |
| PR | Rubin Statham | 6$^5$ | 6$^{11}$ | | | | | | |
| PR | Rubin Statham | 6$^5$ | 6$^{11}$ | | Alt | Harri Heliövaara | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| | | | | | Alt | Viktor Durasovic | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| Alt | Viktor Durasovic | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | Alt | Viktor Durasovic | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Pablo Andújar | 6$^3$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Stefano Travaglia | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Matthew Romios | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| WC | Matthew Romios | 5 | 1 | 2 | Stefano Travaglia | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | Christopher O'Connell | 6 | 6 |
| | Christopher O'Connell | 6 | 6 | | Christopher O'Connell | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Andreas Seppi | 4 | 3 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Jiří Veselý | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Lucas Pouille | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Lucas Pouille | 4 | 4 | | 3 | Jiří Veselý | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | | | | | 8 | Denis Kudla | 4 | 6$^3$ |
| | Stefan Kozlov | 6 | 6$^7$ | 3 | 8 | Denis Kudla | 4 | 6$^3$ |
| 8 | Denis Kudla | 4 | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Daniel Altmaier | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Alt | Michail Pervolarakis | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| Alt | Michail Pervolarakis | 4 | 1 | 4 | Daniel Altmaier | 6$^4$ | 5 |
| | | | | 6 | Sebastián Báez | 7$^7$ | 7 |
| WC | Moerani Bouzige | 3 | 5 | 6 | Sebastián Báez | 7$^7$ | 7 |
| 6 | Sebastián Báez | 6 | 7 | | | | |