# 2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles

Taylor Fritz defeated Frances Tiafoe in the final, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ to win the singles tennis title at the 2022 Japan Open.
Novak Djokovic was the reigning champion from when the event was last held in 2019, but chose to compete in Astana instead.

## Seeds

* Casper Ruud (first round)
* Cameron Norrie (withdrew)
* Taylor Fritz (champion)
* Frances Tiafoe (final)
* Nick Kyrgios (quarterfinals, withdrew)
* Alex de Minaur (first round)
* Denis Shapovalov (semifinals)
* Dan Evans (second round)
* Borna Ćorić (quarterfinals)

## 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 |
| | Kwon Soon-woo | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| 4 | Frances Tiafoe | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Frances Tiafoe | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | Frances Tiafoe | 6$^3$ | 6$^2$ |
| | | | | | 3 | Taylor Fritz | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| 3 | Taylor Fritz | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | 3 | Taylor Fritz | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| 7 | Denis Shapovalov | 3 | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 1 | C Ruud | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Munar | 6 | 6 | | | J Munar | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Martínez | 7 | 6 | | | P Martínez | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Popyrin | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | P Martínez | 3 | 0 | | | | | |
| | M McDonald | 7$^7$ | 6$^2$ | 6 | | | | | | | S-w Kwon | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | K Uchida | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | 3 | | M McDonald | 3 | 7$^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-w Kwon | 6 | 6 | | | S-w Kwon | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A de Minaur | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | S-w Kwon | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | F Tiafoe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | F Tiafoe | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| WC | Y Uchiyama | 3 | 4 | | 4 | F Tiafoe | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Daniel | 5 | 5 | | | B Zapata Miralles | 1 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Zapata Miralles | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | 4 | F Tiafoe | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Kecmanović | 2 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | M Kecmanović | 0 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Y Nishioka | 6 | 6$^1$ | 2 | | M Kecmanović | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Albot | 7$^7$ | 1 | 4 | 8 | D Evans | 3 | 6 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | D Evans | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | N Kyrgios | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C-h Tseng | 3 | 1 | | 5 | N Kyrgios | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Shimabukuro | 6$^2$ | 2 | | | K Majchrzak | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Majchrzak | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | N Kyrgios | | | | | | | |
| LL | H Moriya | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | T Fritz | w/o | | | | | | |
| Q | Y Shimizu | 1 | 3 | | LL | H Moriya | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Duckworth | 2 | 7$^7$ | 1 | 3 | T Fritz | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | T Fritz | 6 | 6$^2$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | T Fritz | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 |
| 7 | D Shapovalov | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | D Shapovalov | 3 | 7$^7$ | 3 |
| | S Johnson | 3 | 6$^3$ | | 7 | D Shapovalov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Noguchi | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | Q | R Noguchi | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Ramanathan | 4 | 6 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | 7 | D Shapovalov | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | B Nakashima | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 9 | B Ćorić | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | S Mochizuki | 3 | 2 | | | B Nakashima | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Kokkinakis | 4 | 6$^4$ | | 9 | B Ćorić | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | B Ćorić | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Nicolás Jarry (first round)
* Elias Ymer (qualifying competition)
* Hiroki Moriya (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Rio Noguchi (qualified)
* Max Purcell (qualifying competition)
* Ramkumar Ramanathan (qualified)
* Aziz Dougaz (first round)
* Sho Shimabukuro (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Yuta Shimizu
* Ramkumar Ramanathan
* Sho Shimabukuro
* Rio Noguchi

### Lucky loser

* Hiroki Moriya

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Nicolás Jarry | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | Yuta Shimizu | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Yuta Shimizu | 6 | 6 | | WC | Yuta Shimizu | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 5 | Max Purcell | 3 | 4 |
| WC | Shintaro Imai | 6 | 6$^5$ | 5 | 5 | Max Purcell | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Max Purcell | 4 | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Elias Ymer | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Renta Tokuda | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | Renta Tokuda | 6$^3$ | 3 | 2 | Elias Ymer | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| | | | | 6 | Ramkumar Ramanathan | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Alt | Ryota Tanuma | 5 | 3 | 6 | Ramkumar Ramanathan | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Ramkumar Ramanathan | 7 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Hiroki Moriya | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Yuki Mochizuki | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Yuki Mochizuki | 3 | 4 | 3 | Hiroki Moriya | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | 8 | Sho Shimabukuro | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| | Go Soeda | 3 | 4 | 8 | Sho Shimabukuro | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Sho Shimabukuro | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Rio Noguchi | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| PR | Tatsuma Ito | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| PR | Tatsuma Ito | 0 | 2 | 4 | Rio Noguchi | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | Alt | Yusuke Takahashi | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Alt | Yusuke Takahashi | 6 | 6 | Alt | Yusuke Takahashi | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Aziz Dougaz | 3 | 1 | | | | | |