# 2022 Shymkent Challenger – Singles

Andrej Martin was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.
Emilio Nava won the title after defeating Sebastian Fanselow 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ in the final.

## Seeds

* Tennys Sandgren (first round)
* Altuğ Çelikbilek (first round)
* Alexander Shevchenko (second round)
* Illya Marchenko (second round)
* Nicolás Álvarez Varona (second round)
* Kaichi Uchida (first round)
* Evgeny Karlovskiy (quarterfinals)
* Filip Jianu (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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Alt | Emilio Nava | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Ulises Blanch | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | Ulises Blanch | 3 | 2 | Alt | Emilio Nava | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | | | | Q | Sebastian Fanselow | 4 | 6$^3$ |
| | Ergi Kırkın | 6$^4$ | 4 | Q | Sebastian Fanselow | 4 | 6$^3$ |
| Q | Sebastian Fanselow | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |

### 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 |
| 1 | T Sandgren | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | Em Nava | 6 | 6 | | Alt | Em Nava | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | E Zhu | 6 | 3 | 6 | Q | E Zhu | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Istomin | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | Alt | Em Nava | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | V Durasovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | V Durasovic | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | B Zhukayev | 4 | 2 | | | V Durasovic | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Torpegaard | 6 | 4 | 6 | | M Torpegaard | 4 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | K Uchida | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | Alt | Em Nava | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | A Shevchenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | U Blanch | 3 | 2 |
| Q | Eric Vanshelboim | 1 | 1 | | 3 | A Shevchenko | 6 | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Yan Bondarevskiy | 6 | 6$^5$ | 5 | Q | A Lazarov | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Lazarov | 4 | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | | Q | A Lazarov | 2$^r$ | | | | | |
| | U Blanch | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | U Blanch | 4 | | | | | |
| | Y Oliel | 5 | 6$^5$ | | | U Blanch | 7 | 6$^2$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Metreveli | 3 | 1 | | 5 | N Álvarez Varona | 5 | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | N Álvarez Varona | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | E Karlovskiy | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | M Donati | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | E Karlovskiy | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Yevseyev | 7 | 6 | | | D Yevseyev | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Sasikumar | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | 7 | E Karlovskiy | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | R Haase | 7 | 4 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | E Kırkın | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | E Kırkın | 5 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | E Kırkın | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | G Décamps | 3 | 1 | | 4 | I Marchenko | 7 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | I Marchenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | E Kırkın | 6$^4$ | 4 |
| 8 | FC Jianu | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | S Fanselow | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| Q | S Fanselow | 6 | 7 | | Q | S Fanselow | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Bellier | 6 | 6$^6$ | 7$^8$ | | A Bellier | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | E Tiurnev | 3 | 7$^8$ | 6$^6$ | | | | | | Q | S Fanselow | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | ND Ionel | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | DN Mădăraș | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | |
| WC | G Lomakin | 0 | 2 | | | ND Ionel | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | DN Mădăraș | 6 | 4 | 6 | | DN Mădăraș | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Çelikbilek | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |