# 2022 Cary Challenger – Singles

Mitchell Krueger was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Keegan Smith.
Michael Mmoh won the title after defeating Dominik Koepfer 7–5, 6–3 in the final.

## Seeds

* Denis Kudla (semifinals)
* Jordan Thompson (semifinals)
* Stefan Kozlov (second round, retired)
* Juan Pablo Ficovich (second round)
* Facundo Mena (quarterfinals)
* Aleksandar Vukic (first round)
* Michael Mmoh (champion)
* Dominik Koepfer (final)

## 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 |
| 1 | Denis Kudla | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | |
| 8 | Dominik Koepfer | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| 8 | Dominik Koepfer | 7$^7$ | 6 | 8 | Dominik Koepfer | 5 | 3 |
| | | | | 7 | Michael Mmoh | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Michael Mmoh | 6 | 6 | 7 | Michael Mmoh | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Jordan Thompson | 3 | 2 | | | | |

### 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 | D Kudla | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Z Svajda | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | D Kudla | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Garrett Johns | 1 | 4 | | | Em Nava | 7$^7$ | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | Em Nava | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | D Kudla | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | R Hijikata | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 5 | F Mena | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| | G Nanda | 6 | 6 | | | G Nanda | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Crawford | 6$^4$ | 2 | | 5 | F Mena | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | F Mena | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | D Kudla | 6$^5$ | 3 |
| 4 | JP Ficovich | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | D Koepfer | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| WC | M Damm | 3 | 6$^4$ | | 4 | JP Ficovich | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A McHugh | 4 | 2 | | Alt | T Sandgren | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | T Sandgren | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Alt | T Sandgren | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | K Smith | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 8 | D Koepfer | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Krueger | 3 | 6$^2$ | | | K Smith | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kovacevic | 4 | 4 | | 8 | D Koepfer | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | D Koepfer | 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 | M Mmoh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Cox | 0 | 3 | | 7 | M Mmoh | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Braden Shick | 3 | 5 | | | A Rybakov | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Rybakov | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 7 | M Mmoh | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | Y Uchiyama | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Y Uchiyama | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| Q | D Young | 6 | 3 | 0 | | Y Uchiyama | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | C Kingsley | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | S Kozlov | 4 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | S Kozlov | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | M Mmoh | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | A Vukic | 6$^4$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | J Thompson | 3 | 2 |
| Q | R Harrison | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | Q | R Harrison | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | N Chappell | 6 | 7$^7$ | | Alt | N Chappell | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Glinka | 2 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | Alt | N Chappell | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| Q | H Patten | 5 | 6$^8$ | | | | | | | 2 | J Thompson | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Shang | 7 | 7$^{10}$ | | | J Shang | 6$^4$ | 7$^{12}$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | R Seggerman | 3 | 2 | | 2 | J Thompson | 7$^7$ | 6$^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | J Thompson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |