# 2014 Dunlop World Challenge – Men's singles

Matthew Ebden was the defending champion, however he chose not to participate.
Go Soeda won the title, defeating Tatsuma Ito in the final, 6–4, 7–5.

## Seeds

* Tatsuma Ito (final)
* Go Soeda (champion)
* Alexander Kudryavtsev (second round)
* Yūichi Sugita (semifinals)
* James Duckworth (quarterfinals)
* Hiroki Moriya (first round)
* Luke Saville (first round)
* Yoshihito Nishioka (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 | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Tatsuma Ito | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Chen Ti | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| | Chen Ti | 5 | 2 | 1 | Tatsuma Ito | 4 | 5 |
| | | | | 2 | Go Soeda | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Yūichi Sugita | 5 | 4 | 2 | Go Soeda | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Go Soeda | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | T Ito | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Jung | 4 | 6$^3$ | | 1 | T Ito | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Sekiguchi | 4 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | S Sekiguchi | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | H Kondo | 6 | 1 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | 1 | T Ito | 7 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | |
| WC | A Onozawa | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | A Onozawa | 5 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | |
| WC | Y Watanuki | 4 | 3 | | WC | A Onozawa | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Gong | 4 | 6 | 7$^8$ | Q | M Gong | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | L Saville | 6 | 2 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | T Ito | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | A Kudryavtsev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | T Chen | 5 | 2 |
| | H Chung | 3 | 2 | | 3 | A Kudryavtsev | 4 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-P Smith | 6 | 6$^6$ | 6$^2$ | | T Chen | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Chen | 4 | 7$^8$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | T Chen | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Y Uchiyama | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | Y Uchiyama | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | G Jones | 6$^6$ | 2 | | | Y Uchiyama | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Elgin | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | Q | M Elgin | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | H Moriya | 6$^3$ | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 8 | Y Nishioka | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Becker | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | Y Nishioka | 7$^7$ | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Kibi | 4 | 6 | 6 | | Y Kibi | 6$^3$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Udomchoke | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | 8 | Y Nishioka | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| | T Matsui | 5 | 7$^7$ | 1 | | | | | | 4 | Y Sugita | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | Nam J-s | 7 | 6$^1$ | 6 | Q | Nam J-s | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Imai | 1 | 1 | | 4 | Y Sugita | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Y Sugita | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Y Sugita | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | J Duckworth | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | G Soeda | 7 | 6 |
| LL | H Ehara | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | J Duckworth | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L-c Huang | 3 | 4 | | WC | S Katayama | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Katayama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | J Duckworth | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| | J Thompson | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | 2 | G Soeda | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | T Niki | 3 | 6 | 6 | | T Niki | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T-h Yang | 2 | 7$^{10}$ | 2 | 2 | G Soeda | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | G Soeda | 6 | 6$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |