2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships

2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Date	3–9 October
Edition	47th
Category	ATP Tour 500
Draw	32S/16D
Prize money	$1,953,285
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Ariake Coliseum
Champions
Singles
Taylor Fritz
Doubles
Mackenzie McDonald / Marcelo Melo
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The 2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 47th edition of the Japan Open, and part of the ATP Tour 500 series of the 2022 ATP Tour. It was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from 3–9 October 2022. It was the first event since 2019, with the 2020 and 2021 events cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Third-seeded Taylor Fritz won the singles title.^[1]

• Taylor Fritz def. Frances Tiafoe, 7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–2)

• Mackenzie McDonald / Marcelo Melo def. Rafael Matos / David Vega Hernández, 6–4, 3–6, [10–4]

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
NOR	Casper Ruud	2	1
GBR	Cameron Norrie	8	2
USA	Taylor Fritz	12	3
USA	Frances Tiafoe	19	4
AUS	Nick Kyrgios	20	5
AUS	Alex de Minaur	22	6
CAN	Denis Shapovalov	24	7
GBR	Dan Evans	25	8
CRO	Borna Ćorić	26	9

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 26, 2022.

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Kaichi Uchida
• Yasutaka Uchiyama
• Yosuke Watanuki

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

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

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Hiroki Moriya

• Jenson Brooksby → replaced by Tseng Chun-hsin
• Marcos Giron → replaced by Kamil Majchrzak
• Cameron Norrie→ replaced by Hiroki Moriya
• João Sousa → replaced by Steve Johnson
• Alexander Zverev → replaced by Alexei Popyrin

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
AUS	Thanasi Kokkinakis	AUS	Nick Kyrgios	34	1
AUS	Matthew Ebden	AUS	Max Purcell	69	2
BRA	Rafael Matos	ESP	David Vega Hernández	74	3
GBR	Dan Evans	AUS	John Peers	108	4

• Rankings are as of September 26, 2022.

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Toshihide Matsui / Kaito Uesugi
• Yoshihito Nishioka / Kaichi Uchida

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen

• Taro Daniel / Marcos Giron → replaced by Brandon Nakashima / Hunter Reese
• Miomir Kecmanović / João Sousa → replaced by Hans Hach Verdugo / Miomir Kecmanović
• Pedro Martínez / Cameron Norrie → replaced by Pedro Martínez / Bernabé Zapata Miralles

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