2022 Western & Southern Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
2022 Western & Southern Open
Final
Champion	Borna Ćorić
Runner-up	Stefanos Tsitsipas
Score	7–6(7–0), 6–2
Details
Draw	56
Seeds	16
Events

Borna Ćorić defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, 7–6^(7–0), 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2022 Cincinnati Masters. It was his first Masters 1000 title,^[1] and his first title overall since the 2018 Halle Open. Ranked No. 152 in the world and using a protected ranking for entry, Ćorić became the lowest ranked player to win a Masters event since the series' inception in 1990. He defeated five seeded players en route to the title.

Alexander Zverev was the reigning champion,^[2]^[3] but did not participate due to a long-term ankle injury.

Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev were in contention for the ATP No. 1 ranking.^[4] Medvedev retained the top ranking after Nadal lost in the second round to Ćorić.

Seeds

The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.^[5]

01.

Daniil Medvedev (semifinals)

02.

Rafael Nadal (second round)

03.

Carlos Alcaraz (quarterfinals)

04.

Stefanos Tsitsipas (final)

05.

Casper Ruud (second round)

06.

Andrey Rublev (third round)

07.

Félix Auger-Aliassime (quarterfinals)

08.

Hubert Hurkacz (second round)

09.

Cameron Norrie (semifinals)

10.

Jannik Sinner (third round)

11.

Taylor Fritz (quarterfinals)

12.

Matteo Berrettini (first round)

13.

Diego Schwartzman (third round)

14.

Marin Čilić (third round)

15.

Roberto Bautista Agut (third round)

16.

Grigor Dimitrov (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Daniil Medvedev	7⁷	6

11	Taylor Fritz	6¹	3
					1	Daniil Medvedev	6⁶	6	3

					4	Stefanos Tsitsipas	7⁸	3	6
4	Stefanos Tsitsipas	7⁷	5	6

	John Isner	6⁵	7	3
										4	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6⁰	2

										PR	Borna Ćorić	7⁷	6
9	Cameron Norrie	7⁷	6⁴	6

3	Carlos Alcaraz	6⁴	7⁷	4
					9	Cameron Norrie	3	4

					PR	Borna Ćorić	6	6
7	Félix Auger-Aliassime	4	4

PR	Borna Ćorić	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					1	D Medvedev	6	7
	B van de Zandschulp	6	4	6		B van de Zandschulp	4	5
	M Cressy	2	6	4						1	D Medvedev	7	7
	T Paul	6	6								D Shapovalov	5	5
	J Brooksby	3	2			T Paul	6	4	3
	D Shapovalov	7⁷	6			D Shapovalov	3	6	6
16	G Dimitrov	6⁴	3												1	D Medvedev	7⁷	6
11	T Fritz	6	6												11	T Fritz	6¹	3
	S Báez	1	1		11	T Fritz	6	6
	N Kyrgios	7	6			N Kyrgios	3	2
	A Davidovich Fokina	5	4							11	T Fritz	6⁴	6	7
	A Ramos Viñolas	2	3							6	A Rublev	7⁷	2	5
LL	F Fognini	6	6		LL	F Fognini	7⁹	6³	2
					6	A Rublev	6⁷	7⁷	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					4	S Tsitsipas	6	6
	F Krajinović	6	6			F Krajinović	3	4
	D Evans	3	4							4	S Tsitsipas	6	6
	A Karatsev	7	7							13	D Schwartzman	3	3
	B Nakashima	5	5			A Karatsev	6³	6	2
	A Molčan	7	4	2	13	D Schwartzman	7⁷	3	6
13	D Schwartzman	5	6	6											4	S Tsitsipas	7⁷	5	6
12	M Berrettini	6³	6	6⁵												J Isner	6⁵	7	3
	F Tiafoe	7⁷	4	7⁷		F Tiafoe	6	1	4
	K Khachanov	3	4		WC	S Korda	4	6	6
WC	S Korda	6	6							WC	S Korda	6³	6	6⁴
	B Bonzi	6¹¹	6	6⁴							J Isner	7⁷	1	7⁷
	J Isner	7¹³	3	7⁷		J Isner	7⁷	6⁵	6
					8	H Hurkacz	6⁵	7⁷	2

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					5	C Ruud	3	3
Q	L Sonego	6⁵	6	5	WC	B Shelton	6	6
WC	B Shelton	7⁷	3	7						WC	B Shelton	0	2
PR	S Wawrinka	6³	7	5						9	C Norrie	6	6
	A Murray	7⁷	5	7		A Murray	6	3	4
	H Rune	6⁵	6	4	9	C Norrie	3	6	6
9	C Norrie	7⁷	4	6										9	C Norrie	7⁷	6⁴	6
14	M Čilić	6	6											3	C Alcaraz	6⁴	7⁷	4
Q	J Munar	3	3		14	M Čilić	6	6⁵	7
	E Ruusuvuori	7⁷	6			E Ruusuvuori	4	7⁷	5
WC	JJ Wolf	6²	2							14	M Čilić	6⁴	1
WC	M McDonald	6	6							3	C Alcaraz	7⁷	6
	N Basilashvili	0	1		WC	M McDonald	3	2
					3	C Alcaraz	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					7	F Auger-Aliassime	6	6
Q	H Laaksonen	2	2			A de Minaur	3	2
	A de Minaur	6	6							7	F Auger-Aliassime	2	7⁷	6
	P Carreño Busta	6	5	6⁴						10	J Sinner	6	6¹	1
	M Kecmanović	1	7	7⁷		M Kecmanović	5	1^r
Q	T Kokkinakis	7¹¹	4	6⁶	10	J Sinner	7	3
10	J Sinner	6⁹	6	7⁸											7	F Auger-Aliassime	4	4
15	R Bautista Agut	6⁵	6	6											PR	B Ćorić	6	6
	F Cerúndolo	7⁷	4	2	15	R Bautista Agut	6	6
Q	M Giron	6	6		Q	M Giron	3	3
Q	D Goffin	3	4							15	R Bautista Agut	2	3
PR	B Ćorić	7⁷	6							PR	B Ćorić	6	6
Q	L Musetti	6²	3		PR	B Ćorić	7¹¹	4	6
					2	R Nadal	6⁹	6	3

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of August 8, 2022. Rank and points before are as of August 15, 2022.

Points for the 2021 tournament were not mandatory and are included in the table below only if they counted towards the player's ranking as of August 15, 2022. Players who are not defending points from the 2021 tournament will instead have their 19th best result replaced by their points from the 2022 tournament.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending (or 19th best result)^†	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Daniil Medvedev	6,885	360	360	6,885	Semifinals lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas [4]
2	3	Rafael Nadal	5,620	(0)	10	5,630	Second round lost to Borna Ćorić [PR]
3	4	Carlos Alcaraz	5,045	35	180	5,190	Quarterfinals lost to Cameron Norrie [9]
4	7	Stefanos Tsitsipas	4,650	360	600	4,890	Runner-up, lost to Borna Ćorić [PR]
5	5	Casper Ruud	4,865	180	10	4,695	Second round lost to Ben Shelton [WC]
6	8	Andrey Rublev	3,630	600	90	3,120	Third round lost to Taylor Fritz [11]
7	9	Félix Auger-Aliassime	3,625	180	180	3,625	Quarterfinals lost to Borna Ćorić [PR]
8	10	Hubert Hurkacz	3,435	90	10	3,355	Second round lost to John Isner
9	11	Cameron Norrie	3,065	10	360	3,415	Semifinals lost to Borna Ćorić [PR]
10	12	Jannik Sinner	2,975	45	90	3,020	Third round lost to Félix Auger-Aliassime [7]
11	13	Taylor Fritz	2,930	(20)	180	3,090	Quarterfinals lost to Daniil Medvedev [1]
12	15	Matteo Berrettini	2,440	90	10	2,360	First round lost to Frances Tiafoe
13	16	Diego Schwartzman	2,200	90	90	2,200	Third round lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas [4]
14	17	Marin Čilić	2,130	45	90	2,175	Third round lost to Carlos Alcaraz [3]
15	19	Roberto Bautista Agut	1,760	10	90	1,840	Third round lost to Borna Ćorić [PR]
16	18	Grigor Dimitrov	1,810	90	10	1,730	First round lost to Denis Shapovalov

† This column shows either the player's points from the 2021 tournament or his 19th best result (shown in brackets). Only ranking points counting towards the player's ranking as of August 15, 2022, are reflected in the column.

Withdrawn players

The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending (or 19th best result)	Points after	Withdrawal reason
2	Alexander Zverev	6,760	1,000	5,760	Right ankle injury
6	Novak Djokovic	4,770	(0)	4,770	Failure to meet COVID-19 vaccination requirement for entry into the United States

Other entry information

Wild cards

Protected ranking

Withdrawals

Alexander Bublik → replaced by Fabio Fognini
Novak Djokovic → replaced by Brandon Nakashima
Gaël Monfils → replaced by Nick Kyrgios
Reilly Opelka → replaced by Alex Molčan
Oscar Otte → replaced by Emil Ruusuvuori
Dominic Thiem → replaced by Filip Krajinović
Alexander Zverev → replaced by Benjamin Bonzi

Qualifying

Seeds

Lorenzo Musetti (qualified)
Andy Murray (moved to main draw)
Ilya Ivashka (qualifying competition)
Pedro Martínez (first round)
Lorenzo Sonego (qualified)
Jaume Munar (qualified)
Marcos Giron (qualified)
João Sousa (withdrew)
Fabio Fognini (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
David Goffin (qualified)
Thiago Monteiro (qualifying competition)
Dušan Lajović (qualifying competition)
Adrian Mannarino (first round)
Thanasi Kokkinakis (qualified)

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

Fabio Fognini

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

1	Lorenzo Musetti	6⁵	6	6

	Daniel Altmaier	7⁷	4	3
					1	Lorenzo Musetti	6	6

					12	Dušan Lajović	4	4
WC	Stefan Kozlov	3	5

12	Dušan Lajović	6	7

Second qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

Alt	Henri Laaksonen	6	7

	Taro Daniel	4	5
				Alt	Henri Laaksonen	4	6	6

				11	Thiago Monteiro	6	3	4
WC	Emilio Nava	3	0

11	Thiago Monteiro	6	6

Third qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

3	Ilya Ivashka	6	6

WC	Jack Sock	2	3
				3	Ilya Ivashka	5	6	5

				14	Thanasi Kokkinakis	7	1	7
	Benoît Paire	6²	1^r

14	Thanasi Kokkinakis	7⁷	3

Fourth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

4	Pedro Martínez	5	6	1

	Tseng Chun-hsin	7	4	6
						Tseng Chun-hsin	6	3	0

					10	David Goffin	3	6	6
	Hugo Gaston	1	0

10	David Goffin	6	6

Fifth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

5	Lorenzo Sonego	7	6

	John Millman	5	2
				5	Lorenzo Sonego	6	6

				Alt	Bradley Klahn	2	4
	Alexei Popyrin	5	6³

Alt	Bradley Klahn	7	7⁷

Sixth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

6	Jaume Munar	6	6³	6

	Christopher O'Connell	4	7⁷	1
					6	Jaume Munar	3	6	6

						Steve Johnson	6	3	4
	Steve Johnson	6	7

13	Adrian Mannarino	3	5

Seventh qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

7	Marcos Giron	6	6

	Denis Kudla	3	2
					7	Marcos Giron	7¹¹	7

					9	Fabio Fognini	6⁹	5
	Kwon Soon-woo	7	4	6³

9	Fabio Fognini	5	6	7⁷

References

^ "Coric Captures Maiden Masters 1000 Crown In Cincinnati". atpworldtour.com. ATP. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ "Zverev Races Past Rublev, Captures Cincinnati Crown". Association of Tennis Professionals. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
^ Tansey, Joe (23 August 2021). "Western and Southern Open 2021: Alexander Zverev Defeats Andrey Rublev in Final". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
^ "Nadal Has Shot At No. 1 In Cincinnati". Association of Tennis Professionals. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ "Entries and projected seedings for Cincinnati". www.dartsrankings.com. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

External links

Entry List Archived 2022-08-23 at the Wayback Machine
Qualifying draw
Main draw

[1] "Coric Captures Maiden Masters 1000 Crown In Cincinnati". atpworldtour.com. ATP. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

[2] "Zverev Races Past Rublev, Captures Cincinnati Crown". Association of Tennis Professionals. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

[3] Tansey, Joe (23 August 2021). "Western and Southern Open 2021: Alexander Zverev Defeats Andrey Rublev in Final". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

[4] "Nadal Has Shot At No. 1 In Cincinnati". Association of Tennis Professionals. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

[5] "Entries and projected seedings for Cincinnati". www.dartsrankings.com. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

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