Singles
2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champion	Taylor Fritz
Runner-up	Frances Tiafoe
Score	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2)
Draw	32 (4Q / 3WC)
Seeds	8

Taylor Fritz defeated Frances Tiafoe in the final, 7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–2) to win the singles tennis title at the 2022 Japan Open.

Novak Djokovic was the reigning champion from when the event was last held in 2019,^[1] but chose to compete in Astana instead.

Seeds

Draw

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Kwon Soon-woo	2	6	4
	4	Frances Tiafoe	6	0	6
								4	Frances Tiafoe	63	62
								3	Taylor Fritz	77	77
	3	Taylor Fritz	6	65	6
	7	Denis Shapovalov	3	77	3

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	C Ruud	3	3
		J Munar	6	6					J Munar	6	3	1
		P Martínez	7	6					P Martínez	4	6	6
		A Popyrin	5	4												P Martínez	3	0
		M McDonald	77	62	6											S-w Kwon	6	6
	WC	K Uchida	64	77	3				M McDonald	3	77	2
		S-w Kwon	6	6					S-w Kwon	6	64	6
	6	A de Minaur	3	2																			S-w Kwon	2	6	4
	4	F Tiafoe	6	6																		4	F Tiafoe	6	0	6
	WC	Y Uchiyama	3	4				4	F Tiafoe	6	79
		T Daniel	5	5					B Zapata Miralles	1	67
		B Zapata Miralles	7	7											4	F Tiafoe	6	6
		M Kecmanović	2	77	6											M Kecmanović	0	4
		Y Nishioka	6	61	2				M Kecmanović	6	3	77
		R Albot	77	1	4			8	D Evans	3	6	64
	8	D Evans	63	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	N Kyrgios	6	6
		C-h Tseng	3	1				5	N Kyrgios	3	6	6
	Q	S Shimabukuro	62	2					K Majchrzak	6	2	2
		K Majchrzak	77	6											5	N Kyrgios
	LL	H Moriya	6	6											3	T Fritz	w/o
	Q	Y Shimizu	1	3				LL	H Moriya	1	6	4
		J Duckworth	2	77	1			3	T Fritz	6	3	6
	3	T Fritz	6	62	6																	3	T Fritz	6	65	6
	7	D Shapovalov	6	77																		7	D Shapovalov	3	77	3
		S Johnson	3	63				7	D Shapovalov	6	6
	Q	R Noguchi	6	3	77			Q	R Noguchi	3	1
	Q	R Ramanathan	4	6	61										7	D Shapovalov	6	6
		B Nakashima	6	6											9	B Ćorić	4	3
	WC	S Mochizuki	3	2					B Nakashima	5	2
		T Kokkinakis	4	64				9	B Ćorić	7	6
	9	B Ćorić	6	77

Qualifying

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Nicolás Jarry	4	4
	WC	Yuta Shimizu	6	6
								WC	Yuta Shimizu	6	6
								5	Max Purcell	3	4
	WC	Shintaro Imai	6	65	5
	5	Max Purcell	4	77	7

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Elias Ymer	77	6
	WC	Renta Tokuda	63	3
								2	Elias Ymer	7	4	1
								6	Ramkumar Ramanathan	5	6	6
	Alt	Ryota Tanuma	5	3
	6	Ramkumar Ramanathan	7	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Hiroki Moriya	6	6
		Yuki Mochizuki	3	4
								3	Hiroki Moriya	7	3	3
								8	Sho Shimabukuro	5	6	6
		Go Soeda	3	4
	8	Sho Shimabukuro	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Rio Noguchi	6	6
	PR	Tatsuma Ito	0	2
								4	Rio Noguchi	0	6	6
								Alt	Yusuke Takahashi	6	2	0
	Alt	Yusuke Takahashi	6	6
	7	Aziz Dougaz	3	1

References

External links

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw