Carlos Alcaraz defeated Casper Ruud in the final, 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2022 US Open. It was his first major title. Alcaraz claimed the world No. 1 singles ranking for the first time with the win; Ruud, Rafael Nadal, Daniil Medvedev, and Stefanos Tsitsipas were also in contention for the top position. He saved a match point en route to the title, in the quarterfinals against Jannik Sinner. Alcaraz was the youngest men's major champion since Nadal at the 2005 French Open, the youngest US Open champion since Pete Sampras in 1990, the first man born in the 2000s and the first Generation Z to win a major singles title, and the youngest man to be ranked world No. 1, surpassing Lleyton Hewitt's record. At 23 hours and 39 minutes of play duration across his seven matches, Alcaraz spent the longest time on court in major history (a record later surpassed by Medvedev at the 2024 Australian Open, 24 hours 17 minutes).

Medvedev was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Nick Kyrgios. Medvedev was the first man outside the Big Four to be the top seed at a major since Andy Roddick at the 2004 Australian Open.

Nadal was vying for a record-extending 23rd major singles title, but lost in the fourth round to Frances Tiafoe. Alongside Medvedev's loss at the same stage, that marked the first US Open since 2000 and the first major since the 2017 Australian Open with neither of the top two seeded men reaching the quarterfinals. This was also the four-time champion's final appearance at the US Open. Three-time champion Novak Djokovic withdrew prior to the tournament as he could not travel to the United States, due to not having complied with the federal government's vaccination policy for non-US citizens against COVID-19.

This marked the third consecutive US Open where a player claimed his first major title, after Dominic Thiem in 2020 and Medvedev in 2021. The quarterfinal line-up guaranteed a first-time major champion, while the semifinal line-up marked the first time all four players made their US Open semifinal debut since the inaugural edition in 1881. Tiafoe was the first American man to reach the semifinals since Roddick in 2006, the first African American man to do so since Arthur Ashe in 1972, and the first African American man to reach any major semifinal since MaliVai Washington in 1996. Sinner was the youngest man to reach the quarterfinals at all four majors since Djokovic in 2008.

This was the first edition of US Open to feature a 10-point tie-break, when the score reaches six games all in the deciding set. Pedro Cachin defeated Aljaž Bedene in the first round in the first main-draw 10-point tie-break at the US Open.

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Seeded players The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of August 22, 2022. Rankings and points before are as of August 29, 2022.

Points for the 2021 tournament were not mandatory and are included in the table below only if they counted toward the player's ranking as of August 29, 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.

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defending (or 19th best result)†Points wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 Daniil Medvedev 6,885 2,000 180 5,065Fourth round lost to Nick Kyrgios 2 3 Rafael Nadal 5,630 (0) 180 5,810 Fourth round lost to Frances Tiafoe 3 4 Carlos Alcaraz 5,100 360 2,000 6,740 Champion, defeated Casper Ruud 4 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas 4,890 90 10 4,810 First round lost to Daniel Elahi Galán (Q) 5 7 Casper Ruud 4,695 45 1,200 5,850 Runner-up, lost to Carlos Alcaraz 6 8 Félix Auger-Aliassime 3,625 720 45 2,950 Second round lost to Jack Draper 7 9 Cameron Norrie 3,415 (45) 180 3,550 Fourth round lost to Andrey Rublev 8 10 Hubert Hurkacz 3,355 45 45 3,355 Second round lost to Ilya Ivashka 9 11 Andrey Rublev 3,120 90 360 3,390 Quarter-finals lost to Frances Tiafoe 10 12 Taylor Fritz 3,090 45 10 3,055 First round lost to Brandon Holt (Q) 11 13 Jannik Sinner 3,020 180 360 3,200 Quarter-finals lost to Carlos Alcaraz 12 15 Pablo Carreño Busta 2,340 10 180 2,510 Fourth round lost to Karen Khachanov 13 14 Matteo Berrettini 2,360 360 360 2,360 Quarter-finals lost to Casper Ruud 14 16 Diego Schwartzman 2,200 180 90 2,110 Third round lost to Frances Tiafoe 15 17 Marin Čilić 2,175 10 180 2,345 Fourth round lost to Carlos Alcaraz 16 18 Roberto Bautista Agut 1,840 90 10 1,760 First round lost to J. J. Wolf (WC) 17 19 Grigor Dimitrov 1,730 45 45 1,730 Second round lost to Brandon Nakashima 18 20 Alex de Minaur 1,665 10 90 1,745 Third round lost to Pablo Carreño Busta 19 21 Denis Shapovalov 1,640 90 90 1,640 Third round lost to Andrey Rublev 20 23 Dan Evans 1,510 180 90 1,420 Third round lost to Marin Čilić 21 22 Botic van de Zandschulp 1,573 385 45 1,233 Second round lost to Corentin Moutet (LL) 22 26 Frances Tiafoe 1,400 180 720 1,940 Semi-finals lost to Carlos Alcaraz 23 25 Nick Kyrgios 1,430 10 360 1,780 Quarter-finals lost to Karen Khachanov 24 27 Francisco Cerúndolo 1,400 16 10 1,394 First round lost to Andy Murray 25 29 Borna Ćorić 1,360 (0) 45 1,405 Second round lost to Jenson Brooksby 26 30 Lorenzo Musetti 1,322 45 90 1,367 Third round lost to Ilya Ivashka 27 31 Karen Khachanov 1,315 (45) 720 1,990 Semi-finals lost to Casper Ruud 28 33 Holger Rune 1,310 35 90 1,365 Third round lost to Cameron Norrie 29 34 Tommy Paul 1,305 (20) 90 1,375 Third round lost to Casper Ruud 30 32 Maxime Cressy 1,313 70 10 1,253 First round retired against Márton Fucsovics 31 35 Nikoloz Basilashvili 1,290 90 10 1,210 First round lost to Wu Yibing (Q) 32 36 Miomir Kecmanović 1,245 10 45 1,280 Second round lost to Richard Gasquet † This column shows either the player's points from the 2021 tournament or his 19th best result (shown in brackets). Only ranking points counting toward the player's ranking as of August 29, 2022, are reflected in the column.

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

RankPlayerPoints before Points defendingPoints after Withdrawal reason 2 Alexander Zverev 5,760 720 5,040 Right ankle injury 6 Novak Djokovic 4,770 1,200 3,570 Failure to meet vaccination requirement for non-US citizens 24 Gaël Monfils 1,435 90 1,345 Foot injury 28 Reilly Opelka 1,365 180 1,185 Heel injury

Other entry information Wild cards

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Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Withdrawals The entry list was released by the United States Tennis Association based on the ATP rankings for the week of July 18.

– not included on entry list ‡ – withdrew from entry list before qualifying draw @ – withdrew from entry list after qualifying draw § – withdrew from main draw

See also 2022 ATP Tour 2022 ATP Finals

Notes

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