Novak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, 6–0, 7–6(7–5) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2022 Italian Open. It was his sixth Italian Open title and record-extending 38th Masters 1000 title overall. Djokovic did not lose a set during the tournament, and won his 1000th ATP Tour-level career match against Casper Ruud in the semifinals.

Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Denis Shapovalov. Despite Nadal’s early exit, Djokovic extended their streak, which started in 2004, to 18 consecutive years with either Nadal or himself in the Rome final.

Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev were in contention for the world No. 1 singles ranking. Djokovic retained the top position by reaching the semifinals.

Seeds The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.

Draw

Finals

Top half Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half Section 3

Section 4

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 2 May 2022. Rankings and points before are as of 9 May 2022.

As a result of special ranking adjustment rules due to the COVID-19 pandemic, players are defending the higher of (i) their points from the 2021 tournament or (ii) the remaining 50% of their points from the 2020 tournament. Those points were not mandatory and are included in the table below only if they counted towards the player's ranking as of May 9, 2022. Players who are not defending points from the 2021 or 2020 tournaments 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 Novak Djokovic 8,260 600 1,000 8,660 Champion, defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 2 3 Alexander Zverev 7,020 180 360 7,200 Semifinals lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas 3 4 Rafael Nadal 6,435 1,000 90 5,525 Third round lost to Denis Shapovalov 4 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas 5,750 180 600 6,170 Runner-up, lost to Novak Djokovic 5 10 Casper Ruud 3,760 180 360 3,940 Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic 6 7 Andrey Rublev 4,115 180 10 3,945 Second round lost to Filip Krajinović 7 6 Carlos Alcaraz 4,773 (3) 0 4,770 Withdrew due to ankle injury 8 9 Félix Auger-Aliassime 3,760 90 180 3,850 Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic 9 11 Cameron Norrie 3,380 70 45 3,355 Second round lost to Marin Čilić 10 13 Jannik Sinner 3,060 45 180 3,195 Quarterfinals lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas 11 12 Hubert Hurkacz 3,130 45 10 3,095 First round lost to David Goffin 12 15 Diego Schwartzman 2,760 300 45 2,505 Second round lost to Marcos Giron [LL] 13 16 Denis Shapovalov 2,671 180 180 2,671 Quarterfinals lost to Casper Ruud 14 17 Reilly Opelka 2,440 360 10 2,090 First round lost to Stan Wawrinka [PR] 15 18 Pablo Carreño Busta 2,135 45 45 2,135 Second round lost to Karen Khachanov 16 19 Roberto Bautista Agut 1,993 90 0 1,903 Withdrew due to right wrist injury † This column shows either (a) the higher of the player's points from the 2021 tournament or 50% of his points from the 2020 tournament, or (b) his 19th best result (shown in brackets). Only ranking points counting towards the player's ranking as of May 9, 2022, are reflected in the column.

Withdrawn players The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began. RankPlayer Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason 2 Daniil Medvedev 7,990 10 7,980 Hernia surgery 8 Matteo Berrettini 3,895 90 3,805 Right hand injury 14 Taylor Fritz 2,965 45 2,920 Left foot injury

Other entry information Wildcards

Protected ranking

Withdrawals

Qualifying Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Draw First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

References

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