The 2022

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. It was the 5th edition of the tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

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between 3 and 9 October 2022.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 26 September 2022.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Hong Seong-chan Hong Seong-chan (born 30 June 1997) is a South Korean tennis player. Hong has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 141 achieved on 9 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 359 achieved on 16 January 2023. He is the current Kor ...

Park Ui-sung Park Ui-sung (; born 27 September 2000) is a South Korean tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players ...

* Shin San-hui The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: *

Marc Polmans Marc David Polmans (born 2 May 1997) is a South African-born Australian professional tennis player. Polmans has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 116 achieved on 12 October 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of W ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Chung Yun-seong Chung Yun-seong (; born 27 March 1998) is a South Korean tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players ...

Jason Jung Jason Jung ( zh, c=莊吉生, p=Zhuāng Jíshēng, poj=Chng Kit-seng; ; born 15 June 1989) is an American-born Taiwanese inactive professional tennis player representing team Chinese Taipei. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. ...

Lee Duck-hee Lee Duck-hee (; born 29 May 1998) is a South Korean professional tennis player. Personal life Lee was born deaf. On the tennis court, he can hear vibrations, but must rely on hand gestures to pick up line calls and the umpire. In 2015, his ...

Naoki Nakagawa is a Japanese tennis player. Nakagawa has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 332 achieved on 16 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of world No. 726 achieved on 30 July 2018. As a teen, Nakagawa reached his highest ranking of world N ...

Nam Ji-sung Nam Ji-sung (born 15 August 1993) is a South Korean tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 236 achieved on 12 August 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 102 achieved on 3 February 2020. In ...

Mukund Sasikumar Mukund Sasikumar (born 14 January 1997) is an Indian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 229 achieved on 17 October 2019. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 431 achieved on 3 February 2020. Sasik ...

The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Keegan Smith

Champions

Singles

Zsombor Piros Zsombor Piros (born 13 October 1999) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. Piros has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 106, achieved on 4 March 2024. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ra ...

def. Emilio Gómez 6–2, 6–4.

Doubles

Nicolás Barrientos Nicolás Barrientos (; born 24 April 1987) is a Colombian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of world No. 47 on 23 April 2024 and a singles ranking of No. 237 on 21 September 2015. Ba ...

Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Martínez (; born June 21, 1987) is a Mexican professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 49, achieved on 20 August 2018. In singles his best ranking is N ...

def.

Yuki Bhambri Yuki Bhambri (born 4 July 1992) is an Indian professional tennis player who currently specializes in doubles. He has an ATP career-high doubles ranking of world No. 26 achieved on 31 March 2025. He also has a career-high singles ranking of No. ...

Saketh Myneni Saketh Myneni (born 19 October 1987) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 74 achieved on 16 January 2023. He was conferred with the prestigious Arjuna Award in 2017 and represents India in the Dav ...

2–6, 6–3, 0–6

References

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