2022 Melbourne Summer Set 2

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2022 Melbourne Summer Set 2
Date4–9 January 2022
Edition1st
Category WTA 250
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$239,477
SurfaceHard
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Amanda Anisimova
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Bernarda Pera / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kateřina Siniaková
Melbourne Summer Set

The 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 2 was one of two tournaments of the Melbourne Summer Set. It was a WTA 250 tournament of the 2022 WTA Tour, and it was played on hardcourts. [1]

Contents

Amanda Anisimova won the women's singles title, her second career WTA title. Bernarda Pera and Kateřina Siniaková won the women's doubles title; with the win, Pera earned her first career WTA title. [2]

Champions

Singles

Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles2801801106030118121
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q2Q1
Singles$31,000$18,037$10,100$5,800$3,675$2,675$1,950$1,270
Doubles*$10,800$6,300$3,800$2,300$1,750

*per team

WTA singles main.draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jessica Pegula 181
Flag of Belgium.svg  BEL Elise Mertens 212
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Daria Kasatkina 263
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Sara Sorribes Tormo 364
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Sorana Cîrstea 395
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Clara Tauson 446
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ann Li 477
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Marta Kostyuk 508

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samantha Stosur Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 241
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bernarda Pera Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 532
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Irina-Camelia Begu Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Nina Stojanović 1043
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Eri Hozumi Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Makoto Ninomiya 1144

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry into the doubles main draw using a protected ranking:

The following pair received entry into the doubles main draw as an alternate:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

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