This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2022. It provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.
Rafael Nadal won his second Australian Open title and record-breaking 21st major title overall (breaking a tie he held with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer), defeating Daniil Medvedev in the final. [1]
Nadal began 2022 with a 22-match win streak which ended with his loss in the finals of the 2022 BNP Paribas Open to Taylor Fritz. [2]
Djokovic, who is unvaccinated, did not play the Australian Open or tournaments in the United States because of vaccination requirements. Djokovic traveled to Australia believing he'd be able to play with a medical exemption but after a short detainment by the Australian Border Force, was deported from the country by Alex Hawke, the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs. [3] In an interview with BBC News' Amol Rajan, Djokovic said missing tournaments because of his vaccination status was "the price that I'm willing to pay". [4]
2022 saw a rise in violent incidents with players like Alexander Zverev, Nick Kyrgios, and Jenson Brooksby throwing rackets and either hitting or nearly hitting officials or ball kids. [5] [6] Former players including Andy Roddick and Patrick McEnroe expressed their anger on Twitter that players weren't being punished. McEnroe wrote: "Seriously what is it going to take …drawing blood …to properly punish a tennis player. This is absolutely absurd." [7] [8]
Three-time grand slam champion Ashleigh Barty retired at 25 years old and was removed from the rankings making Iga Świątek the first Polish world No. 1. [9] [10]
2021 US Open champion Daniil Medvedev claimed the No. 1 ranking following many of Djokovic's absences. This ended Djokovic's record 361 weeks as No. 1 and made Medvedev the first player outside of The Big Four to be No. 1 since Andy Roddick in 2004. [11] Djokovic regained his No. 1 position after Medvedev was defeated at the 2022 BNP Paribas Open. [12]
As part of international sports' reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the WTA, the ATP, the ITF, and the four Grand Slam tournaments jointly announced that players from Belarus and Russia would not be allowed to play under the names or flags of their countries, but would remain eligible to play events until further notice. [13] Certain Russian and Belarusian players such as Medvedev, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and Andrey Rublev spoke out against the war. [14] After winning his semifinal match at the 2022 Dubai Tennis Championships, Rublev wrote "No war please" on a camera lens, a few days into the invasion. [15] Belarusian and former No. 1, Victoria Azarenka was seen visibly crying during her third round loss at the 2022 BNP Paribas Open, and a few weeks later, stormed out of her match for good at the third round of the 2022 Miami Open against Linda Fruhvirtová. In a statement following her retirement, Azarenka said that her personal life had been "extremely stressful" and that she "shouldn't have gone on the court today". She deleted her social media accounts and said that she planned to take a break from the tour. [16] [17]
Twenty-three-time Grand Slam champion and 5 time Olympic gold medalist Serena Williams made her return to the 2022 WTA Tour after sustaining a hamstring injury in the first round of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. Accepting a wildcard into the women's draw of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, Williams lost in the first round to Harmony Tan. This was only the second time in her career that she lost in the first round of a Grand Slam tournament. Following her Wimbledon loss, she returned for the US Open Series, where she beat Nuria Párrizas Díaz in straight sets at the 2022 National Bank Open. The following day, in an essay in Vogue, Williams announced she would be "evolving away" from tennis, signaling the end of her career after the 2022 US Open. The next day, she lost in the second round to Belinda Bencic. At the 2022 Cincinnati Masters, Williams lost to reigning US Open champion, Emma Raducanu. Prior to the US Open, Williams announced she would be playing doubles with her sister, Venus Williams. At her first round match at the 2022 US Open against Danka Kovinic, Williams won in straight sets. She then drew world no. 2 Anett Kontaveit, who she beat in three sets. With her win against Kontaveit, Williams became the oldest woman to defeat a top 3 player. The following night, Serena and Venus' doubles match was the first opening round doubles match to be televised in primetime. In her third round match against Ajla Tomljanović, Williams lost in three sets, despite commanding an early lead. With this loss, Williams confirmed her retirement after 27 years on the professional tour. Serena Williams is considered by many to be the greatest women's tennis player of all time.
Furthermore, twenty-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer announced his retirement at the end of 2022 Laver Cup after numerous injury setbacks at the end of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships.
Category | Championship | Champions | Finalists | Score in the final |
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Men's singles | Australian Open | ![]() | ![]() | 2–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4, 7–5 |
French Open | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3, 6–3, 6–0 | |
Wimbledon | ![]() | ![]() | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–3) | |
US Open | ![]() | ![]() | 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–3 |
Category | Championship | Champions | Finalists | Score in the final |
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Women's singles | Australian Open | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3, 7–6(7–2) |
French Open | ![]() | ![]() | 6–1, 6–3 | |
Wimbledon | ![]() | ![]() | 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 | |
US Open | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 7–6(7–5) |
Category | Championship | Champions | Finalists | Score in the final |
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Men's doubles | Australian Open | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 6–4 |
French Open | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–3 | |
Wimbledon | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(7–5), 6–7(3–7), 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(10–2) | |
US Open | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(7–4), 7–5 |
Category | Championship | Champions | Finalists | Score in the final |
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Women's doubles | Australian Open | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–4 |
French Open | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 | |
Wimbledon | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–2, 6–4 | |
US Open | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
Category | Championship | Champions | Finalists | Score in the final |
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Mixed doubles | Australian Open | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 |
French Open | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(7–5), 6–2 | |
Wimbledon | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–3 | |
US Open | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
Category | Championship | Champions | Finalists | Score in the final |
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Men's singles | Indian Wells Masters | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
Miami Open | ![]() | ![]() | 7–5, 6–4 | |
Monte-Carlo Masters | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3, 7–6(7–3) | |
Madrid Open | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3, 6–1 | |
Italian Open | ![]() | ![]() | 6–0, 7–6(7–5) | |
Canadian Open | ![]() | ![]() | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 | |
Cincinnati Masters | ![]() | ![]() | 7–6(7–0), 6–2 | |
Paris Masters | ![]() | ![]() | 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
Category | Championship | Champions | Finalists | Score in the final |
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Women's singles | Qatar Total Open | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 6–0 |
Indian Wells Masters | ![]() | ![]() | 6–4, 6–1 | |
Miami Open | ![]() | ![]() | 6–4, 6–0 | |
Madrid Open | ![]() | ![]() | 7–5, 0–6, 6–2 | |
Italian Open | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Canadian Open | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 | |
Cincinnati Masters | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 6–4 | |
Guadalajara Open | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 6–3 |
Category | Championship | Champions | Finalists | Score in the final |
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Men's doubles | Indian Wells Masters | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
Miami Open | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 | |
Monte-Carlo Masters | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 3–6, [10–7] | |
Madrid Open | ![]() | ![]() | 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–5] | |
Italian Open | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 6–7(6–8), [12–10] | |
Canadian Open | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 4–6, [10–6] | |
Cincinnati Masters | ![]() | ![]() | 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5) | |
Paris Masters | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
Category | Championship | Champions | Finalists | Score in the final |
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Women's doubles | Qatar Total Open | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 7–5, [10–5] |
Indian Wells Masters | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 7–6(7–4) | |
Miami Open | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(7–3), 7–5 | |
Madrid Open | ![]() | ![]() | 7–6(7–1), 5–7, [10–7] | |
Italian Open | ![]() | ![]() | 1–6, 6–4, [10–7] | |
Canadian Open | ![]() | ![]() | 6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5] | |
Cincinnati Masters | ![]() | ![]() | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 | |
Guadalajara Open | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(7–4), 6–7(2–7), [10–8] |
This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2011. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.
The 2011 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in the United States. It was the 38th edition of the men's event, known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2011 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States from March 7 through March 20, 2011.
The 2013 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 127th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 24 June to 7 July 2013. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year and was part of the ATP World Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Junior Tour and the NEC Tour. The championships were organised by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club and the International Tennis Federation.
Andrey Andreyevich Rublev is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 5 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in September 2021. Rublev has won 15 ATP Tour singles titles, including a Masters 1000 title at the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters. He has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 44, achieved on 6 November 2023. He has won four doubles titles, including an Olympic gold medal in the mixed doubles at the 2020 Summer Olympics with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and a Masters 1000 title at the 2023 Madrid Open with Karen Khachanov.
Daniil Sergeyevich Medvedev is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, holding the ranking for a total of 16 weeks. As of December 19, 2023, ranked world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), Medvedev has won 20 ATP Tour singles titles, including the 2021 US Open and 2020 ATP Finals. In the former, Medvedev defeated then-world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the final to deny him the Grand Slam. In the latter, he became the first and only player to defeat the top three ranked players in the world en route to the year-end championship title. He has also won six Masters titles, and contested five major finals. His six Masters titles all came in different venues, making him only the sixth player to win Masters titles at six different venues. Medvedev made his ATP Tour main draw debut at the singles event of the 2015 Kremlin Cup. In 2017, he participated in a major for the first time at Wimbledon, where he defeated world No. 3 Stan Wawrinka. In 2018, Medvedev won his first ATP Tour singles titles at Sydney and Winston-Salem, and his first ATP 500 title in Tokyo. He achieved a breakthrough in 2019, making his top 10 debut after Wimbledon and reaching six consecutive tournament finals, including at the US Open. In February 2022, Medvedev became the first man outside of the Big Three to hold the world No. 1 ranking since Andy Murray, the third Russian man following Yevgeny Kafelnikov in 1999 and Marat Safin in 2000, and the 27th man overall.
Stefanos Tsitsipas is a Greek professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on 9 August 2021, making him the highest-ranked Greek player in history alongside Maria Sakkari.
The 2019 ATP Finals (also known as the 2019 Nitto ATP Finals for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played at the O2 Arena on indoor hard courts in London, United Kingdom, from 10 to 17 November 2019. It was the season-ending event for the highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams on the 2019 ATP Tour and was the 50th edition of the tournament (45th in doubles). The singles event was won by Stefanos Tsitsipas over Dominic Thiem in three sets. In doubles, Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut defeated Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus in straight sets.
Novak Djokovic began the 2020 tennis season on 3 January 2020, in the first round at the inaugural 2020 ATP Cup venues in Brisbane.
The 2020 Rafael Nadal tennis season officially began on 3 January 2020, in the first round at the inaugural 2020 ATP Cup Group B venues in Perth.
Daniil Medvedev defeated Dominic Thiem in the final, 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 2020 ATP Finals. Medvedev became the fourth man to defeat the world's top-three ranked players en route to a title.
The 2021 Novak Djokovic tennis season is considered one of Djokovic's best. It saw him become the second man in tennis history to achieve the Surface Slam following Rafael Nadal in 2010, and repeat his feat from 2015 of reaching all four major finals in a season. He won five tournaments, three of them majors: the Australian Open, the French Open, and the Wimbledon Championships. Djokovic reached the final of the US Open in an attempt to achieve the Grand Slam, but finished runner-up to Daniil Medvedev. He also won the Paris Masters and Belgrade Open, and reached his first final in a doubles tournament since 2010 at the Mallorca Open.
Novak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, 6–7(6–8), 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2021 French Open. It was his second French Open title and 19th major title overall. With the win, he became the first man to achieve the double career Grand Slam in the Open Era, and the first player in the Open Era to win a major after coming back from two sets to love down in two matches during the same major. Tsitsipas became the first Greek player to reach a major final. It also marked the second consecutive year a man trailed by two sets in a major final yet rallied to win, following Dominic Thiem's victory at the 2020 US Open.
Rafael Nadal defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final, 2–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4, 7–5 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2022 Australian Open. It was his second Australian Open title and 21st major singles title overall, surpassing the all-time record he had jointly held with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Nadal became the fourth man, after Roy Emerson, Rod Laver, and Djokovic, to achieve the double career Grand Slam, and the second in the Open Era. He also became the first man in the Open Era to win an Australian Open final after losing the first two sets. This marked the third consecutive year a man trailed by two sets in a major final yet rallied to win, following Djokovic's two-set comeback at the 2021 French Open and Dominic Thiem's at the 2020 US Open.
Rafael Nadal defeated Casper Ruud in the final, 6–3, 6–3, 6–0 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2022 French Open. It was his record-extending 14th French Open title and record-extending 22nd major title overall. It marked the first time in his career that he won the Australian Open and the French Open in the same calendar year. Nadal also became the third man to defeat four top 10 players en route to a major title since the introduction of ATP rankings in 1973. Ruud became the first Norwegian man to reach a major quarterfinal and beyond, and the first Scandinavian man to do so since Robin Söderling in 2010.
Taylor Fritz defeated Rafael Nadal in the final, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) to win the men's singles title at the 2022 Indian Wells Masters. It was his first Masters 1000 title and second career title overall. Fritz became the first American to win the title since Andre Agassi in 2001, and ended Nadal's 20-match winning streak, dating back to the 2022 Melbourne Open.
Three-time defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated Nick Kyrgios in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–3) to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships. It was his seventh Wimbledon title and 21st major singles title overall. Djokovic became the fifth man in the Open Era to record a streak of at least four consecutive titles at one major. By reaching his 32nd men's singles major final, he surpassed Roger Federer's all-time record. Djokovic also became the first player to win 80 matches at all four majors with his first-round win over Kwon Soon-woo. Because no ranking points were awarded for the tournament in response to its banning of Russian and Belarusian players, Djokovic dropped out of the top five in ATP rankings after winning the tournament.
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. He claimed the world No. 1 singles ranking with the win; Ruud, Rafael Nadal, Daniil Medvedev, and Stefanos Tsitsipas were also in contention for the top position. Alcaraz saved a match point en route to the title, in the quarterfinals against Jannik Sinner. Alcaraz became the youngest 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 to win a major singles title, and the youngest man to be ranked world No. 1, surpassing Lleyton Hewitt's record. Alcaraz also became the third player to reach a major final having won three consecutive five-set matches, after Stefan Edberg at the 1992 US Open and Andre Agassi at the 2005 US Open. At 23 hours and 39 minutes of play duration across his seven matches, Alcaraz spent the longest time on court in major history. Ruud became the first Norwegian to reach the final.
The 2022 Daniil Medvedev tennis season officially began on 3 January 2022, with the start of the ATP Cup.
The 2020 Dominic Thiem tennis season saw the Austrian tennis player win 25 matches with 9 losses, earning over six million dollars in prize money, and recording his first Grand Slam title at the 2020 US Open. He began the season ranked fourth on the ATP Tour, and finished the season ranked third.
The 2023 Novak Djokovic tennis season officially began on 1 January 2023, with the start of the Adelaide International, and ended 25 November 2023 after Serbia's defeat by Italy in the semifinals of the Davis Cup Finals.