2022 Tel Aviv Open

{{Infobox tennis event|2022|Tel Aviv Open| | date=26 September – 2 October | edition=18th | category=[[ATP Tour 250|ATP Tour 250 series]] | prize_money=$949,475 | draw=28S / 16D | surface=[[Tennis court#Indoor courts|Hard (indoor)]] | location=[[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]] | venue=[[Expo Tel Aviv]] | champs={{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novak Djokovic]] | champd={{flagicon|IND}} [[Rohan Bopanna]] / {{flagicon|NED}} [[Matwé Middelkoop]] | before_year=1996 |after_year = no }}

The '''2022 Tel Aviv Open''' (also known as the '''2022 Tel Aviv Watergen Open''' for sponsorship purposes) was a [[tennis]] tournament played on indoor [[hard court]]. It was the first edition of the [[Tel Aviv Open]] at the [[ATP Tour]] level since 1996 (18th overall), and part of the [[ATP Tour 250|ATP Tour 250 series]] of the [[2022 ATP Tour]]. It was played at [[Expo Tel Aviv]] in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]], from 26 September to 2 October 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tel Aviv Open Overview|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/sofia/7434/overview|website=atptour.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The first time since 1996 Israel will host ATP 250 tournament of the series ATP World Tennis Tour – called "Tel Aviv Watergen Open 2022"|url=https://tawo.co.il/tawo-news-001-en|website=tawo.co.il}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=24 September 2022 |title=Tel Aviv Watergen Open tennis event gets underway |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/sports/article-718078 |access-date=30 September 2025 |publisher=Jerusalem Post}}</ref>

The event was primarily organized due to the cancellation of tournaments in China during the 2022 season because of the ongoing [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/atp-tour-calendar-update-21-july-2022|title=ATP Issues 2022 Calendar Updates|website=atptour.com|date=21 July 2022}}</ref>

== Champions ==

=== Singles === {{main|2022 Tel Aviv Open – Singles}} * {{flagicon|SRB}} '''[[Novak Djokovic]]''' def. {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Marin Čilić]], 6–3, 6–4 * It was Djokovic's 3rd title of the year and the 89th of his career.

=== Doubles === {{main|2022 Tel Aviv Open – Doubles}} * {{flagicon|IND}} '''[[Rohan Bopanna]]''' / {{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Matwé Middelkoop]]''' def. {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Santiago González (tennis)|Santiago González]] / {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Andrés Molteni]], 6–2, 6–4

==Singles main-draw entrants== ===Seeds=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |-bgcolor=#cfc |{{flag|SRB}} |[[Novak Djokovic]] |7 |1 |-bgcolor=#fcc |{{flag|CRO}} |[[Marin Čilić]] |16 |2 |- |{{flag|ARG}} |[[Diego Schwartzman]] |17 |3 |- |{{flag|USA}} |[[Maxime Cressy]] |34 |4 |- |{{flag|NED}} |[[Botic van de Zandschulp]] |35 |5 |- | |[[Aslan Karatsev]] |39 |6 |- |{{flag|FRA}} |[[Adrian Mannarino]] |47 |7 |- |{{flag|NED}} |[[Tallon Griekspoor]] |48 |8 |} *1 Rankings are as of 19 September 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=Players|url=https://tawo.co.il/tawo-tour-players-en|website=tawo.co.il|access-date=2022-09-20|archive-date=2022-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920174204/https://tawo.co.il/tawo-tour-players-en|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Other entrants=== The following players received [[Wild card (sports)|wildcard]]s into the main draw: * {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Hamad Međedović]] * {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Yshai Oliel]] * {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Dominic Thiem]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Liam Broady]] * {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Marius Copil]] * {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Cem İlkel]] * {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Edan Leshem]]

The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Vasek Pospisil]]

===Withdrawals=== * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Benjamin Bonzi]] → replaced by {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Hugo Grenier]] * {{flagicon|}} [[Karen Khachanov]] → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} [[J. J. Wolf]] * {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Alex Molčan]] → replaced by {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Tomás Martín Etcheverry]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tommy Paul (tennis)|Tommy Paul]] → replaced by {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Constant Lestienne]] * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Albert Ramos Viñolas]] → replaced by {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Vasek Pospisil]]

==Doubles main-draw entrants==

===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |-bgcolor=#cfc |{{flag|IND}} |[[Rohan Bopanna]] |{{flag|NED}} |[[Matwé Middelkoop]] |45 |1 |- |{{flag|GER}} |[[Kevin Krawietz]] |{{flag|GER}} |[[Andreas Mies]] |60 |2 |-bgcolor=#fcc |{{flag|MEX}} |[[Santiago González (tennis)|Santiago González]] |{{flag|ARG}} |[[Andrés Molteni]] |68 |3 |- |{{flag|URU}} |[[Ariel Behar]] |{{flag|ARG}} |[[Máximo González]] |93 |4 |} *1 Rankings are as of 19 September 2022.

===Other entrants=== The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Daniel Cukierman]] / {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Edan Leshem]] * {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Hamad Međedović]] / {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Yshai Oliel]]

The following pair received entry as alternates: * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marco Bortolotti]] / {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio Martos Gornés]]

===Withdrawals=== * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Benjamin Bonzi]] / {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Arthur Rinderknech]] → replaced by {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marco Bortolotti]] / {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio Martos Gornés]] * {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Tomás Martín Etcheverry]] / {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Albert Ramos Viñolas]] → replaced by {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novak Djokovic]] / {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Jonathan Erlich]]

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==External links== *[https://tawo.co.il/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163641/https://tawo.co.il/ |date=2022-09-20 }} *[https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/tel-aviv/4138/overview Tournament page at ATPWorldTour.com]

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