ATP - Melbourne 1R complete

First round completed in Melbourne.

2022 Melbourne Summer Set - an ATP 250 tournament, on Hard Greenset, in Melbourne, Australia, 4-9 January 2022.

Event is part of a series, including two WTA 250 tournaments.

Held because of the Brisbane International being cancelled due to COVID-19.

Richard Gasquet withdrew after the main draw was published due to illness, and was replaced by alternate Emil Ruusuvuori 

Nick Kyrgios withdrew after the main draw was published due to illness, and was replaced by lucky loser Henri Laaksonen.

Laaksonen will play fifth seed Benoit Paire, while Alex Molcan will now play qualifier Andreas Seppi instead of Kyrgios.

Sixth seed Ilya Ivashka withdrew after the main draw was published due to an ankle injury, and was replaced by lucky loser Sebastian Baez.

First round results:

- Qualifier Ricardas Berankis defeated Marcos Giron 7-5 6-4

- Alexei Popyrin defeated Stefano Travaglia 7-6(5) 6-3

- Alex Molcan defeated qualifier Andreas Seppi 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3

- Jordan Thompson defeated wildcard Christopher O’Connell 1-6 7-5 6-4

- Alternate Emil Ruusuvuori defeated lucky loser Sebastian Baez 7-6(2) 6-1

- Lucky loser Henri Laaksonen defeated Benoit Paire (5) 4-6 6-3 5-2 (retired)

- Jaume Munar defeated Kevin Anderson 6-4 6-4

- Qualifier Maxime Cressy defeated qualifier Rinky Hijikata 6-3 6-0