The men's singles tournament of the

2022 BWF World Championships The 2022 BWF World Championships (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which was held from 22 to 28 August 2022 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. Ho ...

took place from 22 to 28 August 2022 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

Seeds

The seeding list was based on the

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of 9 August 2022. Viktor Axelsen (champion) Kento Momota ''(second round)'' Anders Antonsen ''(first round)''

Chou Tien-chen Chou Tien-chen (Chinese: 周天成; born 8 January 1990) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He became the first local shuttler in 17 years to win the men's singles title of the Chinese Taipei Open in 2016 since Indonesian-born Fung Permadi won i ...

''(semi-finals)'' Lee Zii Jia ''(third round)'' Anthony Sinisuka Ginting ''(quarter-finals)''

Jonatan Christie Leonardus Jonatan Christie (born 15 September 1997) is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in the singles discipline affiliated with the Tangkas Specs club. He won the men's singles title at the Badminton at the 2017 Southeast Asian Ga ...

''(quarter-finals)''

Loh Kean Yew Loh Kean Yew (; born 26 June 1997) is a Singaporean badminton player. He is the former men's singles world champion, winning the title at the 2021 BWF World Championships, becoming the first Singaporean to achieve this feat. Born in Penang, M ...

''(quarter-finals)'' Lakshya Sen ''(third round)'' Ng Ka Long ''(third round)'' Rasmus Gemke ''(second round)'' Srikanth Kidambi ''(second round)''

Kanta Tsuneyama is a Japanese badminton player. Achievements Youth Olympic Games ''Mixed doubles'' Asia Junior Championships ''Boys' singles'' ''Boys' doubles'' BWF World Tour (3 titles) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 ...

''(first round)'' Lee Cheuk Yiu ''(third round)'' Wang Tzu-wei ''(third round)'' Kunlavut Vitidsarn ''(final)''

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

References