The 2022 Istanbul Challenger was a professional

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. It was the 36th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in

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, Turkey between 12 and 18 September 2022.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 30 August 2022.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Berk İlkel * Koray Kırcı *

Aleksandre Metreveli Aleksandre Metreveli ( ka, ალექსანდრე მეტრეველი, tr, ; born 10 August 1993), nicknamed Sandro, is a Georgian tennis player. Metreveli has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 264 achieved on 6 Jun ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Sarp Ağabigün Sarp Ağabigün (born 12 June 1997) is a Turkish tennis player. Ağabigün has a career high ATP singles ranking of 831 achieved on 16 October 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 322 achieved on 27 June 2016. Ağabigün made ...

* Cengiz Aksu *

Térence Atmane 46 Térence Atmane (born 9 January 2002) is a French professional tennis player. Atmane has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 132 achieved on 16 October 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 1946 achieved on 20 September 20 ...

Marek Gengel Marek Gengel (born 17 September 1995) is a Czech tennis player. Gengel has a career high ATP singles ranking of 256 achieved on 16 January 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 148 achieved on 20 March 2023. Gengel has won 1 ATP Ch ...

* Dominik Palán *

Beibit Zhukayev Beibit Zhukayev (born 12 October 2000) is a Kazakh tennis player. Zhukayev has a career high ATP singles ranking of 186 achieved on 20 November 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 327 achieved on 3 October 2022. Career Zhuk ...

The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Bogdan Ionuț Apostol

Champions

Singles

Radu Albot Radu Albot (born 11 November 1989) is a Moldovan professional tennis player. He is the first player from Moldova to win ATP singles ( 2019 Delray Beach Open) and doubles ( 2015 Istanbul Open) titles. Albot has won 1 ATP World Tour singles tit ...

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Lukáš Rosol Lukáš Rosol (; born 24 July 1985) is a Czech professional tennis player. He competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Tour, both in singles and doubles. Rosol was coached by former Czech player, 1999 US Open quarterfinalist Ctislav Dosed ...

6–2, 6–0.

Doubles

Purav Raja Purav Raja ( ; born 7 December 1985) is an Indian tennis player. He specializes in doubles and competes on the ATP World Tour. He has 2 ATP world tour level titles in men's doubles. He represents India in the Davis Cup. Personal and early life ...

Divij Sharan Divij Sharan (born 2 March 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. He specialises in doubles and competes on the ATP World Tour. He has won 5 ATP World Tour titles in men's doubles and represents India in the Davis Cup. He won a gold me ...

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Arjun Kadhe Arjun Kadhe ( mar, अर्जुन कढे; born 7 January 1994) is an Indian tennis player. Kadhe has a career high ATP singles ranking of 328 achieved on 27 August 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 133 achieved on ...

Fernando Romboli Fernando Romboli de Souza (born 4 January 1989, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Romboli competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 236, ...

6–4, 3–6, 0–8

References

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