Holger Rune Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune (; born 29 April 2003) is a Danish professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), making him the highest-ranked Da ...

defeated defending champion

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in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 to win the singles tennis title at the 2022 Paris Masters. It was his first

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title, and he saved three match points en route, in the first round against

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. Rune made his top-10 debut in the

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with the win, and he defeated five top-10 players en route to the title. This was Rune's fourth final in a row, and his third title. He was the second teenager to win a Masters 1000 title in the 2022 season, after

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and

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. Rune was the first Scandinavian to win a Masters 1000 title since

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at the 2010 Paris Masters. It was Djokovic's first loss in a Masters 1000 final after winning the first set, having previously been 30–0. This tournament marked the final professional appearance of former world No. 6

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; he lost in the third round to

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. Auger-Aliassime was attempting to win his fourth tournament in as many weeks, but lost in the semifinals to Rune in a rematch of the

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final from the previous week, snapping his winning streak at 16 matches.

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and Alcaraz were both in contention for the world No. 1 singles ranking at the beginning of the tournament. Following Nadal's second round loss to Tommy Paul, Alcaraz retained the No. 1 ranking.

Seeds

The top eight

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received a bye into the second round.

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Qualifying

Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

Draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

References

External links

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