The 2022 Astana Open will be played from October 3rd until 9th, and it features probably the strongest draw of an ATP 500 event this year.
Prior to this year's edition, the Astana Open was held only twice. In its inaugural year, John Millman won the tournament, and the following year, Soonwoo Kwon was crowned the champion in Astana.
In 2022, however, the Astana Open became an ATP 250 tournament, which significantly improved the prize money conditions at the Astana Open, attracting a much stronger field of players.
2022 US Open champion and the youngest world number one in the history of men's tennis, Carlos Alcaraz, is the top-seeded player in Astana. The young Spaniard will begin his tournament against another youngster, Holger Rune, who he defeated at last year's Next Gen ATP Finals.
The winner of this match will face a very interesting second-round opponent as three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka received a wild card, and he will play against Adrian Mannarino in the first round.
Fans in Kazakhstan can also witness an all-Russian second-round match as the fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev and his compatriot Aslan Karatsev will both begin against a qualifier and if they both win, they will meet in the second round.
The third-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas will begin his journey against Mikhail Kukushkin and in the second round, he can meet yet another Grand Slam champion as Marin Cilic will start against a qualifier.
The 21-time Grand Slam champion, Novak Djokovic, is fourth seed after he received a wild card, and the Serbian will start his tournament against Cristian Garin, who he beat in 2020 and also in 2021.
Former World No. 1 and 2021 US Open champion Daniil Medvedev is the No. 2 seed at the 2022 Astana Open, and the Russian will begin his tournament against Albert Ramos-Vinolas from Spain.
2022 Astana Open Nur-Sultan ATP Draw:
| 1. Carlos Alcaraz (1) |
| 2. Holger Rune |
| 3. Adrian Mannarino |
| 4. Stan Wawrinka |
| 5. Qualifier |
| 6. Aslan Karatsev |
| 7. Qualifier |
| 8. Andrey Rublev (5) |
| 9. Stefanos Tsitsipas (3) |
| 10. Mikhail Kukushkin |
| 11. Marin Cilic |
| 12. Qualifier |
| 13. Tallon Griekspoor |
| 14. Alexander Bublik |
| 15. Francisco Cerundolo |
| 16. Hubert Hurkacz (7) |
| 17. Jannik Sinner (6) |
| 18. Oscar Otte |
| 19. Maxime Cressy |
| 20. Karen Khachanov |
| 21. Botic van de Zandschulp |
| 22. Beibit Zhukayev |
| 23. Cristian Garin |
| 24. Novak Djokovic (4) |
| 25. Felix Auger-Aliassime (8) |
| 26. Roberto Bautista Agut |
| 27. Qualifier |
| 28. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina |
| 29. Marc-Andrea Huesler |
| 30. Emil Ruusuvuori |
| 31. Albert Ramos-Vinolas |
| 32. Daniil Medvedev (2) |
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