The 2022 Swiss Indoors in Basel will be played for the first time since 2019, and it will be held from October 24th to 30th in St. Jakobshalle without a defending champion.
Since 2006, the Swiss Indoors in Basel was won a total of 10 times by Roger Federer, who is also the defending champion of the tournament, which was last held in 2019.
However, the Swiss Maestro isn't on the entry list for this year's ATP 500 event since he ended his career at the 2022 Laver Cup alongside his good friend Rafael Nadal.
Despite Federer's absence, four players who competed at this year's Laver Cup will appear in Switzerland. The 2019 finalist, Alex de Minaur, and Felix Auger-Aliassime, who were part of the winning team. are two of the players on the entry list.
Also, two Team Europe members from this year's Laver Cup, Casper Ruud and Andy Murray, will compete at the 2022 Swiss Indoors in Basel. The entry list is led by the youngest world number 1 in the history of men's tennis, Carlos Alcaraz.
After winning his first Grand Slam title, the young Spaniard played two Davis Cup matches, and the 2022 Swiss Indoors in Basel will be only his second ATP event as world number 1.
The 2022 Wimbledon Championships finalist Nick Kyrgios will also travel to Switzerland after he plays another ATP 500 event in Tokyo, the Japan Open.
The likes of Pablo Carreno Busta, Marin Cilic, Roberto Bautista Agut, and Stan Wawrinka will also play at the event that was dominated by Roger Federer throughout the years.
There will also be young players such as Holger Rune, Sebastian Korda, and Jenson Brooksby, who will try to prove their qualities at this indoor event.
2022 Swiss Indoors Basel ATP Entry List:
| 1. | Carlos Alcaraz |
| 2. | Casper Ruud |
| 3. | Felix Auger-Aliassime |
| 4. | Pablo Carreno Busta |
| 5. | Marin Cilic |
| 6. | Nick Kyrgios |
| 7. | Roberto Bautista Agut |
| 8. | Alex de Minaur |
| Alejandro Davidovich Fokina | |
| Lorenzo Musetti | |
| Holger Rune | |
| Miomir Kecmanovic | |
| Maxime Cressy | |
| Botic van de Zandschulp | |
| Sebastian Baez | |
| Albert Ramos-Vinolas | |
| Alexander Bublik | |
| Sebastian Korda | |
| Jenson Brooksby | |
| Andy Murray | |
| Brandon Nakashima | |
| Alex Molcan | |
| Stan Wawrinka | |
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