Andrey Rublev was the defending champion,[2] but lost in the second round to
Alexei Popyrin. Rublev became the first defending champion to lose his opening match at the tournament since
Novak Djokovic in
2016.
Djokovic was attempting to become the first player to complete a
triple career Golden Masters,[3] but lost in the semifinals to Ruud. With his victory over
Alex de Minaur in the quarterfinals, Djokovic reached his 77th career
Masters 1000 semifinal, overtaking the previous record jointly held with Nadal. He also recorded the best career winning percentage in Masters history, with his latest win moving him to 82.24%, also bettering Nadal's 82.17%.[4] Djokovic also equaled Nadal's consecutive 17-year streak (from 2005 to 2022) of reaching at least one ATP Masters 1000 semifinal per year.[citation needed]
Sumit Nagal became the first Indian player to qualify for the main draw since
Ramesh Krishnan in
1982.[5] His first round victory against
Matteo Arnaldi made him the first Indian player to win a Masters 1000 singles match on clay.[6] De Minaur became the first Australian player to reach the quarterfinals since
Mark Philippoussis in
1999.[7]Zhang Zhizhen became the first Chinese mainland player to both play the main draw and reach the second round.[8]
Seeds
The top eight
seeds received a
bye into the second round.