Mark Allen was the defending champion, having defeated John Higgins 9–8 in the final of the previous year's event.

[4] Betting company BetVictor sponsored the event, which was broadcast on Quest in the United Kingdom; on Eurosport in the United Kingdom, Europe, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka; on Liaoning TV, Superstar online, Migu, Youku and Huya.com in China; on SportsCast in Indonesia; on TAP in the Philippines; on True Sport in Thailand; on Sports Cast in Taiwan; on Astro SuperSport in Malaysia; on DAZN in Canada; and by Matchroom Sport in all other territories.

The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:[6] The qualifying round featured 128 players, with most matches played from 23 to 28 August 2022 at the Robin Park Leisure Centre in Wigan.

[7] The reigning women's world champion Mink Nutcharut secured her first win on the professional tour as she defeated Mitchell Mann 4–2.

[8] The previous season's European Masters champion Fan Zhengyi won his first professional match in six months as he completed a whitewash over Ashley Hugill.

Craig Steadman recovered from 2–3 behind to defeat Graeme Dott 4–3, while Northern Ireland's Jordan Brown whitewashed Andrew Pagett.

[9] Having recently turned 60, Jimmy White made a 132 break in the deciding frame to defeat Yuan Sijun 4–3 and win his second qualifying match of the season.

[11] Three-time champion Judd Trump won four consecutive frames to defeat Rod Lawler 4–1.

[13][24] Polish referee Monika Sulkowska was criticised for calling a foul against Craigie when he played a safety shot off the yellow ball in the fourth frame.

[25] Luca Brecel whitewashed Jimmy White, who received a warning during the fourth frame for "gesticulating" after appearing to stick his finger up at referee Ben Williams.

[29][30] Ninth seed Kyren Wilson also fell 2–3 behind against Sean O’Sullivan but recovered to win the match in a deciding frame.

Sixth seed Higgins lost 1–4 to Robert Milkins, who took a 3–1 lead by winning the fourth frame on a respotted black before clinching the match with a 63 break in the fifth.

Lee tied the scores with a 91 break in frame six but missed a key pot on the black in the decider, allowing Allen to clinch a 4–3 win.

Five other matches in the round of 16 ended in 4–0 whitewash victories for Neil Robertson over Li, Allen over Xiao, Zhou over Milkins, McGill over Tian Pengfei, and Lyu over 10th seed Brecel.

Selby had an opportunity to steal the sixth frame with a clearance but opted to lay a snooker on the final red due to the difficulty of gaining position on the black.

However, he missed a shot on the black along the top cushion, allowing Allen to win the frame and match.

Allen stated afterwards that he was having flashbacks to the 2018 China Open, when Williams had come from 60 points behind to defeat him in a deciding frame, but said he was fortunate to have had the support of his home crowd.

Allen faced Neil Robertson and took a 3–1 lead at the mid-session interval, making a 100 break in the fourth frame.

After a lengthy safety duel on the black ball, Allen made a long pot into the yellow pocket to win the match 6–2 and reach his second consecutive Northern Ireland Open final as well as a second consecutive ranking final, having been runner-up to Ryan Day at the 2022 British Open three weeks previously.

[43][44] "If I win [the tournament], I will be happy to have made my dream come true", said Zhou, who added "It is important to not get under pressure, this is no good.

In frame four, Zhou ran out of position and was warned by referee Leo Scullion after he spent more than two minutes considering his options for a safety shot.

Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan criticised the warning in commentary, noting that other players had spent significantly longer over shots without the referee intervening.

They cited a previous incident involving Scullion at the 2019 event, when Selby spent over six minutes on a shot without being warned.

[47] In the evening session, Allen made breaks of 53, 85, 50, and 51 to move 8–4 ahead before making a 109 clearance to win his eighth consecutive frame and clinch the title with a 9–4 victory.

Zhou's defeat meant that he had lost all three of the ranking finals he had reached, having previously been runner-up at the January 2020 European Masters and the 2020 Snooker Shoot Out.