diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/directives/tooltip/tooltip-target.directive.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/directives/tooltip/tooltip-target.directive.ts
index a26400879b6..698e2e4810f 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/directives/tooltip/tooltip-target.directive.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/directives/tooltip/tooltip-target.directive.ts
@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ export class IgxTooltipTargetDirective extends IgxToggleActionDirective implemen
             return;
         }
 
+        this.target.tooltipTarget = this;
+
         const showingArgs = { target: this, tooltip: this.target, cancel: false };
         this.tooltipShow.emit(showingArgs);
 
@@ -258,7 +260,6 @@ export class IgxTooltipTargetDirective extends IgxToggleActionDirective implemen
     /**
      * @hidden
      */
-    @HostListener('touchstart')
     public onTouchStart() {
         if (this.tooltipDisabled) {
             return;
@@ -270,7 +271,6 @@ export class IgxTooltipTargetDirective extends IgxToggleActionDirective implemen
     /**
      * @hidden
      */
-    @HostListener('document:touchstart', ['$event'])
     public onDocumentTouchStart(event) {
         if (this.tooltipDisabled) {
             return;
@@ -301,6 +301,10 @@ export class IgxTooltipTargetDirective extends IgxToggleActionDirective implemen
         this._overlayDefaults.closeOnEscape = true;
 
         this.target.closing.pipe(takeUntil(this.destroy$)).subscribe((event) => {
+            if (this.target.tooltipTarget !== this) {
+                return;
+            }
+
             const hidingArgs = { target: this, tooltip: this.target, cancel: false };
             this.tooltipHide.emit(hidingArgs);
 
@@ -308,6 +312,8 @@ export class IgxTooltipTargetDirective extends IgxToggleActionDirective implemen
                 event.cancel = true;
             }
         });
+
+        this.nativeElement.addEventListener('touchstart', this.onTouchStart = this.onTouchStart.bind(this), { passive: true });
     }
 
     /**
@@ -315,6 +321,7 @@ export class IgxTooltipTargetDirective extends IgxToggleActionDirective implemen
      */
     public ngOnDestroy() {
         this.hideTooltip();
+        this.nativeElement.removeEventListener('touchstart', this.onTouchStart);
         this.destroy$.next();
         this.destroy$.complete();
     }
@@ -335,6 +342,8 @@ export class IgxTooltipTargetDirective extends IgxToggleActionDirective implemen
             this.target.toBeHidden = false;
         }
 
+        this.target.tooltipTarget = this;
+
         const showingArgs = { target: this, tooltip: this.target, cancel: false };
         this.tooltipShow.emit(showingArgs);
 
diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/directives/tooltip/tooltip.directive.spec.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/directives/tooltip/tooltip.directive.spec.ts
index 8ff5e020576..5b01be0a82b 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/directives/tooltip/tooltip.directive.spec.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/directives/tooltip/tooltip.directive.spec.ts
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ describe('IgxTooltip', () => {
             flush();
 
             verifyTooltipVisibility(tooltipNativeElement, tooltipTarget, true);
-            
+
             fix.componentInstance.showButton = false;
             fix.detectChanges();
             flush();
@@ -567,6 +567,47 @@ describe('IgxTooltip', () => {
             // Tooltip is NOT visible and positioned relative to buttonOne
             verifyTooltipPosition(tooltipNativeElement, buttonOne, false);
         }));
+
+        it('Should not call `hideTooltip` multiple times on document:touchstart', fakeAsync(() => {
+            spyOn(targetOne, 'hideTooltip').and.callThrough();
+            spyOn(targetTwo, 'hideTooltip').and.callThrough();
+
+            touchElement(buttonOne);
+            tick(500);
+
+            const dummyDiv = fix.debugElement.query(By.css('.dummyDiv'));
+            touchElement(dummyDiv);
+            flush();
+
+            expect(targetOne.hideTooltip).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+            expect(targetTwo.hideTooltip).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        }));
+
+        it('should not emit tooltipHide event multiple times', fakeAsync(() => {
+            spyOn(targetOne.tooltipHide, 'emit');
+            spyOn(targetTwo.tooltipHide, 'emit');
+
+            hoverElement(buttonOne);
+            flush();
+
+            const tooltipHideArgsTargetOne = { target: targetOne, tooltip: fix.componentInstance.tooltip, cancel: false };
+            const tooltipHideArgsTargetTwo = { target: targetTwo, tooltip: fix.componentInstance.tooltip, cancel: false };
+
+            unhoverElement(buttonOne);
+            tick(500);
+            expect(targetOne.tooltipHide.emit).toHaveBeenCalledOnceWith(tooltipHideArgsTargetOne);
+            expect(targetTwo.tooltipHide.emit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            flush();
+
+            hoverElement(buttonTwo);
+            flush();
+
+            unhoverElement(buttonTwo);
+            tick(500);
+            expect(targetOne.tooltipHide.emit).toHaveBeenCalledOnceWith(tooltipHideArgsTargetOne);
+            expect(targetTwo.tooltipHide.emit).toHaveBeenCalledOnceWith(tooltipHideArgsTargetTwo);
+            flush();
+        }))
     });
 
     describe('Tooltip integration', () => {
diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/directives/tooltip/tooltip.directive.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/directives/tooltip/tooltip.directive.ts
index 7cff12228af..661606e70f5 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/directives/tooltip/tooltip.directive.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/directives/tooltip/tooltip.directive.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import {
-    Directive, ElementRef, Input, ChangeDetectorRef, Optional, HostBinding, Inject
+    Directive, ElementRef, Input, ChangeDetectorRef, Optional, HostBinding, Inject, OnDestroy
 } from '@angular/core';
 import { IgxOverlayService } from '../../services/overlay/overlay';
 import { OverlaySettings } from '../../services/public_api';
 import { IgxNavigationService } from '../../core/navigation';
 import { IgxToggleDirective } from '../toggle/toggle.directive';
+import { Subject, takeUntil } from 'rxjs';
+import { IgxTooltipTargetDirective } from './tooltip-target.directive';
 
 let NEXT_ID = 0;
 /**
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ let NEXT_ID = 0;
     selector: '[igxTooltip]',
     standalone: true
 })
-export class IgxTooltipDirective extends IgxToggleDirective {
+export class IgxTooltipDirective extends IgxToggleDirective implements OnDestroy {
     /**
      * @hidden
      */
@@ -102,6 +104,13 @@ export class IgxTooltipDirective extends IgxToggleDirective {
      */
     public toBeShown = false;
 
+    /**
+     * @hidden
+     */
+    public tooltipTarget: IgxTooltipTargetDirective;
+
+    private _destroy$ = new Subject<boolean>();
+
     /** @hidden */
     constructor(
         elementRef: ElementRef,
@@ -110,6 +119,23 @@ export class IgxTooltipDirective extends IgxToggleDirective {
         @Optional() navigationService: IgxNavigationService) {
         // D.P. constructor duplication due to es6 compilation, might be obsolete in the future
         super(elementRef, cdr, overlayService, navigationService);
+
+        this.onDocumentTouchStart = this.onDocumentTouchStart.bind(this);
+        this.overlayService.opening.pipe(takeUntil(this._destroy$)).subscribe(() => {
+            document.addEventListener('touchstart', this.onDocumentTouchStart, { passive: true });
+        });
+        this.overlayService.closed.pipe(takeUntil(this._destroy$)).subscribe(() => {
+            document.removeEventListener('touchstart', this.onDocumentTouchStart);
+        });
+    }
+
+    /** @hidden */
+    public override ngOnDestroy() {
+        super.ngOnDestroy();
+
+        document.removeEventListener('touchstart', this.onDocumentTouchStart);
+        this._destroy$.next(true);
+        this._destroy$.complete();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -154,4 +180,8 @@ export class IgxTooltipDirective extends IgxToggleDirective {
             overlaySettings.positionStrategy.settings.closeAnimation = animation;
         }
     }
+
+    private onDocumentTouchStart(event) {
+        this.tooltipTarget?.onDocumentTouchStart(event);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/test-utils/tooltip-components.spec.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/test-utils/tooltip-components.spec.ts
index b4d646276ec..f47c687697f 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/test-utils/tooltip-components.spec.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/test-utils/tooltip-components.spec.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { IgxToggleActionDirective, IgxToggleDirective } from '../directives/togg
 @Component({
     template: `
     <div class="dummyDiv">dummy div for touch tests</div>
-    
+
     @if (showButton) {
         <button [igxTooltipTarget]="tooltipRef" [tooltip]="'Infragistics Inc. HQ'"
                 (tooltipShow)="showing($event)" (tooltipHide)="hiding($event)"
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ export class IgxTooltipSingleTargetComponent {
 
 @Component({
     template: `
+    <div class="dummyDiv">dummy div for touch tests</div>
+
     <button class="buttonOne" #targetOne="tooltipTarget" [igxTooltipTarget]="tooltipRef" style="margin: 100px">
         Target One
     </button>