The Rolex Shanghai Masters is the only ATP Masters 1000 event in Asia and the second-to-last Masters of the season, before Paris. It is played on outdoor hard courts at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai’s Minhang District and comes at the point of the year when the race for the eight places at the ATP Finals in Turin is at its tightest. This guide explains how the tournament works and who has won it, with the current year’s details in a dated section at the end.
History
Shanghai joined the ATP calendar as a Masters 1000 in 2009 and has been played at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena throughout. The tournament was not held from 2020 to 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic in China, and returned in 2023. That year the singles draw was expanded from 56 players to 96, turning it into a two-week event in the same mould as Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Rome.
Format and ranking points
The main draw holds 96 singles players and 32 doubles teams. The top 32 seeds receive a first-round bye and start in the second round, so a seeded champion plays six matches rather than seven. The event runs across 12 days.
| Round reached | Ranking points |
|---|---|
| Champion | 1,000 |
| Finalist | 650 |
| Semifinal | 400 |
| Quarterfinal | 200 |
| Round of 16 | 100 |
| Round of 32 | 50 |
| Round of 64 | 30 |
| Round of 128 | 10 |
A seeded player who loses his first match, in the round of 64, still collects the 30 points for that round because of the bye. The ATP publishes the round-by-round prize money on the tournament page before the event. For how ranking points feed into the ATP Finals race, see our Race to Turin standings.
Past champions
Novak Djokovic holds the record with four Shanghai titles. Andy Murray won it in 2010 and 2011, Roger Federer in 2017 and Daniil Medvedev beat Alexander Zverev in the 2019 final, the last edition before the three-year gap.
Since the event returned, it has produced three different champions. Hubert Hurkacz beat Andrey Rublev 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(8) in 2023. Jannik Sinner beat Djokovic 7-6(4), 6-3 in 2024. In 2025 Valentin Vacherot of Monaco came through qualifying as the world No. 204 and won the title, which made him the lowest-ranked Masters 1000 champion in history according to the ATP. The man he beat in the final was his cousin, Arthur Rinderknech.
Where it sits in the season
Shanghai follows the ATP 500 events in Beijing and Tokyo, which are played in the same week, and it is the last big hard-court event outdoors before the tour moves indoors for the European indoor season. In 2026 the Beijing event finishes on 6 October and Shanghai begins the next day. For the full October calendar, see the Asian swing guide. Shanghai is on China Standard Time, 12 hours ahead of New York in October.
How to watch
Every match at the Masters 1000 events streams on Tennis TV, the ATP’s subscription service. Television rights are sold by country, and the ATP publishes the current broadcasters on its TV schedule page.
Season Snapshot: 2026
Updated 19 September 2026. The 15th edition runs from 7 to 18 October, a week later than in 2025. According to the ATP, every player in the current top 50 is on the entry list, led by world No. 1 Sinner, who won the title in 2024, and world No. 2 Zverev, who has never won in Shanghai. Carlos Alcaraz is also entered and is chasing a first title there, and Djokovic is on the list. Vacherot, now ranked 23rd, returns to defend his title. Seedings and withdrawals are confirmed when the draw is made.
