2019 Rolex Shanghai Masters
# 2019 Rolex Shanghai Masters

The 2019 Shanghai Rolex Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, classified as an ATP Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2019 ATP Tour. It took place at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China from October 6 to 13, 2019. This was also the last edition of the Shanghai Masters held to date as not being held in 2020, 2021 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China.

## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

The following were the seeded players. Seedings were based on ATP rankings as of September 30, 2019. Rankings and points before are as of October 7, 2019.

| Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Novak Djokovic | 10,365 | 1,000 | 180 | 9,545 | Quarterfinals lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas [6] |
| 2 | 3 | Roger Federer | 7,130 | 360 | 180 | 6,950 | Quarterfinals lost to Alexander Zverev [5] |
| 3 | 4 | Daniil Medvedev | 4,965 | 45 | 1,000 | 5,920 | Champion, defeated Alexander Zverev [5] |
| 4 | 5 | Dominic Thiem | 4,915 | 10 | 180 | 5,085 | Quarterfinals lost to Matteo Berrettini [11] |
| 5 | 6 | Alexander Zverev | 4,185 | 360 | 600 | 4,425 | Runner-up, lost to Daniil Medvedev [3] |
| 6 | 7 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 3,630 | 90 | 360 | 3,900 | Semifinals lost to Daniil Medvedev [3] |
| 7 | 9 | Karen Khachanov | 2,945 | 45 | 90 | 2,990 | Third round lost to Fabio Fognini [10] |
| 8 | 10 | Roberto Bautista Agut | 2,575 | 90 | 90 | 2,575 | Third round lost to Matteo Berrettini [11] |
| 9 | 11 | Gaël Monfils | 2,375 | 10 | 45 | 2,410 | Second round lost to Hubert Hurkacz |
| 10 | 12 | Fabio Fognini | 2,280 | $(45)^†$ | 180 | 2,415 | Quarterfinals lost to Daniil Medvedev [3] |
| 11 | 13 | Matteo Berrettini | 2,221 | 16 | 360 | 2,565 | Semifinals lost to Alexander Zverev [5] |
| 12 | 15 | Borna Ćorić | 2,130 | 600 | 10 | 1,540 | First round lost to Andrey Rublev |
| 13 | 14 | David Goffin | 2,190 | 0 | 90 | 2,280 | Third round lost to Roger Federer [2] |
| 14 | 16 | Diego Schwartzman | 1,995 | 10 | 10 | 1,995 | First round lost to Vasek Pospisil [Q] |
| 15 | 26 | Nikoloz Basilashvili | 1,440 | 45 | 90 | 1,485 | Third round lost to Dominic Thiem [4] |
| 16 | 17 | John Isner | 1,895 | 0 | 90 | 1,985 | Third round lost to Novak Djokovic [1] |

† The player used an exemption to skip the tournament in 2018. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

| Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points after | Reason |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Rafael Nadal | 9,225 | 0 | 9,225 | Left wrist injury |
| 8 | Kei Nishikori | 3,040 | 180 | 2,860 | Right elbow injury |
| 18 | Kevin Anderson | 1,780 | 180 | 1,600 | Right knee injury |

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Li Zhe
* Andy Murray
* Zhang Ze
* Zhang Zhizhen

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

* John Millman

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Alexander Bublik
* Pablo Carreño Busta
* Marco Cecchinato
* Jérémy Chardy
* Juan Ignacio Londero
* Cameron Norrie
* Vasek Pospisil

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Kevin Anderson → replaced by Frances Tiafoe
* Juan Martín del Potro → replaced by Lorenzo Sonego
* Laslo Đere → replaced by Filip Krajinović
* Nick Kyrgios → replaced by Albert Ramos Viñolas
* Rafael Nadal → replaced by Pablo Cuevas
* Kei Nishikori → replaced by Sam Querrey
* Milos Raonic → replaced by Mikhail Kukushkin
* Stan Wawrinka → replaced by Miomir Kecmanović

### Retirements

* Mikhail Kukushkin

## Doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| COL | Juan Sebastián Cabal | COL | Robert Farah | 2 | 1 |
| POL | Łukasz Kubot | BRA | Marcelo Melo | 9 | 2 |
| ESP | Marcel Granollers | ARG | Horacio Zeballos | 12 | 3 |
| RSA | Raven Klaasen | NZL | Michael Venus | 18 | 4 |
| GER | Kevin Krawietz | GER | Andreas Mies | 26 | 5 |
| FRA | Nicolas Mahut | FRA | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 35 | 6 |
| NED | Jean-Julien Rojer | ROU | Horia Tecău | 39 | 7 |
| CRO | Mate Pavić | BRA | Bruno Soares | 39 | 8 |

* Rankings are as of September 30, 2019

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Borna Ćorić / Hua Runhao
* Gao Xin / Li Zhe
* Gong Maoxin / Zhang Ze

## Champions

### Singles

* Daniil Medvedev def. Alexander Zverev, 6–4, 6–1

### Doubles

* Mate Pavić / Bruno Soares def. Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo, 6–4, 6–2
