2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters

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2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters
Date4–15 October 2023
Edition12th
Category ATP Tour Masters 1000
Surface Hard / Outdoor
Location Shanghai, China
Venue Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena
Champions
Singles
Flag of Poland.svg Hubert Hurkacz
Doubles
Flag of Spain.svg Marcel Granollers / Flag of Argentina.svg Horacio Zeballos
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The 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, classified as an ATP Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2023 ATP Tour. It took place at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China from 4 to 15 October 2023. This was the first edition of the Shanghai Masters held since 2019, as the intervening editions were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China. [1] It was also the first year that the main singles draw was expanded to 96 players from 56. [2]

Contents

Champions

Singles

Doubles

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 25 September 2023. Rankings and points before are as of 2 October 2023.

Because the tournament was not held in 2022, the points dropping column reflects (a) points from tournaments held during the weeks of 3 October and 10 October 2022 (Astana, Tokyo, Florence, Gijón, and 2022 ATP Challenger Tour tournaments) or (b) the player's 19th best result (in brackets). Only points counting towards the players' rankings as of 2 October 2023 are shown in the table.

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints dropping Points won Points afterStatus
12 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Alcaraz 8,715(0)908,805Fourth round lost to Flag of Bulgaria.svg Grigor Dimitrov [18]
23Flag placeholder.svg Daniil Medvedev 7,490180457,355Third round lost to Flag of the United States.svg Sebastian Korda [26]
35 Flag of Denmark.svg Holger Rune 4,640(45)104,605Second round lost to Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Nakashima
46 Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas 4,615300454,360Third round lost to Flag of France.svg Ugo Humbert [32]
57Flag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev 4,550180+250600+454,765Runner-up, lost to Flag of Poland.svg Hubert Hurkacz [16]
64 Flag of Italy.svg Jannik Sinner 4,9100905,000Fourth round lost to Flag of the United States.svg Ben Shelton [19]
78 Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz 3,865500453,410Third round lost to Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Schwartzman [WC]
89 Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud 3,605(10)903,685Fourth round lost to Flag of Hungary.svg Fábián Marozsán
910 Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Zverev 3,4500103,460Second round lost to Flag placeholder.svg Roman Safiullin
1013 Flag of the United States.svg Frances Tiafoe 2,645300102,355Second round lost to Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Sonego
1111 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex de Minaur 2,685(45)102,650Second round lost to Flag of Hungary.svg Fábián Marozsán
1212 Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Paul 2,66045902,705Fourth round lost to Flag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev [5]
1314Flag placeholder.svg Karen Khachanov 2,38590452,340Third round lost to Flag of Bulgaria.svg Grigor Dimitrov [18]
1415 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Félix Auger-Aliassime 2,340250102,100Second round lost to Flag of Hungary.svg Márton Fucsovics
1516 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cameron Norrie 2,020(45)101,985Second round lost to Flag of the United States.svg J. J. Wolf
1617 Flag of Poland.svg Hubert Hurkacz 1,990901,0002,900Champion, defeated Flag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev [5]
1718 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Musetti 1,92590101,845Second round lost to Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsu Yu-hsiou [Q]
1819 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Grigor Dimitrov 1,880(45)3602,195Semifinals lost to Flag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev [5]
1920 Flag of the United States.svg Ben Shelton 1,735501801,865Quarterfinals lost to Flag of the United States.svg Sebastian Korda [26]
2021 Flag of Argentina.svg Francisco Cerúndolo 1,635(45)901,680Fourth round lost to Flag of the United States.svg Sebastian Korda [26]
2127 Flag of Germany.svg Jan-Lennard Struff 1,462(25)101,447Second round lost to Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Arnaldi
2222 Flag of Chile.svg Nicolás Jarry 1,552(0)1801,732Quarterfinals lost to Flag of Bulgaria.svg Grigor Dimitrov [18]
2324 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tallon Griekspoor 1,481(16)101,475Second round lost to Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Lajović
2425 Flag of Spain.svg Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 1,470(20)101,460Second round lost to Flag of France.svg Arthur Fils
2529 Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Báez 1,375(10)451,410Third round lost to Flag of Italy.svg Jannik Sinner [6]
2626 Flag of the United States.svg Sebastian Korda 1,4701503601,680Semifinals lost to Flag of Poland.svg Hubert Hurkacz [16]
2730 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Lehečka 1,367(20)101,357Second round lost to Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Schwartzman [WC]
2831 Flag of Argentina.svg Tomás Martín Etcheverry 1,346(15)101,341Second round lost to Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Zhizhen
2932 Flag of the United States.svg Christopher Eubanks 1,31330451,328Third round lost to Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud [8]
3033 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Evans 1,30145451,301Third round lost to Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Alcaraz [1]
3123 Flag of France.svg Adrian Mannarino 1,52690451,481Third round lost to Flag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev [5]
3234 Flag of France.svg Ugo Humbert 1,256361801,400Quarterfinals lost to Flag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev [5]

Withdrawn players

The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.

RankPlayerPoints beforePoints droppingPoints afterWithdrawal reason
1 Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic 11,54550011,045Schedule change
28 Flag of Croatia.svg Borna Ćorić 1,415901,325
37 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denis Shapovalov 1,175180995Knee injury

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Ivan Dodig Flag of the United States.svg  USA Austin Krajicek 31
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Wesley Koolhof Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Neal Skupski 72
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Rajeev Ram Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Joe Salisbury 113
Flag of India.svg  IND Rohan Bopanna Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Matthew Ebden 154
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Máximo González Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Andrés Molteni 195
Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Santiago González Flag of France.svg  FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin 236
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Marcel Granollers Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Horacio Zeballos 287
Flag of El Salvador.svg  ESA Marcelo Arévalo Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Jean-Julien Rojer 328

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

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