Qualifier Valentin Vacherot defeated his first cousin Arthur Rinderknech in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2025 Shanghai Masters. It was his first ATP Tour title, and he defeated five seeded opponents consecutively en route. Vacherot became the first Monégasque player to win a tour singles title, the first unseeded champion at the Shanghai Masters, and the lowest-ranked ATP Masters 1000 champion (ranked No. 204). Vacherot was the third qualifier (after Roberto Carretero and Albert Portas at the 1996 and 2001 Hamburg Masters, respectively) to win a Masters 1000 title, and the fifth player overall to win an ATP 1000 as their first tour-level title.

For the first time in the tournament's history, two unseeded players contested the final, and this was only the third all-unseeded ATP 1000 final (after the 1996 Hamburg Masters and the 2003 Paris Masters). As first cousins, Vacherot and Rinderknech were the first pair of family members to contest an ATP Tour final since brothers John and Patrick McEnroe at the 1991 Chicago Open.

At old, Novak Djokovic reached a record 80th ATP 1000 semifinal and extended his record as the oldest semifinalist (since the format's establishment in 1990). The second-round match between Djokovic () and Marin Čilić () was the oldest Masters 1000 singles match in terms of combined ages (75 years and 139 days) since the format began in 1990.

Jannik Sinner was the defending champion, but retired in the third round against Tallon Griekspoor.

Seeds All seeds received a bye into the second round.

Draw

Finals

Top half Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Seeded players The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 22 September 2025. Rankings and points before are as of 29 September 2025.

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints droppingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 Carlos Alcaraz 11,540 200 0 11,340 2 2 Jannik Sinner 10,950 1,000 50 10,000 3 3 Alexander Zverev 5,980 100 50 5,930 Third round lost to Arthur Rinderknech 4 5 Novak Djokovic 4,830 650 400 4,580 Semifinals lost to Valentin Vacherot [Q] 5 4 Taylor Fritz 4,995 400 50 4,645 6 6 Ben Shelton 4,190 100 10 4,100 7 7 Alex de Minaur 3,735 0 200 3,935 Quarterfinals lost to Daniil Medvedev 8 9 Lorenzo Musetti 3,555 10 100 3,645 Fourth round lost to Félix Auger-Aliassime 9 10 Karen Khachanov 3,190 10 10 3,190 10 11 Holger Rune 2,990 100 200 3,090 11 12 Casper Ruud 2,945 10 10 2,945 Second round retired against Zizou Bergs 12 13 2,755 (50)† 200 2,905 Quarterfinals lost to Arthur Rinderknech 13 14 Andrey Rublev 2,560 10 10 2,560 14 17 Alexander Bublik 2,445 (25)† 10 2,430 15 19 Jiří Lehečka 2,365 50 100 2,415 Fourth round lost to Arthur Rinderknech 16 18 Daniil Medvedev 2,410 200 400 2,610 Semifinals lost to Arthur Rinderknech 17 16 Jakub Menšík 2,455 200 10 2,265 18 20 2,240 30 50 2,260 Third round lost to Daniil Medvedev 19 21 Francisco Cerúndolo 2,135 (50)† 50 2,135 Third round lost to Zizou Bergs 20 23 Tomáš Macháč 1,920 400 50 1,570 Third round retired against Valentin Vacherot [Q] 21 26 Ugo Humbert 1,725 50 50 1,725 22 22 Flavio Cobolli 1,990 50 10 1,950 23 24 Denis Shapovalov 1,838 50 50 1,838 Third round lost to Jiří Lehečka 24 25 Stefanos Tsitsipas 1,830 100 0 1,730 Withdrew due to leg injury 25 28 Frances Tiafoe 1,640 50 10 1,600 26 29 Luciano Darderi 1,609 10 50 1,649 Third round lost to Lorenzo Musetti 27 31 Tallon Griekspoor 1,565 50 100 1,615 Fourth round lost to Valentin Vacherot [Q] 28 34 Alex Michelsen 1,385 30 10 1,365 29 32 Brandon Nakashima 1,470 (50)† 10 1,430 30 33 Cameron Norrie 1,397 0+14 50+0 1,433 Third round lost to Learner Tien 31 35 Gabriel Diallo 1,308 30+35 100+25 1,368 Fourth round lost to Zizou Bergs 32 37 1,275 10 100 1,365 Fourth round lost to Holger Rune 33 38 Corentin Moutet 1,258 (25)† 10 1,243 † The player's 2024 points were replaced by a better result for purposes of his ranking as of 29 September 2025. Points for his 19th best result will be deducted instead.

Withdrawn seeded players The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began. RankPlayer Points beforePoints dropping Points after Withdrawal reason 8 Jack Draper 3,590 0 3,590 Arm injury 15 Tommy Paul 2,460 100 2,360 Foot injury 27 Grigor Dimitrov 1,645 100 1,545 Pectoral injury 30 Arthur Fils 1,570 10 1,560 Back injury

Other entry information Wildcards

Protected ranking

Withdrawals

‡ – withdrew from entry list § – withdrew from main draw

Qualifying Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Qualifying draw First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

Eighth qualifier

Ninth qualifier

Tenth qualifier

Eleventh qualifier

Twelfth qualifier

References

External links Main draw Qualifying draw Main draw Archived Qualifying draw Archived