2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 – Singles

Nikolay Davydenko defeated Rafael Nadal in the final, 7–6(7–3), 6–3 to win the inaugural singles tennis title at the 2009 Shanghai Masters.

Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.

• # 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal (final)

• # 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic (semifinals)

• # 🇦🇷 Juan Martín del Potro (second round, retired due to right wrist injury)

• # 🇺🇸 Andy Roddick (second round, retired due to left knee injury)

• # 🇫🇷 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (third round)

• # 🇷🇺 Nikolay Davydenko (champion)

• # 🇪🇸 Fernando Verdasco (second round)

• # 🇫🇷 Gilles Simon (quarterfinals)

• # 🇸🇪 Robin Söderling (quarterfinals)

• # Fernando González (third round)

• # 🇫🇷 Gaël Monfils (third round, retired due to a back injury)

• # Marin Čilić (first round)

• # 🇨🇿 Radek Štěpánek (quarterfinals)

• # 🇪🇸 Tommy Robredo (third round)

• # 🇩🇪 Tommy Haas (second round, retired due to a right shoulder injury)

• # 🇪🇸 David Ferrer (second round)

Seeds
• # 🇧🇷 Thomaz Bellucci (qualified)

• # 🇦🇷 Leonardo Mayer (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Robby Ginepri (qualifying competition)

• # 🇮🇹 Fabio Fognini (qualified)

• # 🇩🇪 Florian Mayer (qualified)

• # 🇩🇪 Rainer Schüttler (qualified)

• # Marco Chiudinelli (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Brendan Evans (first round, retired due to back injury)

• # 🇫🇷 Michaël Llodra (qualified)

• # 🇹🇭 Danai Udomchoke (first round)

• # 🇵🇱 Łukasz Kubot (qualified)

• # 🇰🇷 Im Kyu-tae (qualifying competition)

• # 🇫🇷 Édouard Roger-Vasselin (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Michael Yani (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers
• # 🇧🇷 Thomaz Bellucci

• # 🇫🇷 Michaël Llodra

• # 🇵🇱 Łukasz Kubot

• # 🇮🇹 Fabio Fognini

• # 🇩🇪 Florian Mayer

• # 🇩🇪 Rainer Schüttler

• # Marco Chiudinelli