2011 Shanghai Challenger – Singles

This was the first edition of the tournament. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe won the final against Alexandre Kudryavtsev 6–4, 4–6, 7–5.

Seeds
• # Lu Yen-hsun (first round)

• # 🇩🇪 Rainer Schüttler (first round, retired due to left thigh injury)

• # 🇯🇵 Go Soeda (first round)

• # Rik de Voest (second round)

• # 🇯🇵 Tatsuma Ito (second round)

• # 🇬🇧 James Ward (second round)

• # 🇷🇺 Alexandre Kudryavtsev (final)

• # 🇩🇪 Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (champion)