2016 Shanghai Challenger – Singles

Yuki Bhambri was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.

Henri Laaksonen won the title after defeating Jason Jung 6–3, 6–3 in the final.

Seeds
• # 🇦🇺 Jordan Thompson (semifinals)

• # 🇯🇵 Tatsuma Ito (first round)

• # 🇯🇵 Go Soeda (quarterfinals)

• # Henri Laaksonen (champion)

• # 🇮🇹 Luca Vanni (first round)

• # Jason Jung (final)

• # 🇷🇺 Alexander Kudryavtsev (second round)

• # 🇨🇳 Zhang Ze (first round)