2017 Shanghai Challenger – Singles

Henri Laaksonen was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.

Wu Yibing won the title after Lu Yen-hsun retired in the final after losing the first set 6–7(6–8).

Seeds
• # Lu Yen-hsun (final)

• # 🇨🇦 Peter Polansky (first round)

• # 🇰🇷 Lee Duck-hee (second round)

• # 🇯🇵 Tatsuma Ito (second round)

• # 🇯🇵 Hiroki Moriya (quarterfinals)

• # 🇪🇬 Mohamed Safwat (quarterfinals)

• # 🇨🇳 Wu Di (second round)

• # 🇦🇺 Marc Polmans (first round)