2019 Rolex Shanghai Masters

The 2019 Shanghai Rolex Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, classified as an ATP Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2019 ATP Tour. It took place at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China from October 6 to 13, 2019. This was also the last edition of the Shanghai Masters held to date as not being held in 2020, 2021 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China.

Seeds
The following were the seeded players. Seedings were based on ATP rankings as of September 30, 2019. Rankings and points before are as of October 7, 2019.

† The player used an exemption to skip the tournament in 2018. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇨🇳 Li Zhe
 * 🇬🇧 Andy Murray
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Ze
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Zhizhen

The following player received entry as a special exempt:
 * 🇦🇺 John Millman

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇰🇿 Alexander Bublik
 * 🇪🇸 Pablo Carreño Busta
 * 🇮🇹 Marco Cecchinato
 * 🇫🇷 Jérémy Chardy
 * 🇦🇷 Juan Ignacio Londero
 * 🇬🇧 Cameron Norrie
 * 🇨🇦 Vasek Pospisil

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * Kevin Anderson → replaced by 🇺🇸 Frances Tiafoe
 * 🇦🇷 Juan Martín del Potro → replaced by 🇮🇹 Lorenzo Sonego
 * 🇷🇸 Laslo Đere → replaced by 🇷🇸 Filip Krajinović
 * 🇦🇺 Nick Kyrgios → replaced by 🇪🇸 Albert Ramos Viñolas
 * 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal → replaced by Pablo Cuevas
 * 🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori → replaced by 🇺🇸 Sam Querrey
 * 🇨🇦 Milos Raonic → replaced by 🇰🇿 Mikhail Kukushkin
 * Stan Wawrinka → replaced by 🇷🇸 Miomir Kecmanović

Retirements

 * 🇰🇿 Mikhail Kukushkin

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of September 30, 2019

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * Borna Ćorić / 🇨🇳 Hua Runhao
 * 🇨🇳 Gao Xin / 🇨🇳 Li Zhe
 * 🇨🇳 Gong Maoxin / 🇨🇳 Zhang Ze

Singles

 * 🇷🇺 Daniil Medvedev def. 🇩🇪 Alexander Zverev, 6–4, 6–1

Doubles

 * Mate Pavić / 🇧🇷 Bruno Soares def. 🇵🇱 Łukasz Kubot / 🇧🇷 Marcelo Melo, 6–4, 6–2