Valentin Vacherot is the defending champion.

Seeds All seeds received a bye into the second round.

Draw

Finals

Top half Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Seeded players The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 28 September 2026. Rankings and points before are as of 5 October 2026.

Because the tournament takes place one week later this year, the points defending column also includes results from tournaments which took place during the week of 13 October 2025 (Almaty, Brussels and Stockholm). Shanghai points are shown first in the points defending and points earned columns.

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints earned Points afterStatus 1 2 Alexander Zverev 9,720 50 10 9,680 Second round vs. Wu Yibing [WC] 2 3 Carlos Alcaraz 5,560 0 10 5,570 Second round vs. 3 4 Ben Shelton 4,680 10 10 4,680 Second round vs. Daniel Altmaier 4 5 3,890 200+250 10+50 3,500 Second round vs. 5 6 Daniil Medvedev 3,860 400+250 10+50 3,270 Second round vs. 6 7 Flavio Cobolli 3,680 10+50 10+10 3,640 Second round vs. Adrian Mannarino 7 10 Frances Tiafoe 3,380 (50)∆ 10 3,340 Second round vs. Yannick Hanfmann 8 11 Arthur Fils 3,275 0 10 3,285 Second round vs. 9 9 Alex de Minaur 3,430 200 10 3,240 Second round vs. Alex Molčan 10 8 Novak Djokovic 3,480 400 10 3,090 Second round vs. 11 12 Taylor Fritz 2,880 50 10 2,840 Second round vs. 12 13 Rafael Jódar 2,659 (75)Ω 10 2,594 Second round vs. 13 15 Jakub Menšík 2,445 (45)∆ 10 2,410 14 17 Learner Tien 2,395 100 10 2,305 Second round vs. 15 18 Tommy Paul 2,375 0 10 2,385 Second round vs. 16 19 Brandon Nakashima 2,335 10 10 2,335 Second round vs. Matteo Berrettini 17 14 Valentin Vacherot 2,450 1,020 10 1,440 Second round vs. 18 21 Luciano Darderi 2,200 50 10 2,160 Second round vs. 19 22 Alexander Bublik 2,185 10 10 2,185 Second round vs. Tomáš Macháč 20 24 Casper Ruud 2,145 10+250 10+10 1,905 Second round vs. 21 20 Francisco Cerúndolo 2,220 50 10 2,180 Second round vs. Roman Safiullin [Q] 22 16 Jiří Lehečka 2,440 100+165 10+10 2,195 Second round vs. 23 23 Andrey Rublev 2,175 10 10 2,175 Second round vs. Rei Sakamoto [Q] 24 25 Lorenzo Musetti 2,010 100+50 10+0 1,870 Second round vs. Zhou Yi [WC] 25 26 1,930 50 10 1,890 Second round vs. 26 27 Karen Khachanov 1,900 10 10 1,900 Second round vs. Arthur Fery 27 28 Alexander Blockx 1,787 (7)∆ 10 1,790 Second round vs. Quentin Halys 28 31 1,590 0+50 10+40 1,590 Second round vs. 29 30 Alejandro Tabilo 1,605 50 10 1,565 Second round vs. 30 32 Ugo Humbert 1,575 50+165 10+50 1,420 Second round vs. Arthur Géa 31 35 Alex Michelsen 1,460 100 10 1,370 Second round vs. 32 36 Ignacio Buse 1,447 (12)∆ 10 1,445 Second round vs. ∆ The player is defending points from his 18th best tournament. Ω The player is defending points from an ATP Challenger Tour event.

Withdrawn seeded players The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began. RankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints after Withdrawal reason 1 Jannik Sinner 11,000 50 10,950 29 João Fonseca 1,750 0 1,750 Injury

Other entry information Wildcards

Protected ranking

Withdrawals

‡ – withdrew from entry list † – withdrew from main draw

Qualifying Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

Qualifying draw First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

Eighth qualifier

Ninth qualifier

Tenth qualifier

Eleventh qualifier

Twelfth qualifier

Notes

References

External links Main draw Qualifying draw