The 2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the tenth edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2018 ATP World Tour. It took place at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China from October 7 to 14, 2018. Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money Singles main-draw entrants Seeds The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of October 1, 2018. Rankings and points before are as of October 8, 2018. † The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead. Withdrawals The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event. † Fognini is entitled to use an exemption to skip the tournament and substitute his 18th best result (90 points) in its stead. Accordingly, his points after the tournament will remain unchanged. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Li Zhe Stan Wawrinka Wu Yibing Zhang Ze The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Taylor Fritz Hubert Hurkacz Bradley Klahn Mikhail Kukushkin Mackenzie McDonald Benoît Paire Vasek Pospisil Withdrawals Before the tournament Grigor Dimitrov → replaced by Andreas Seppi Fabio Fognini → replaced by Matthew Ebden David Goffin → replaced by Jérémy Chardy John Isner → replaced by Robin Haase Philipp Kohlschreiber → replaced by Mischa Zverev Rafael Nadal → replaced by Alex de Minaur Lucas Pouille → replaced by Peter Gojowczyk Fernando Verdasco → replaced by Maximilian Marterer Retirements Juan Martín del Potro Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds Rankings are as of October 1, 2018 Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Gong Maoxin / Zhang Ze Li Zhe / Di Wu Withdrawals Before the tournament Nikoloz Basilashvili Champions Singles Novak Djokovic def. Borna Ćorić, 6–3, 6–4 Doubles Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo def. Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares, 6–2, 6–4 References External links Official Website Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai Masters (tennis) Shanghai Rolex Masters Shanghai Masters