The 2017 Shanghai Rolex Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2017 ATP World Tour. It was taking place at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China from October 8 to 15, 2017.

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of October 2, 2017. Rankings and points before are as of October 9, 2017.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Rafael Nadal	9,875	10	600	10,465	Runner-up, lost to Roger Federer [2]
2	2	Roger Federer	7,505	0	1,000	8,505	Champion, defeated Rafael Nadal [1]
3	4	Alexander Zverev	4,400	90	90	4,400	Third round lost to Juan Martín del Potro [16]
4	5	Marin Čilić	4,155	10	360	4,505	Semifinals lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
5	7	Dominic Thiem	3,925	0	10	3,935	Second round lost to Viktor Troicki
6	9	Grigor Dimitrov	3,455	45	180	3,590	Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
7	11	Pablo Carreño Busta	2,855	10	10	2,855	Second round lost to Albert Ramos Viñolas
8	10	David Goffin	3,055	180	10	2,885	Second round lost to Gilles Simon
9	13	Roberto Bautista Agut	2,525	600	10	1,935	First round lost to Chung Hyeon
10	17	Sam Querrey	2,445	10	90	2,525	Third round lost to Grigor Dimitrov [6]
11	15	Kevin Anderson	2,470	45	45	2,470	Second round lost to Jan-Lennard Struff
12	16	John Isner	2,470	10	90	2,550	Third round lost to Viktor Troicki
13	21	Nick Kyrgios	2,045	45	10	2,010	First round retired against Steve Johnson
14	20	Jack Sock	2,175	180	10	2,005	First round lost to Alexandr Dolgopolov [Q]
15	24	Lucas Pouille	1,825	90	45	1,780	Second round lost to Fabio Fognini
16	23	Juan Martín del Potro	1,865	0	360	2,225	Semifinals lost to Roger Federer [2]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Denis Shapovalov
• Wu Di
• Wu Yibing
• Zhang Ze

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Nikoloz Basilashvili
• Jérémy Chardy
• Alexandr Dolgopolov
• Dušan Lajović
• Jordan Thompson
• Frances Tiafoe
• Stefanos Tsitsipas

Before the tournament

• Tomáš Berdych →replaced by Damir Džumhur
• Novak Djokovic →replaced by Steve Johnson
• David Ferrer →replaced by João Sousa
• Philipp Kohlschreiber →replaced by Viktor Troicki
• Gaël Monfils →replaced by Jared Donaldson
• Gilles Müller →replaced by Jan-Lennard Struff
• Andy Murray →replaced by Aljaž Bedene
• Kei Nishikori →replaced by Chung Hyeon
• Milos Raonic →replaced by Andrey Rublev
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga →replaced by Daniil Medvedev
• Stan Wawrinka →replaced by Ryan Harrison

• Aljaž Bedene
• Nick Kyrgios
• Jack Sock
• Mischa Zverev

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
FIN	Henri Kontinen	AUS	John Peers	3	1
POL	Łukasz Kubot	BRA	Marcelo Melo	7	2
NED	Jean-Julien Rojer	ROU	Horia Tecău	19	3
GBR	Jamie Murray	BRA	Bruno Soares	23	4
CRO	Ivan Dodig	ESP	Marcel Granollers	27	5
RSA	Raven Klaasen	USA	Rajeev Ram	34	6
AUT	Oliver Marach	CRO	Mate Pavić	39	7
USA	Ryan Harrison	NZL	Michael Venus	40	8

• Rankings are as of October 2, 2017

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Gong Maoxin / Zhang Ze
• Wu Di / Wu Yibing

Before the tournament

• Jack Sock

During the tournament

• Nick Kyrgios

• Roger Federer def. Rafael Nadal, 6–4, 6–3

• Henri Kontinen / John Peers def. Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo 6–4, 6–2

• Official Website