The ATP Shanghai Masters 2024 is the eighth of nine Masters tournaments of the year for the tennis elite. It is also the only tournament in the ATP1000 category to take place outside Europe and North America.
All information about the Rolex Shanghai Masters can be found here: Broadcast on TV and livestream, participants, favorites as well as the match schedule with odds and tournament winner odds.
The key data for the ATP Shanghai Masters 2024
Date & Schedule: When is the ATP Shanghai Masters 2024
The tennis season is slowly but surely drawing to a close. However, there are still two Masters tournaments on the schedule before the ATP Finals in November. The first of these is the Shanghai Masters 2024.
The ATP Masters 1000 tournament has been held since 2009 and has been voted the best ATP Masters event of the year by the players on several occasions.
It starts with the 1st round matches on Wednesday (October 2). This will be followed by the 2nd and 3rd round matches in the 2024 Shanghai Masters schedule up to and including Monday (October 7).
The round of 16 matches will be played on Tuesday (October 8) and Wednesday (October 9), while the quarter-finals will be played on Thursday (October 10) and Friday (October 11).
Who advances to the final will then be decided on Saturday (October 12), when the semi-finals are scheduled on the ATP Shanghai Masters schedule.
The final will take place on Sunday, October 13, from 10:30 a.m. German time.
The ATP Shanghai 2024 broadcast live on TV and stream
Where will the Shanghai Masters be broadcast live?
The ATP Shanghai Masters 2024 broadcast can be seen live on TV on Sky and streamed on Sky Go.
On the Munich-based pay-TV channel, the broadcast will start daily at 6:30 a.m. German time in the first week up to and including Wednesday (October 9).
The quarter-finals on Thursday and Friday (October 10 + 11) will then start at 9:00 a.m., while the semi-finals on Saturday will start at 10:30 a.m. German time.
Sky will show the final of the Rolex Shanghai Masters on Sunday, October 13 from 10:30 a.m. German time.
In addition to Sky, the fee-based tennis online portal TennisTV will also be broadcasting the ATP Shanghai Masters 2024.
The Shanghai Masters 2024 favorites & participants
Who are the ATP Shanghai Masters 2024 favorites? With almost all the top stars taking part this year, there are several contenders for victory.
World number one Jannik Sinner leads the seeding list and, as the winner of this year’s Australian and US Opens, is also likely to be one of the top favorites in Shanghai. The question remains: How will his doping case affect his game?
His biggest rivals at the Shanghai Masters 2024 are certainly Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic.
Alcaraz won both the French Open and Wimbledon this year and also secured victory at the Indian Wells Masters on hardcourt. He was also in top form recently at the Laver Cup. Djokovic is the record champion of the Shanghai Masters with four titles, which is why he is considered to have a good chance of winning the title again this year.
Who are the other 2024 Shanghai Masters favorites?
In addition to the top trio of Sinner, Alcaraz and Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev could also be on the Shanghai Masters schedule for a long time. play. The Russian already played in Shanghai in 2019 and reached the final at both the Australian Open and Indian Wells on hardcourt this year. However, the Russian hardcourt specialist is still waiting for his first tournament win in 2024.
This year’s US Open finalist Taylor Fritz and last year’s finalist Andrey Rublev also belong to the extended group of favorites before the start of the tournament. Caspar Ruud (NOR), Holger Rune (DEN) and US star Frances Tiafoe – a semi-finalist at the 2024 US Open – are also likely to feature.
However, the reigning title holder is missing – Hubert Hurkacz has withdrawn due to injury. Germany’s tennis number 1 Alexander Zverev is also not on the list of ATP Shanghai Masters 2024 participants. He is out indefinitely with pneumonia.
Prize money and world ranking points
There is prize money totaling 8,995,555 US dollars at this year’s Masters1000 tournament in Shanghai.
Winning the tournament is rewarded with prize money of 1.1 million US dollars and 1000 world ranking points. The losing finalist still collects 585,000 US dollars and 650 points for the world ranking.
Those who make it to the semi-finals will receive 325,000 US dollars in prize money and 400 world ranking points, while those who reach the quarter-finals will receive 185,000 US dollars and 200 world ranking points.
The players who reach the top 16 will receive 101,000 US dollars and 100 points. Entry into the third round is rewarded with 59,100 US dollars and 50 points for the world ranking, while entry into round 2 is also rewarded with 34,500 US dollars and 30 points.
In the first round, however, there is an “entry bonus” of 23,250 US dollars and 10 points for the ATP world ranking
