For the tennis elite, the ATP Shanghai Masters 2025 is the penultimate Masters tournament of the year. Will Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz battle it out for the tournament victory in China as well?
Here you can find all the information about the China Masters in Shanghai: schedule, TV and stream broadcasts, participants and favorites, as well as the tournament winner betting odds.
ATP Shanghai 2025: Date & Broadcast
Date & schedule: When is the Shanghai Masters 2025?
The ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai has been held since 2009 and has always been the eighth of a total of nine Masters events each year. It is also the only ATP1000 tournament to be held outside Europe and North America.
The 2025 ATP Shanghai Masters will take place from October 1 to 12.
As usual, the tournament will be played at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena, a multi-purpose venue with over 13,000 seats.
Shanghai Masters Schedule 2025
- October 1-3: First Round
- October 4-6: Second + Third Rounds
- October 7/8: Round of 16
- October 9-10: Quarterfinals
- October 11: Semifinals
- October 12: Finals
The schedule for the 2025 Shanghai Masters is a little different than usual. The tournament starts on Wednesday, October 1, and ends 12 days later on Sunday (October 12).
The main competition of the China Masters begins with the first-round matches on Wednesday, October 1. Further first-round matches are also scheduled for Thursday (October 2) and Friday (October 3).
This will be followed by the second and third round matches in the Shanghai Masters 2025 schedule through Monday, October 6.
The round of 16 matches will be played on Tuesday, October 7, and Wednesday, October 8, while the quarterfinals will be played on Thursday and Friday, October 9 and 10.
The finalists will be decided on Saturday (October 11), when the semifinals are scheduled on the ATP Shanghai Masters schedule.
ATP Shanghai 2025 live broadcast on TV and stream
Tennis is mainly broadcast live on TV in Germany and Austria on Sky. This also applies to the 2025 China Masters in Shanghai.
The 2025 ATP Shanghai Masters will be broadcast live on Sky TV and streamed on Sky Go.
On Sky, coverage will begin on Wednesday (October 8) and continue daily at 6:30 a.m. our time.
The quarterfinals on Thursday and Friday (October 9 and 10) will begin at 9:00 a.m. each day, while the semifinals on Saturday (October 11) will start at 10:30 a.m. CEST.
Sky will broadcast the Rolex Shanghai Masters final on Sunday, October 12, starting at 10:30 a.m. our time.
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Shanghai participants: Seedings & favorites with betting odds
All the top stars of the tennis world are on the list of Shanghai Masters participants.
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner – numbers 1 and 2 in the world rankings – are there, as is Shanghai record winner Novak Djokovic.
When Sinner – the defending champion, by the way – and Alcaraz take to the court, it’s clear who will be calling the shots at the 2025 Shanghai Masters.
The two exceptional players have shared all four Grand Slam tournaments between them this season (Sinner won the Australian Open and Wimbledon, Alcaraz won in Paris and the US Open). Sinner and Alcaraz faced each other in the final of the last three Grand Slams.
Who else is among the Shanghai Masters favorites besides the top duo?
If you take the world rankings into account for your Shanghai Masters prediction, then Alexander Zverev, ranked third in the world, is also a title contender. However, things have not gone perfectly for Germany’s number one in recent weeks and months.
For the best sports betting providers, Novak Djokovic is one of the favorites to win the title. The veteran was in the semifinals of all four Grand Slam tournaments this year. Most recently, however, he was clearly defeated by Alcaraz at the US Open. Djoker has already won four times in Shanghai – will he manage a fifth triumph?
According to the Shanghai Masters seedings, the extended circle of title favorites also includes the two Americans Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton (numbers 5 and 6) as well as the Australian Alex de Minaur, who is number 7 in the ATP rankings.
Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) could also be in the Shanghai Masters schedule for a little longer. Russia’s Karen Khachanov has recently played his way into the top 10, which means he is also likely to be among the favorites.
Higher tournament winner odds in the bookmakers’ sports betting apps before the start of the tournament are offered, for example, on Holger Rune (DEN) and Caspar Ruud (NOR), who
The top 16 of the China Masters seedings 2025
- 1. Jannik Sinner (ITA)
- 2. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)
- 3. Alexander Zverev (GER)
- 4. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
- 5. Taylor Fritz (USA)
- 6. Ben Shelton (USA)
- 7. Alex de Minaur (AUS)
- 8. Lorenzo Musetti (ITA)
- 9. Karen Khachanov (RUS)
- 10. Holger Rune (DEN)
- 11. Caspar Ruud (NOR)
- 12. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)
- 13. Andrey Rublev (RUS)
- 14. Tommy Paul (USA)
- 15. Jiri Lehecka (RUS)
- 16. Daniil Medvedev (RUS)
Prize money & world ranking points
The total prize money for the 2025 Shanghai Masters is $9,193,540.
In addition to a beautiful trophy, the tournament winner will receive $1,124,380 in prize money and 1,000 points for the world rankings. The runner-up will be consoled with €597,890 and 650 points for his ATP ranking after losing the final.
The two semifinalists will be rewarded with 400 world ranking points and prize money of $332,160 for reaching the semifinals. The quarterfinals will earn 200 points for the ATP ranking and $189,075 for the bank account.
Every player who participates in the first round and is eliminated receives 10 points and $23,760 in “expense allowance.” Reaching the second round is rewarded with 30 ATP points and $35,260.
