The 2025 edition of the Shanghai Masters will kick-start from October 1 in Shanghai, China with Jannik Sinner kick-starting the competition as the singles defending champion. Here’s all the information you need to follow this penultimate Masters 1000 tournament of the season including its live streaming options, betting information and the draw and schedule for the competition.
2025 Shanghai Masters Schedule
The 2025 edition of the Shanghai Masters has been transformed into a two-week long tournament which will kick-start on Wednesday, October 1 and go on till Sunday, October 12. Here’re the crucial dates associated with the 2025 ATP Shanghai:
- Qualifying Rounds: Monday, September 29 & Tuesday, September 30
- First Round to Fourth Round: Wednesday, October 1 to Thursday, October 9
- Quarterfinals: October 10
- Semifinals: October 11
- Final: October 12
What Does the 2025 Shanghai Masters Draw Looks Like?
Some of the top players in the world will all take part at the 2025 Shanghai Masters. Jannik Sinner is the defending champion and is the second seed behind the US Open winner Carlos Alcaraz with Alexander Zverev, Novak Djokovic and Taylor Fritz all in action.
All the 32 seeds have a first round bye while the remaining 64, unseeded players taking to court for their opening round encounters.
In the top half of the draw, top seeded Carlos Alcaraz will take on the winner of the match between Learner Tien and Miomir Kecmanovic in his second round match and could face Britain’s Cameron Norrie in the third. An out of form Daniil Medvedev, if he can get past Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in his third round encounter could be Alcaraz’s fourth round opponent with Alex de Minaur expected to a quarterfinalist against him.
De Minaur, who is the seventh seed, should not have a trouble getting past Terence Altmane or Camilo Ugo Carabelli in his second round match before he faces Brandon Nakashima in the third. He could face the winner of the match between Karen Khachanov and Stefanos Tsitsipas in his fourth round before a possible meeting with Alcaraz in the quarters.
Alexander Zverev heads the third section of the draw and his first test could come in the third round when he takes on American 28th seed Alex Michelsen. If he gets through that challenge, he could await the winner of the match between Jiri Lehecka and Denis Shapovalov in the fourth.
The German third seed’s quarterfinal opponent could be one of Felix Auger-Aliassime, Jakub Mensik, Luciano Darderi or Lorenzo Musetti, all four of whom are seeded in the fourth section of the draw. Locals Y Bu and Yi Zhou are also a part of this section of the draw.
In the bottom half Jannik Sinner should have no worries getting past the winner of the match between Daniel Altmaier and a qualifier, before he could take on Tallon Griekspoor or Jenson Brooksby in the third. One of Alexander Bublik or Tomas Machac might await him in the fourth round before a possible quarterfinal against Taylor Fritz.
Fritz, the fifth seed, has been in terrific form and should not have any problem getting past one of Fabian Marozsan or Stan Wawrinka in the second, Givanno Mpetshi Perricard in the third and possibly winner of Holger Rune v Ugo Humbert in the fourth.
Sixth seeded Ben Shelton faces either David Goffin or Alexandre Muller in his second round match, and might be up against Gabriel Diallo or Reilly Opelka in the third. In his fourth round match he could be up against Casper Ruud but for that, Ruud will need to defeat Sebastian Korda and Francisco Cerundolo in all probability.
The winner of this fourth round match could take on Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinal, who is the fourth seed and might start off against Marin Cilic or Corentin Moutet. The 24-time Grand Slam winner will then face Frances Tiafoe in the third round if the American can get past Lorenzo Sonego.
Djokovic could then be up against Andrey Rublev in the fourth round before the possibility of facing Shelton in the quarterfinals.
How to Watch the Shanghai Masters 2025 Live Streaming?
There are multiple ways to watch the 2025 Shanghai Masters live on television or any other device of your preference.
You can catch all the action from Shanghai Masters live from bookmaker websites like William Hill, Betfair, Betway and Unibet, some of whom live stream the Shanghai Rolex Masters among other tennis tournaments from around the world.
It is needed to have a funded account with one of these bookmakers who are streaming this event and based on the geo-restriction related to this competition, you would be able to live stream this tournament. The best bookmaker to be able to watch and bet on the Shanghai Masters is bet365.
To do so, simply login to your bet365 account and choose the ‘Live Streaming’ option. If you don’t have an account, make one! It takes almost no time and the process is simple and convenient.
Once you have made an account, deposit $10 in you account, which can used to place a wager on tennis or any other event of your choice.
After the deposit, choose the live streaming option and select any of the event you wish to see live.
Here’s how you can watch (& bet on) the Shanghai Rolex Masters live streaming tennis online explained in four short steps.
- Go to www.bet365.com & either register with them or log in to you account
- Pre-fund your account by depositing $10 (or equivalent currency). You can either let that remain in your account or should have bet in the 24 hours before the live streaming
- Select the Shanghai Rolex Masters live streaming option by clicking on Live Streaming on the top
Bet365 requires you to register with them and then either deposit a sum of $10 into your account (or register as mentioned here) or watch the live streaming by betting on any sport in the past 24 hours. Remember geo-restrictions might apply.
Watch 2025 Shanghai Rolex Masters on TV in Different Countries
The Shanghai Rolex Masters 2025 can also be live streamed with Tennis TV at a subscription cost.
Here’re the other options present in various countries of the world to be able to watch ATP 1000 Masters tournaments like the Shanghai Open.
- United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands — Tennis Channel;
- United Kingdom, Ireland, Gibraltar and the Isle of Man — Sky UK;
- Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein — Sky Deutschland;
- France — Eurosport;
- Spain — Telefónica/Movistar (Madrid Masters also on TVE);
- Italy, San Marino and Vatican City — Sky Italia;
- Netherlands — Ziggo Sport;
- Belgium — Telenet (Play Sports);
- Belgium & Luxembourg — BeTV;
- Norway — TV2 Norway;
- Denmark — TV2 Denmark;
- Sweden & Finland — TV4 AB;
- Poland — Polsat;
- Czech Republic & Slovakia — Digi Sport;
- Hungary — Network 4;
- Romania — RCS & RDS (Digi Sport);
- Bulgaria — A1 Max Sport;
- Greece — OTE;
- Portugal — Sport TV;
- Malta — GO Sports TSN;
- Canada — TSN (with Canada Masters also on Rogers Sportsnet);
- China & Macao — CCTV (Shanghai Masters additionally on Shanghai Media);
- Hong Kong — PCCW/Now TV;
- Taiwan — Sino Catch/Sportcast;
- Japan — U-NEXT;
- South Korea — CJ ENM;
- Australia — beIN Sports;
- New Zealand — Tennis TV;
- Balkans — Sportklub (Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia);
- Baltics — TV3 Baltics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania);
- Eastern Europe — Setanta Sports (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan);
- Israel — Charlton Israel
- Latin America — ESPN International (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, plus Caribbean territories including Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Turks & Caicos, Trinidad & Tobago*);
- Africa/Asia 1 — beIN SPORTS Middle East (Algeria, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE, Yemen, Iran, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Chad, Djibouti, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan);
- Africa 1 — SuperSport Africa (Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Eswatini, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, South Africa);
- Asia 1 — Sony/MSM (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives, Bhutan, Afghanistan);
- and Asia 2 — beIN Southeast Asia (Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, East Timor, Philippines, Singapore).
Shanghai Masters 2025 Predictions & Betting Options
October 10, 2025
- Rinderknech v Auger-Aliassime: Auger-Aliassime to win (5/6 with bet365)
- Medvedev v de Minaur: Three sets in the match (5/4 with bet365)
How to Buy the 2025 Shanghai Open Tennis Tickets?
Get all your information on the tickets for the 2025 edition of the Shanghai Masters on their official website here. Tickets are priced from CNY 130 onward.
More information on how to buy tennis tickets from all around the world can be found here.