# 2016 Shanghai Challenger – Singles

Yuki Bhambri was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.
Henri Laaksonen won the title after defeating Jason Jung 6–3, 6–3 in the final.

## Seeds

* Jordan Thompson (semifinals)
* Tatsuma Ito (first round)
* Go Soeda (quarterfinals)
* Henri Laaksonen (champion)
* Luca Vanni (first round)
* Jason Jung (final)
* Alexander Kudryavtsev (second round)
* Zhang Ze (first round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Jordan Thompson | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| 6 | Jason Jung | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 6 | Jason Jung | 6 | 6 | 6 | Jason Jung | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | 4 | Henri Laaksonen | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Henri Laaksonen | 6 | 7 | 4 | Henri Laaksonen | 6 | 6 |
| Q | Yasutaka Uchiyama | 3 | 5 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | J Thompson | 6 | 6$^2$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Chen | 2 | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 1 | J Thompson | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Zh Zhang | 4 | 2 | | | M Matosevic | 3 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Matosevic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | J Thompson | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Barrientos | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | S-w Kwon | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | S-w Kwon | 6 | 6 | | | S-w Kwon | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Pecotić | 6 | 3 | 7$^{10}$ | Q | M Pecotić | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Ze Zhang | 3 | 6 | 6$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Thompson | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | G Soeda | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | J Jung | 6 | 6 |
| | B Mott | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | G Soeda | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Moriya | 2 | 4 | | | A Karatsev | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Karatsev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | G Soeda | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| WC | Z Qiu | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | 6 | J Jung | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | Yuya Kibi | 6 | 6 | | | Y Kibi | 7$^7$ | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Molchanov | 2 | 3 | | 6 | J Jung | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Jung | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | L Vanni | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | X Gao | 4 | 6 | 6 | WC | X Gao | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Sun | 0 | 3 | | | A Sarkissian | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sarkissian | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Sarkissian | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | Z Li | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | H Laaksonen | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Wu | 4 | 2 | | | Z Li | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Xia Zihao | 4 | 4 | | 4 | H Laaksonen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | H Laaksonen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | H Laaksonen | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | A Kudryavtsev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Q | Y Uchiyama | 3 | 5 |
| | J Zopp | 3 | 0 | | 7 | A Kudryavtsev | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Shuichi Sekiguchi | 5 | 3 | | PR | B Kavčič | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| PR | B Kavčič | 7 | 6 | | | | | | PR | B Kavčič | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| Alt | N Gombos | 7$^8$ | 3 | 4 | | | | | Q | Y Uchiyama | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | Y Uchiyama | 6$^6$ | 6 | 6 | Q | Y Uchiyama | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Weintraub | 4 | 6 | 6 | | A Weintraub | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | T Ito | 6 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |