# 2016 Shanghai Rolex Masters

The 2016 Shanghai Rolex Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2016 ATP World Tour. It took place at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China from October 9 to October 16, 2016.

## Points and prize money
### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 1,000 | 600 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 0 |
| Doubles | 1,000 | 600 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 0 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $1,043,375 | $511,600 | $257,475 | $130,925 | $67,990 | $35,845 | $19,350 | $4,460 | $2,275 |
| Doubles | $323,100 | $158,190 | $79,350 | $40,730 | $21,050 | $11,110 | — | — | — |

## Singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
| GBR | Andy Murray | 2 | 2 |
| SUI | Stan Wawrinka | 3 | 3 |
| ESP | Rafael Nadal | 4 | 4 |
| CAN | Milos Raonic | 6 | 5 |
| FRA | Gaël Monfils | 8 | 6 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 9 | 7 |
| CRO | Marin Čilić | 11 | 8 |
| FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 12 | 9 |
| ESP | David Ferrer | 13 | 10 |
| BEL | David Goffin | 14 | 11 |
| AUS | Nick Kyrgios | 15 | 12 |
| FRA | Lucas Pouille | 16 | 13 |
| FRA | Richard Gasquet | 17 | 14 |
| ESP | Roberto Bautista Agut | 18 | 15 |
| URU | Pablo Cuevas | 19 | 16 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of October 3, 2016

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Juan Martín del Potro
* Li Zhe
* Wu Di
* Zhang Ze
The following player using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
* Florian Mayer
* Janko Tipsarević
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Kyle Edmund
* Taylor Fritz
* Vasek Pospisil
* Lukáš Rosol
* Yūichi Sugita
* Mikhail Youzhny
* Mischa Zverev

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Borna Ćorić →replaced by Federico Delbonis
* Roger Federer →replaced by Marcel Granollers
* Nicolas Mahut →replaced by Fernando Verdasco
* Gilles Müller →replaced by Nicolás Almagro
* Kei Nishikori →replaced by Guillermo García López
* Dominic Thiem →replaced by Guido Pella

## Doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| GBR | Jamie Murray | BRA | Bruno Soares | 9 | 1 |
| USA | Bob Bryan | USA | Mike Bryan | 13 | 2 |
| POL | Łukasz Kubot | BRA | Marcelo Melo | 26 | 3 |
| ESP | Feliciano López | ESP | Marc López | 28 | 4 |
| RSA | Raven Klaasen | USA | Rajeev Ram | 29 | 5 |
| IND | Rohan Bopanna | CAN | Daniel Nestor | 32 | 6 |
| PHI | Treat Huey | BLR | Max Mirnyi | 44 | 7 |
| SWE | Robert Lindstedt | CAN | Vasek Pospisil | 46 | 8 |
* Rankings are as of October 3, 2016

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Gong Maoxin / Zhang Ze
* Li Zhe / Wu Di

## Finals
### Singles

* Andy Murray defeated Roberto Bautista Agut 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 6–1

### Doubles

* John Isner / Jack Sock defeated Henri Kontinen / John Peers 6–4, 6–4

## Controversies

Nick Kyrgios was fined nearly US$17,000 for 'lack of best efforts' in his second round match against Mischa Zverev. Kyrgios threw the match 6–3 6–1, at one point asking the umpire, "Can you call time so I can finish this match and go home?" When later asked during a press conference if he thought he owed the fans a better effort, he responded: "What does that even mean? I'm good at hitting a tennis ball at the net. Big deal. I don't owe them anything. If you don't like it, I didn't ask you to come watch. Just leave."