# 2011 Shanghai Challenger – Singles

This was the first edition of the tournament. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe won the final against Alexandre Kudryavtsev 6–4, 4–6, 7–5.

## Seeds

* Lu Yen-hsun (first round)
* Rainer Schüttler (first round, retired due to left thigh injury)
* Go Soeda (first round)
* Rik de Voest (second round)
* Tatsuma Ito (second round)
* James Ward (second round)
* Alexandre Kudryavtsev (final)
* Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (champion)

## 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 | Final |
| | Jürgen Zopp | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| 8 | Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| 8 | Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 6 | 7 | 8 | Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| | | | | 7 | Alexandre Kudryavtsev | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | Alexandre Kudryavtsev | 6 | 6 | 7 | Alexandre Kudryavtsev | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| | Jan Hernych | 3 | 0 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | Y-h Lu | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Heliövaara | 6 | 6 | | | H Heliövaara | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Z Li | 2 | 3 | | | R Klaasen | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Klaasen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | H Heliövaara | 1 | 7$^8$ | 3 | | | | |
| | T Chen | 6$^4$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | J Zopp | 6 | 6$^6$ | 6 | | | | |
| | J Zopp | 7$^7$ | 0 | 6 | | J Zopp | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y-k Lim | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | J Ward | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Ward | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | J Zopp | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | R de Voest | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | C-M Stebe | 6 | 7 |
| Q | D Yoo | 1 | 6$^1$ | | 4 | R de Voest | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Hiroki Moriya | 2 | 3 | | Q | L Gregorc | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Gregorc | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Q | L Gregorc | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| | N Monroe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | C-M Stebe | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | É Chvojka | 0 | 3 | | | N Monroe | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Dustov | 6$^5$ | 6 | 4 | 8 | C-M Stebe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | C-M Stebe | 7$^7$ | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom 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 |
| 7 | A Kudryavtsev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Z Zhang | 3 | 3 | | 7 | A Kudryavtsev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Walter | 3 | 0 | | WC | M Gong | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Gong | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | A Kudryavtsev | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | D Wu | 6 | 6$^6$ | 6 | | | | | | | T-h Yang | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | S Rieschick | 3 | 7$^8$ | 2 | WC | D Wu | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T-h Yang | 7$^{10}$ | 6 | | | T-h Yang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | G Soeda | 6$^8$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | A Kudryavtsev | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | T Ito | 7$^8$ | 7$^0$ | | | | | | | | | | | | J Hernych | 3 | 0 |
| | J Baker | 6$^6$ | 6$^0$ | | 5 | T Ito | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Hernych | 4 | 6 | 6 | | J Hernych | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Yani | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | J Hernych | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | P-L Duclos | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | D Meffert | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | D Meffert | 3 | 6 | 6 | | D Meffert | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | F Wolmarans | 3 | | | | F Wolmarans | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | R Schüttler | 3$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |