# 2015 Shanghai Challenger – Singles

Yoshihito Nishioka was the defending champion, but chose not to defend his title.

## Seeds

* Tatsuma Ito (first round)
* Go Soeda (second round)
* Luca Vanni (first round)
* Yuki Bhambri (champion)
* Jürgen Zopp (first round)
* Somdev Devvarman (first round)
* Peter Gojowczyk (second round)
* Yūichi Sugita (quarterfinals)

## 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 |
| Q | Daniil Medvedev | 3 | 0$^r$ | | | | | |
| 4 | Yuki Bhambri | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| 4 | Yuki Bhambri | 6 | 3 | 4 | Yuki Bhambri | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | | | | | Wu Di | 6 | 0 | 6$^3$ |
| | Wu Di | 6 | 6 | | Wu Di | 6 | 0 | 6$^3$ |
| | Marco Trungelliti | 2 | 4 | | | | | |

### 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 | T Ito | 7$^7$ | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Fabbiano | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | T Fabbiano | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Z Li | 1 | 5 | | WC | Y Bai | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Bai | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | T Fabbiano | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | D Medvedev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | D Medvedev | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | D-h Lee | 4 | 0 | | Q | D Medvedev | 6$^3$ | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Chen | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 | P Gojowczyk | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | P Gojowczyk | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Q | D Medvedev | 3 | 0$^r$ |
| 4 | Y Bhambri | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Y Bhambri | 6 | 3 |
| WC | Z Zhang | 2 | 2 | | 4 | Y Bhambri | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L-c Huang | 2 | 4 | | WC | Z Zhang | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Z Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | Y Bhambri | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | S Balaji | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | J Thompson | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | S Myneni | 6 | 6 | | | S Myneni | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Thompson | 6 | 7 | | | J Thompson | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | J Zopp | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | Y Sugita | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | R Hua | 3 | 5 | | 8 | Y Sugita | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Meister | 6 | 2 | 6 | Q | N Meister | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y He | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 8 | Y Sugita | 2 | 6 | 6$^4$ | | | |
| | H Moriya | 6 | 6$^8$ | 1 | | | | | | | D Wu | 6 | 2 | 7$^7$ | | | |
| | D Wu | 4 | 7$^{10}$ | 6 | | D Wu | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | A Weintraub | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | PR | A Weintraub | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | L Vanni | 6$^3$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | D Wu | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | S Devvarman | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | M Trungelliti | 2 | 4 |
| | N Barrientos | 6 | 2 | 6 | | N Barrientos | 7$^7$ | 6$^6$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sarkissian | 6 | 4 | 4 | | T-h Yang | 6$^1$ | 7$^8$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | T-h Yang | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | N Barrientos | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | J Wang | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | M Trungelliti | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Trungelliti | 6 | 6 | | | M Trungelliti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Whittington | 2 | 1 | | 2 | G Soeda | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | G Soeda | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |