Nikolay Davydenko defeated Rafael Nadal in the final, 7–6(7–3), 6–3 to win the inaugural singles tennis title at the 2009 Shanghai Masters.

Seeds

The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round. • # 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal (final) • # 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic (semifinals) • # 🇦🇷 Juan Martín del Potro (second round, retired due to right wrist injury) • # 🇺🇸 Andy Roddick (second round, retired due to left knee injury) • # 🇫🇷 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (third round) • # 🇷🇺 Nikolay Davydenko (champion) • # 🇪🇸 Fernando Verdasco (second round) • # 🇫🇷 Gilles Simon (quarterfinals) • # 🇸🇪 Robin Söderling (quarterfinals) • # Fernando González (third round) • # 🇫🇷 Gaël Monfils (third round, retired due to a back injury) • # Marin Čilić (first round) • # 🇨🇿 Radek Štěpánek (quarterfinals) • # 🇪🇸 Tommy Robredo (third round) • # 🇩🇪 Tommy Haas (second round, retired due to a right shoulder injury) • # 🇪🇸 David Ferrer (second round)

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Qualifying rounds

Seeds

• # 🇧🇷 Thomaz Bellucci (qualified) • # 🇦🇷 Leonardo Mayer (first round) • # 🇺🇸 Robby Ginepri (qualifying competition) • # 🇮🇹 Fabio Fognini (qualified) • # 🇩🇪 Florian Mayer (qualified) • # 🇩🇪 Rainer Schüttler (qualified) • # Marco Chiudinelli (qualified) • # 🇺🇸 Brendan Evans (first round, retired due to back injury) • # 🇫🇷 Michaël Llodra (qualified) • # 🇹🇭 Danai Udomchoke (first round) • # 🇵🇱 Łukasz Kubot (qualified) • # 🇰🇷 Im Kyu-tae (qualifying competition) • # 🇫🇷 Édouard Roger-Vasselin (first round) • # 🇺🇸 Michael Yani (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

• # 🇧🇷 Thomaz Bellucci • # 🇫🇷 Michaël Llodra • # 🇵🇱 Łukasz Kubot • # 🇮🇹 Fabio Fognini • # 🇩🇪 Florian Mayer • # 🇩🇪 Rainer Schüttler • # Marco Chiudinelli

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier