2025 Rolex Shanghai Masters – Singles

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Qualifier Valentin Vacherot defeated his first cousin Arthur Rinderknech in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2025 Shanghai Masters. It was his first ATP Tour title, and he defeated five seeded opponents consecutively en route. Vacherot became the first Monégasque player to win a tour singles title, the first unseeded champion at the Shanghai Masters, and the lowest-ranked ATP Masters 1000 champion (ranked No. 204). Vacherot was the third qualifier (after Roberto Carretero and Albert Portas at the 1996 and 2001 Hamburg Masters, respectively) to win an ATP Masters 1000 title, and the fifth player overall to win an ATP Masters 1000 as their first tour-level title. This marked the first Shanghai final, and third ATP Masters 1000 final (after the 1996 Hamburg Masters and the 2003 Paris Masters) to be contested by two unseeded opponents. As first cousins, Vacherot and Rinderknech were the first pair of family members to contest an ATP Tour final since brothers John...

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