Shanghai Masters 2026 tennis order of play and TV coverage – Wednesday 7 October

Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev lead a stacked field at the Shanghai Masters 2026.

Six weeks out from the ATP Finals, the season's penultimate Masters tournament has drawn the top players in the men's game – apart from injured World No.1 Jannik Sinner – to China.

Alcaraz, Zverev and the rest of the top seeds, including defending champion Valentin Vacherot, have a bye through to the second round of the hard-court competition.

• Watch the Shanghai Masters 2026 on Sky Sports

British breakout star Arthur Fery takes on Croatian veteran Marin Cilic as part of Wednesday's schedule, which also sees Matteo Berrettini and Holger Rune in first-round action.

UK viewers can tune in to extensive coverage as the top players battle for ranking points and the largest share of a $9,415,725 prize fund.

Radio Times has the full order of play for the Shanghai Masters 2026, with the full tournament schedule, updated with the latest matches each and every day.

All UK time. Singles matches only.

Stadium Court

Scheduled 5am

• Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) vs Matteo Berrettini (ITA)

Estimated 7am

• [WC] Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) vs Tomas Machac (CZE)

Not Before 11am

• [WC] Yibing Wu (CHN) vs [LL] Michael Zheng (USA)

Estimated 1pm

• Arthur Fery (GBR) vs Marin Cilic (CRO)

Grandstand 2

Scheduled 7am

• Arthur Gea (FRA) vs Jaime Faria (POR)

Estimated 9am

• Yannick Hanfmann (GER) vs Kamil Majchrzak (POL)

Estimated 11am

• [Q] Mattia Bellucci (ITA) vs [WC] Yi Zhou (CHN)

Estimated 1pm

• [PR] Holger Rune (DEN) vs Daniel Altmaier (GER)

Show Court 3

Scheduled 5am

• [WC] Sho Shimabukuro (JPN) vs Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)

Estimated 7am

• Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs [Q] Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO)

Estimated 9am

• Marco Trungelliti (ARG) vs [Q] Rei Sakamoto (JPN)

Estimated 11am

• Quentin Halys (FRA) vs [Q] Coleman Wong (HKG)

Court 4

Scheduled 7am

• Alex Molcan (SVK) vs [Q] Federico Cina (ITA)

Estimated 9am

• Rinky Hijikata (AUS) vs [Q] Roman Safiullin

Shanghai Masters 2026 schedule

ATP 1000

• Round 1: Wednesday 7 – Thursday 8 October
• Round 2: Friday 9 – Saturday 10 October
• Round 3: Sunday 11 – Monday 12 October
• Round 4: Tuesday 13 – Wednesday 14 October
• Quarter-finals: Thursday 15 – Friday 16 October
• Semi-finals: Saturday 17 October
• Final: Sunday 18 October

How to watch Shanghai Masters 2026 on TV and live stream in the UK

You can watch the Shanghai Masters 2026 live on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports Main Event.

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