The 2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2015 ATP World Tour. It took place at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China from October 11 to October 18, 2015.
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Nikoloz Basilashvili
Simone Bolelli
Łukasz Kubot
Andrey Kuznetsov
Lu Yen-hsun
Albert Ramos Viñolas
Go SoedaThe following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Grigor Dimitrov → replaced by 
Steve Johnson
Philipp Kohlschreiber → replaced by 
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Vasek Pospisil
Juan Mónaco → replaced by 
Gilles Müller
Gaël Monfils → replaced by 
João Sousa Benoît Paire → replaced by Donald YoungThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Fernando Verdasco (hip injury) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (back injury)
Novak Djokovic def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–2, 6–4
Raven Klaasen / 
Marcelo Melo def. Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini 6–3, 6–3