2018 Shanghai Challenger
Date	10–16 September
Edition	8th
Surface	Hard
Location	Shanghai, China
Champions
Singles
Blaž Kavčič
Doubles
Gong Maoxin / Zhang Ze
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The 2018 Shanghai Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Shanghai, China between 10 and 16 September 2018.

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
TPE	Jason Jung	115	1
ESP	Enrique López Pérez	159	2
JPN	Tatsuma Ito	163	3
CHN	Zhang Ze	168	4
JPN	Go Soeda	176	5
CAN	Filip Peliwo	185	6
SRB	Miomir Kecmanović	196	7
JPN	Hiroki Moriya	197	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 27 August 2018.^[1]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Hua Runhao
• Te Rigele
• Wu Yibing
• Zhang Zhizhen

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Bai Yan
• Dayne Kelly
• Tristan Lamasine
• Aldin Šetkić

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Viktor Durasovic

• Blaž Kavčič def. Hiroki Moriya 6–1, 7–6^(7–1).

• Gong Maoxin / Zhang Ze def. Hua Runhao / Zhang Zhizhen 6–4, 3–6, [10–4].