Lucas Miedler and Neil Oberleitner reached the championship match at the Rolex Shanghai Masters on Saturday, when they downed Jakob Schnaitter and Mark Wallner 7-5, 6-3 to continue their perfect week.
The Austrians are competing in their first ATP Masters 1000 event together and just their third tour-level event overall, having teamed at the Davis Cup and at the ATP 500 event in Tokyo earlier this month.
In an impressive run in Shanghai, Miedler and Oberleitner have yet to drop a set and will now face Francisco Cabral and JJ Tracy in the final.
"I know [Cabral] pretty well," said Miedler, who won the title in Brisbane with Cabral earlier this year. "We played for one year. He was one of my best friends on Tour, so I think there are no big secrets tomorrow. I'm looking forward to playing him."
In their 86-minute win against Schnaitter and Wallner, the Austrians rallied from a break down in the first set and eventually claimed the opener on their fifth set point. Miedler and Oberleitner carried that moment into the start of the second set and were dominant on serve, winning 94 per cent of points behind their first delivery to triumph.
"I think the good thing is we stayed composed, we stayed aggressive," Oberleitner said. "We knew our game, we knew what we can do. Today, we had a couple of chances that we didn't use, but we still, we stayed calm and composed, and I think that's what made us successful this week, and hopefully we can carry on tomorrow."
Cabral/Tracy oust Arribage/Olivetti to reach Shanghai championship match
Francisco Cabral and JJ Tracy reached their second final of the 2026 Asian swing on Friday at the Rolex Shanghai Masters, where the unseeded duo upset eighth seeds Theo Arribage and Albano Olivetti 4-6, 6-4, 10-8.
Portuguese Cabral and American Tracy earned the first break of the match in the seventh game but soon found themselves a set down after Arribage and Olivetti, who are chasing qualification for the Nitto ATP Finals, reeled off three consecutive games from 3-4. Cabral and Tracy kept their cool, however, ultimately rallying from 3/5 in the Match Tie-break to seal an 89-minute victory.
“I think our goal in the second set was just keeping the energy high because in doubles anything can change very, very fast, as we saw in the first set,” Cabral said. “Just keeping our energy high, playing good tennis, simple tennis, and chances will happen and we took them. Very, very happy.”
Having first teamed up at the start of July for the North American hard-court swing, Cabral and Tracy won their first title as a team at the AITO Hangzhou Open last month. Now, they will prepare for their first ATP Masters 1000 final against Jakob Schnaitter/Mark Wallner or Lucas Miedler/Neil Oberleitner.
“I think just we play with a lot of energy, and we've always got each other's backs, so I think doubles is sometimes as simple as that,” Tracy said on the pair’s success so far. “It's a lot about energy, and playing smart, and I think today's match was important for us because we won Hangzhou and haven't played a lot from [a set down].
“We dealt with it well, and came back with a lot of energy, took the second set in the breaker. That was a good experience for us to have.”
Thursday: Schanitter/Wallner upset Harrison/Skupski for SF spot
Jakob Schnaitter and Mark Wallner claimed a major scalp to forge an ATP Masters 1000 breakthrough on Thursday at the Rolex Shanghai Masters.
With their 7-6(5), 6-3 upset of top seeds Christian Harrison and Neal Skupski, the German duo sealed a spot in its first Masters 1000 semi-final. Schnaitter and Wallner, who began playing together in January 2024, saved all four break points they faced to sink Australian Open and US Open titlists Harrison and Skupski after 83 minutes.
“I think today we were very focused and brave on the important points,” Schnaitter reflected. “We managed to get the break point in the second set, and also on every break point that they had, we stayed tough and managed to play big, and I think that was the key today.”
Mark Wallner and Jakob Schnaitter in quarter-final action on Thursday in Shanghai. Photo: Rolex Shanghai Masters
With their victory, Schnaitter and Wallner avenged their defeats on hard courts to Harrison and Skupski during the latter’s Grand-Slam-winning runs in Melbourne and New York, respectively. They also cut their deficit in the two teams’ Lexus ATP Head2Head series to 2-3.
“We had a few takeaways in both hard-court matches [against Harrison and Skupski],” Wallner said. “We had looks at the Australian Open. We won the first set, and US Open, we were a break up in the second, so we knew we could go up on them, but we never executed it until the end. We just tried to do our game plan, which worked in Hamburg on clay very well. We tried to utilise that this time again, and just execute it throughout the whole match.”
Awaiting Schnaitter and Wallner in the semi-finals will be Austrian duo Lucas Miedler and Neil Oberleitner, who defeated Marc Polmans and Jan Zielinski 7-6(5), 6-4.
Albano Olivetti and Theo Arribage seal a semi-final spot on Wednesday afternoon in Shanghai.
Wednesday: Arribage/Olivetti end Krawietz/Puetz’s Shanghai reign
Theo Arribage and Albano Olivetti notched a statement quarter-final victory on Wednesday at the Rolex Shanghai Masters, where the French duo defeated 2025 titlists Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz 6-4, 6-4.
The eighth-seeded Arribage and Olivetti did not face a break point in a standout 68-minute showing on Show Court 3, where they also fired 11 aces to end Krawietz and Puetz’s Shanghai reign. Now into their second ATP Masters 1000 semi-final of the season (after Montreal), Arribage and Olivetti are up to eighth in the PIF ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings as they chase a debut appearance at the Nitto ATP Finals.
Awaiting the French pair in the last four in Shanghai will be Francisco Cabral and JJ Tracy, who eased past Robert Galloway and Andre Goransson 6-3, 6-4 to earn their semi-final spot.
"I think we played a great match," Cabral said. "We started serving and returning unbelievably well. I think it was our best match of the week. Especially in doubles, when you serve and return this well and you feel very comfortable in the return games, it kind of gets you going on your serve. I think today was just a great match, with great serving and everything."
Discussing how he and American Tracy had first started playing together in July, Cabral explained: "Basically, the partner I had before, Joe Salisbury, wanted to go back to his old partner, Rajeev [Ram], because I guess both were planning to retire earlier this year after the US Open.
"So I had to look for options, and JJ seemed like a great player. I just called him and, yeah, we started playing. Basically, that’s it. Pretty simple."
Tuesday: Polmans/Zielinski upset fifth seeds Cash/Glasspool in Shanghai
Marc Polmans and Jan Zielinski overcame fifth seeds Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool on Tuesday at the Rolex Shanghai Masters to book their spot in the quarter-finals.
The Australian-Polish team were two points from defeat at 8/8, 9/9 and 10/10 in the Match Tie-break but eventually triumphed 7-6(3), 4-6, 12-10. Polmans and Zielinski are competing in just their second event as a team, having debuted together in Tokyo last week.
“I’m enjoying playing with Jan,” Polmans said. “We bring good energy. We enjoy playing doubles together. So fingers crossed we can get a few more wins. But, yeah, I really enjoy playing with Jan.
“I think we’re pretty solid once we get to the net, which is important in doubles. You have to be a solid team if you’re both up at the net. You can’t show too many cracks when you’re up at the net. So I think that’s something that Jan and I do quite well. And we help each other out on serve. I think that’s also important, taking pressure off your partner when you can help him at the net.”
Marc Polmans and Jan Zielinski in action on Tuesday in Shanghai.
Cash and Glasspool arrived in Shanghai in form, having clinched their third tour-level title of the season as a team last week at the ATP 500 event in Beijing.
“It’s a top team,” Zielinski said. “It’s been a top team for the last couple of years. Lloyd has won plenty of titles. They won Wimbledon together last year. I think they’re just coming off a win in Beijing, so it’s a very hot team. Always very difficult to play them. They’re very well prepared. So we knew coming into the match that it was going to be a battle.
“But we managed to find our best tennis in the most important moments, end of the first set and end of the third set, which matters the most.”
Polmans and Zielinski will next play Lucas Miedler and Neil Oberleitner after the Austrians beat Austin Krajicek and Nikola Mektic 6-3, 6-4.
Jakob Schnaitter and Mark Wallner and Theo Arribage and Albano Olivetti both advanced to the quarter-finals via walkovers.
Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz down Zhang Zhizhen and Zhou Yi in Shanghai. Photo: Rolex Shanghai Masters
Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz wasted little time stepping up their bid for a second consecutive Rolex Shanghai Masters title on Monday at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center.
The third-seeded German pair needed just 63 minutes to see off home favourites Zhang Zhizhen and Zhou Yi with a 6-4, 6-1 second-round triumph at the ATP Masters 1000 event. Krawietz and Puetz converted three of four break points they earned in a clinical performance to seal their quarter-final place in style.
“It was nice to play against two Chinese players because there were a lot of people were watching, and it’s always tricky to know what to expect,” Krawietz said. “We know they serve strong, return strong, and are pretty good players, so it’s never easy, but we handled the tough moments well and we are happy.”
Puetz added: “After the past couple of months we’ve had, including a good win in Davis Cup which gave us a lot of confidence after the US Open final, it was nice to get back after some disappointment in New York. Coming back to a place where you feel so comfortable and where we won last year, I feel like from the first hit we remembered and said, ‘It’s nice to play here’. So we are happy to be through to the quarters and hopefully can try to get better.”
Top seeds Christian Harrison and Neal Skupski also earned a straight-sets triumph on Monday. The Australian Open and US Open champions downed Hugo Nys and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 7-6(1), 7-5 to advance to a quarter-final clash with Jakob Schnaitter and Mark Wallner.
Robert Galloway and Andre Goransson will take on Francisco Cabral and JJ Tracy in another last-eight meeting in Shanghai. American Galloway and Swede Goransson on Monday defeated Adam Pavlasek and Patrik Rikl 6-4, 6-4, while Cabral and Tracy overcame Sander Arends and Luke Johnson 7-6(6), 6-3.
Sunday: Cash/Glasspool boost Turin hopes with Sunday R1 win in Shanghai
Can Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool step up their chase for a Nitto ATP Finals spot at the Rolex Shanghai Masters?
The Britons held their nerve to kick-start their title bid on Sunday at the Chinese ATP Masters 1000 event by overcoming Luciano Darderi and Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-1, 3-6, 10-8. Having claimed Year-End ATP Doubles No. 1 presented by PIF honours in 2025, Cash and Glasspool are currently 10th in the PIF ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings for this year. Awaiting them in the second round in Shanghai will be Marc Polmans and Jan Zielinski, who downed home wild card pairing Jiang Fumin and Zhang Tianhui 7-6(3), 6-2.
Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool notch a first-round win on Sunday in Shanghai.
Theo Arribage and Albano Olivetti sit one spot ahead of Cash and Glasspool in the Live Doubles Teams Rankings, and the all-French duo kept up its charge towards a Nitto ATP Finals debut by defeating Nuno Borges and Sadio Doumbia 6-1, 4-6, 10-7 in Shanghai. Arribage and Olivetti won 89 per cent (25/28) of points behind first serves, according to Infosys ATP Stats, to set a second-round clash with Ivan Liutarevich and Daniil Medvedev.
Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, who are fifth in the Live Double Teams Rankings, were unable to join their rivals in pulling through a tough opening round. Austin Krajicek and Nikola Mektic downed the fourth-seeded Italians 6-7(2), 7-6(2), 10-7 to set a second-round encounter with Lucas Miedler and Neil Oberleitner. Krajicek and Mektic now lead 3-1 in their Lexus ATP Head2Head series with Bolelli and Vavassori, with all four of those meetings coming in 2026.
“We’ve played this team four times recently and probably we have played some of our best matches this year against them, because they just push you to the limit,” Mektic said. “We know what we need to do to be able to have a chance against them and luckily we were at the highest level on all four of those occasions. One didn’t go our way but every match against them goes down to a couple of points in crucial moments.”
Krajicek reflected: “We’ve had a lot of close matches with these guys and they are one of the best teams in the world, so we had to be focused the whole time. I thought we did a really good job. Everybody won the points on their serve until the very end… All the way to the very end it was really close, and fortunately Mek did a great return at 8/7 that we capitalised on, and that ended up being the difference.”
Zhou Yi and Zhang Zhizhen in doubles action on Saturday. Photo: Rolex Shanghai Masters
Saturday: Zhang/Zhou set clash with defending champs Krawietz/Puetz
Zhang Zhizhen and Zhou Yi held their nerve to delight the home fans with a tense doubles win on Saturday at the Rolex Shanghai Masters.
The Chinese pair downed Constantin Frantzen and Robin Haase 6-4, 5-7, 10-7 to set a second-round meeting with defending champions Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz at the ATP Masters 1000 event. Zhang and Zhou won seven points in a row from 1/3 in the Match Tie-break before wrapping an 86-minute triumph against Frantzen and Haase.
In other doubles action, Ivan Liutarevich and Daniil Medvedev topped the big-hitting duo of Alexander Bublik and Ben Shelton 6-4, 6-3, while Sander Arends and Luke Johnson also downed a high-profile singles star: The Dutch-British duo sank Marcelo Melo and Alexander Zverev 7-6(5), 7-6(5).
There were two upsets of seeded pairs on Saturday at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center. Czech team Adam Pavlasek and Patrik Rikl defeated second seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 10-7, while Francisco Cabral and JJ Tracy saved three match points to down seventh seeds Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos 7-5, 6-7(6), 15-13.
Christian Harrison and Neal Skupski in first-round action on Friday in Shanghai. Photo: Rolex Shanghai Masters
Friday: Harrison/Skupski ease through Shanghai opener
Top seeds Christian Harrison and Neal Skupski made a winning return to Tour Friday with a strong opening-round doubles win at the Rolex Shanghai Masters.
Playing their first tournament since winning the US Open, the American-British duo fired 12 aces and claimed a late break in the second set to defeat Romain Arneodo and Santiago Gonzalez 7-6(3), 6-4.
“We haven't played since the US Open together, so it's been a few weeks. But it's nice to be back on the court together,” Skupski said. “We had a very good tie-break in the first, and then we got that all-important break in the second at 4-all, and then Christian held very well.
“Conditions were a little bit quick, which took time to get used to… I thought it was a solid match. It's never easy, first round of a Masters. It can always be tricky — conditions and a few nerves — but it was nice to be into round two now.”
The duo had expected to play Beijing but ultimately sat out the ATP 500 as a precaution.
“Christian had a little bit of an issue — it wasn't an injury, just a little bit of an issue — so we thought, ‘Why not take our time and get healthy before coming into Shanghai and give everything we've got?’ But everyone's 100 per cent now and very much looking forward to the rest of the season.”
Harrison and Skupski have already qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals in their first season as a team. The pair won the Australian Open and US Open but are searching for their first ATP Masters 1000 title.
In other doubles action, Ignacio Buse and Adolfo Daniel Vallejo upset sixth seeds Guido Andreozzi and Manuel Guinard 6-3, 6-7(7), 10-7. Robert Galloway and Andre Goransson were also Match Tie-break winners, defeating David Pel and Alejandro Tabilo 6-7(7), 6-3, 10-5, while third seeds Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz downed Bart Stevens and Botic van de Zandschulp 6-7(4), 6-1, 10-4.
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