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2019 Shanghai Challenger

tennis tournament

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ67206678 ↗
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The 2019 Shanghai Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Shanghai, China between 9 and 15 September 2019.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

1 Rankings are as of 26 August 2019.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

Gao Xin

He Yecong

Hua Runhao

Wang Chukang

Wu Di

The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:

Miliaan Niesten

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Kazuki Nishiwaki

Wang Chuhan

Champions

Singles

Yasutaka Uchiyama def. Wu Di 6–4, 7–6(7–4).

Doubles

Gao Xin / Sun Fajing def. Marc Polmans / Scott Puodziunas 2–6, 6–4, [10–7].

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The public source identifies “2019 Shanghai Challenger” as tennis tournament. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Shanghai, Challenger and tennis.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2019—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Shanghai, Challenger and tennis providing the first useful test.
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