Four-time Rolex Shanghai Masters champion Novak Djokovic, No. 4 Taylor Fritz, No. 6 Ben Shelton and No. 10 Holger Rune are on Friday's Stadium Court second round schedule. No. 2 seed Jannik Sinner, who is also in the bottom of the draw, will begin his title defense on Saturday. Overall there are 16 seeds in action. Here are Friday's Stadium Court match-ups in order of play:

* [6] Ben Shelton (USA) vs David Goffin (BEL) -- Goffin leads 1-0 (2025 Acapulco 2R, Goffin 7-6(3) 6-3)

SHELTON
- The 22-year-old American returns to play for the first time since August 29 when he retired with a left shoulder injury after four sets (tied 2-2) in his third round match at the US Open against Adrian Mannarino. Withdrew from Davis Cup tie vs. Czechia, Laver Cup and Tokyo before coming to Shanghai.
- “It is getting there,” Shelton told ATP Media in his Tuesday pre-tournament media day when discussing his shoulder injury. “As any injury, it takes time to recover. I wouldn’t show up to a tournament unless I thought I was ready and that is why I skipped a few, but I should be ready to go now.”
- The No. 2 American (behind No. 5 Fritz) comes in with a 37-18 match record this season, including 24-9 on hard courts and he captured his biggest career title at ATP Masters 1000 title Toronto (d. No. 8 de Minaur in QF, No. 4 Fritz in SF, No. 16 Khachanov in F) and also reached the semi-finals at the Australian Open (l. to Sinner).
- He is making his third straight Shanghai appearance (5-2) and reached the QFs in 2023 debut (d. No. 1 Sinner in 4R, l. to Korda) and 4R last year (l. to Sinner).

GOFFIN
- The 34-year-old Belgian opened with a 6-7(6) 6-1 6-1 win over Frenchman Alexandre Muller on Wednesday to improve his overall Shanghai record to 11-5. His best results are QFs in 2016 (d. No. 8 Monfils in 4R, l. to No. 2 Murray) and last year (d. No. 18 Musetti in 2R, No. 3 Zverev in 4R, l. to No. 7 Fritz). Has a 2-3 record vs. Top 10 opponents here.
- The former World No. 7 said after his win on Wednesday when looking ahead to Shelton: "In Acapulco it was humid as well.  Today it was humid here in Shanghai, different conditions. But I played a really good match there. Ben is having an unbelievable year, with some great results. But he's coming back from injuries. His strange injury on his shoulder at the US Open like everybody saw. But we will see. Ben is a great player, great server as well, and I will try to play some great tennis like today, and hopefully I can play, have the same result as the beginning of the year."
- He suffered a right ankle injury in the first round of Madrid vs. Muller on April 24 and retired after a game in the third set. He was sidelined for two months before returning at Wimbledon. Has a 3-9 since returning from his injury and trying to win back-to-back main draw matches for first time since April when he reached QFs in Munich (l. to F. Cerundolo).

*Sebastian Baez (ARG) vs [10] Holger Rune (DEN) -- Rune leads 3-2 (1-0 on hard courts, 2023 Basel 2R, 7-6(2) 6-1). Last meeting: 2025 Barcelona 3R, Rune 4-6 6-1 6-2)

BAEZ
- The 24-year-old Argentine opened on Wednesday with a 2-6 6-3 6-4 win over [WC] Zhang to even his Shanghai record at 2-2. Two years ago advanced to third round and lost to No. 4 Sinner in three sets.
- Has a 17-20 record on the season (3-8 on hard, 14-11 on clay) with his best result coming at the 500 level event in Rio de Janeiro where he captured his biggest of seven career titles (d. Muller). Also runner-up in Santiago in March (l. to Djere) and Bucharest in April (l. to Cobolli).
- Comes in ranked No. 42 and looking to finish in Top 50 for the fourth year in a row. Finished No. 28 in 2023 and year-end best No. 27 last year.

RUNE
- The 22-year-old Dane is making his third straight Shanghai appearance (2-2) and last year advanced to fourth round (l. to Fritz).
- Has a 31-20 match record on the season (19-12 on hard, 10-6 on clay) and his best result came in April when he captured his fifth career ATP Tour title in Barcelona (d. No. 10 Ruud in QF, No. 2 Alcaraz in F). Also runner-up at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d. No. 9 Tsitsipas in 4R, No. 6 Medvedev in SF, l. to No. 14 Draper).
- Comes in ranked No. 11 and on course to finish in Top 15 for the fourth straight season -- No. 11 in 2022, No. 8 in 2023, No. 13 last year.

*Marin Cilic (CRO) vs [4] Novak Djokovic (SRB)-- Djokovic leads 19-2 (15-1 on hard courts, 5 wins in a row) and won last meeting in 2022 Tel Aviv Final 6-3 6-4. Cilic's wins came back-to-back in 2016 ATP Masters 1000 Paris QF 6-4 7-6(2) and 2018 London/Queen's Club Final 5-7 7-6(4) 6-3.

CILIC
- The 37-year-old Croat ended a six-match losing streak on Wednesday with a 6-3 7-6(5) win over [Q] Basilashvili to improve his Shanghai record to 9-11. His best result is a semi-final in 2017 (l. to No. 1 Nadal). Also a quarter-finalist in 2012 (l. to No. 1 Federer).
- Prior to Wednesday, his last win came in third round at Wimbledon over Munar (l. to Cobolli in 4R). His best ATP Tour result was quarter-final in Dubai (l. to Auger-Aliassime).
- Has compiled a 15-5 record in Challengers, winning titles in Girona (d. Moller) on clay in March and Nottingham-2 (d. Mochizuki) on grass in June. Also runner-up in Madrid (l. to Majchrzak).
- On playing Djokovic for the 22nd time, the Croat said after his first round win, "It's definitely very interesting. Two of the oldest guys on the tour.  It's going to be interesting and, you know, always fun to play Novak and always very challenging. He's such an incredible player that he always gives you great difficulties in all the matches. Whatever the form is, he's always bringing up his game, his athleticism, the intensity that he's got, just that focus that he's got, which is out of the charts. Always a very difficult challenge, so I'll try to focus on my game."

DJOKOVIC
- The 38-year-old Serbian superstar is making his 11th tournament appearance and has won most titles (4) and matches (39) in Rolex Shanghai Masters history. Has a 4-1 record in finals, winning titles in 2012 (d. No. 3 Murray), 2013 (d. No. 5 del Potro), 2015 (d. Tsonga) and 2018 (d. Coric). Last year lost in final to Sinner. Has reached QFs or better each appearance (SF in 9 of 10).
- He is playing in his first tournament since reaching the semi-finals at US Open (l. to Alcaraz). Advanced to semi-finals in all four Grand Slam tournaments and first time since 2017 he did not reach a major final during the year.
- The all-time leader in men's tennis with most Grand Slam titles (24) and ATP Masters 1000 titles (40). Also leads both in wins with 397 and 414, respectively. 
- Comes in ranked No. 5 with a 31-10 match record this season (17-6 on hard, 9-3 on clay, 4-1 on grass), including 20-4 in Grand Slam play and 5-4 in ATP Masters 1000 events.
- Captured his 100th career title in Geneva in May leading into Roland-Garros (d. Huracz) and one of three men in Open Era to reach the Century Club along with Jimmy Connors (109) and Roger Federer (103). He also became the first man in the Open Era to win titles in 20 different seasons.

* [5] Taylor Fritz (USA) vs Fabian Marozsan (HUN) -- Fritz leads 1-0 (2024 Aust.Open 3R, Fritz 3-6 6-4 6-2 6-2)

FRITZ
- The No. 1 American is making his sixth Shanghai appearance (8-5) and last year advanced to the semi-finals (l. to Djokovic), his best result. Prior to last year, was 4-4 here and best result was third round in 2023.
- Comes in with a 49-18 match record (33-12 on hard, 13-2 on grass, 3-4 on clay) and looking to win 50 matches for a third straight season (54 in 2023, 53 last year). The last American man to achieve the feat was Andy Roddick from 2003-05. 
- Has a 2-1 record in finals, winning grass titles in Stuttgart (d. Zverev) and Eastbourne (d. Brooksby) and reaching final in Tokyo on Tuesday (l. to No. 1 Alcaraz). Also helped U.S. to United Cup title in January (d. Poland) and Laver Cup for Team World over Team Europe with wins over No. 1 Alcaraz and No. 3 Zverev.
- His best Grand Slam result this season came at Wimbledon where he lost in semi-finals to No. 1 Alcaraz in four sets. Also quarter-finalist at US Open (l. to Djokovic).

MAROZSAN
- The No. 1 Hungarian at No. 52 in PIF ATP Rankings earned his personal-best 24th win this season on Wednesday over [WC] Wawrinka 6-1 4-6 6-4.
- Looking to improve his year-end PIF ATP Ranking for a seventh consecutive season and finished No. 58 in 2024 after reaching a career-high No. 36 on May 6, 2024.
- The 25-year-old owns a 24-15 ATP Masters 1000 career record (.615) compared to 58-60 record overall on tour-level (.492), including run to his first ATP Tour QF in Shanghai two years ago to become 1st Hungarian ATP Masters 1000 quarter-finalist in series history.  
- Has a 6-10 career record vs. Top 10 opponents and looking to break a personal-high four-match losing streak since defeating No. 8 Rublev in second round of Hong Kong to start the season.

Other singles matches:

Grandstand 2

* [25] Frances Tiafoe (USA) vs [Q] Yannick Hanfmann (GER)-- Tiafoe leads 1-0 (2024 Stuttgart 2R, Tiafoe 7-5 7-6(5))

* Learner Tien (USA) vs Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) -- Kecmanovic leads 1-0 (2022 US Open 1R, Kecmanovic 3-6 6-1 6-3 6-3)

* Zizou Bergs (BEL) vs [11] Casper Ruud (NOR) -- First Meeting

Show Court 3

* Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) vs [31] Gabriel Diallo (FRA) -- First Meeting

* [19] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) vs Adrian Mannarino (FRA) -- First Meeting

* [14] Alexander Bublik (KAZ) vs. [Q] Valentin Vacherot (MON) -- First Meeting


Court 4

* Luca Nardi (ITA) vs [32] Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA) -- First Meeting

* Jaume Munar (ESP) vs [22] Flavio Cobolli (ITA) -- First Meeting

Court 7

* [21] Ugo Humbert (FRA) vs Jordan Thompson (AUS) -- Tied 1-1 (2024 Masters 1000 Paris QF, Humbert 6-2 7-6(4); 2024 Masters 1000 Cincinnati 1R, Thompson 3-6 6-3 7-6(4)

* Mattia Bellucci (ITA) vs [20] Tomas Machac (CZE) -- First Tour-Level Meeting (2023 Cassis (FRA) CH, (H) Bellucci 6-3 6-4)

* Tallon Griekspoor (NED) vs [PR] Jenson Brooksby (USA -- Brooksby leads 1-0 (2025 Wimbledon 1R, Brooksby 6-2 7-5 6-3)