Rafael Jodar reached his first Masters 1000 final by beating Daniil Medvedev 6–3, 6–4 in Shanghai on 17 October. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina also advanced, defeating Alexander Zverev 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 to set up an all-Spanish title match.
The pairing guarantees a first Spanish winner at the Shanghai Masters. EFE reported that it would be the ninth all-Spanish final in Masters 1000 history and the first such meeting since the 2017 Monte Carlo final.
The championship match was scheduled for 18 October. This brief records the completed semifinals and the resulting fixture; it does not assign a winner or a final score that the cited reports had not established.