The 2019 final between Daniil Medvedev and Zverev lasted 73 minutes. On the hard courts of the Shanghai Masters, Medvedev won 6-4, 6-1: after a tighter opening set, Zverev took only one game in the second.
The day before, in the semifinal of the same tournament, Medvedev beat Tsitsipas: 7-6(5), 7-5. Their match lasted 96 minutes. Zverev won the other semifinal against Matteo Berrettini: 6-3, 6-4 in 67 minutes. Both matches were played on hard courts.
Four years earlier, in 2013, the Shanghai Masters final lasted longer: Novak Djokovic and Juan Martín del Potro spent 152 minutes on court on hard courts. Djokovic won 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(3), and the outcome of the deciding set was settled in a tiebreak.
The 2013 semifinals went like this: Djokovic beat Tsonga 6-2, 7-5 in 94 minutes, while del Potro defeated Paris 6-2, 6-4 in 106 minutes. These Shanghai Masters matches were also played on hard courts.
A year earlier, in 2012, on the hard courts of the Shanghai Masters, Andy Murray beat Federer in the semifinal: 6-4, 6-4. The match lasted 98 minutes. In the other semifinal, Novak Djokovic beat Tomáš Berdych: 6-3, 6-4 in 86 minutes.