Q: Does the ATP have a stated position on this?
Yes. Tour officials have said publicly that a balance in the diversity of surfaces matters to the sport, and that the homogenization of surfaces and styles of play is something they want to guard against. That statement exists precisely because court behavior across hard, clay, and grass has converged enough that top players can now credibly compete for titles on all three in the same season, something that would have sounded unusual in the Muster and Bruguera years.
