You have to realize that Murray has been considered as possibly the best HC player for quite some time but in the end, Nadal has been the most successful player on this surface this year until now, with Fed a close second, and Del Potro just took the third place with his USO win. Murray is still ahead of Djokovic though, but considering his latest results I think Djoko is finally getting out of his slump and could catch up with Murray before the end of the year.
Btw, how do you analyze the fact that Murray's worst runs at slams this year happened on HC?
I have to disagree.
Lets say Grandslam hardcourt wins are valued @ 5 points and Masters series shields are valued @ 4... with 500's @ 3 ... 250 @ 1
Murray's Hardcourt record in 2009
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada (Outdoor/Hard) - 4 points
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (Outdoor/Hard) - 4 points
Rotterdam (Indoor/Hard) - 1 point
Doha (Outdoor/Hard) - 1 point
Total 10 points
Nadal Hardcourt record in 2009
With this a final @ the 2009 (1) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (Outdoor/Hard)
^Where he lost to Nadal due to extremely windy conditions. (But never mind that anyway)
Australian Open (Outdoor/Hard) - 5 points
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (Outdoor/Hard) - 4 points
Total 9 points
Reached the Rotterdam final (Indoor/Hard) - Where he lost to Murray in 3 sets
HEAD TO HEAD ON HARDCOURT THIS YEARS 1-1
Del Potro's Hardcourt record in 2009
US Open (Outdoor/Hard) - 5 points
Washington (Outdoor/Hard) - 3 points
Auckland (Outdoor/Hard) - 2 points
Total 10 points
Also reached the final of the 2009 (1) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada (Outdoor/Hard)