I think the only SF they played on clay was RG 2005. And when they played Hamburg it was a MS 1000. (Both finals.) That they played so many finals is not so shocking when you think that they were, one or the other, #1 or #2 in the world for a solid 6 years.
Obviously you are being snarky, and this will never happen. But you can to some extent understand the frustration of Nadal fans (and others) that the YEC is always played on Indoor HC. I get that it fits that way into the calendar, although, you could argue that the calendar could end any way that it wanted to, at that point. If you take out the YEC, indoor HCs fall below 20% of the calendar, while clay is fully 30% +. Two Majors are on HC, 1 on clay and one on grass. It can be argued that indoor HCs are over-valued by having the next highest tournament always played on that surface. Each tournament is not going to change its surface, but there is no reason that the YEC couldn't change surfaces, on a rotating basis. Players play DC on various surfaces at the end of the year.
If one was being fair, it should be on grass as that's the only major surface of historical significance that's under-represented.
Clay doesn't get excluded. And Rafa had the edge on HC until this year. That could easily change again.
You can insist on the "historical significance" of grass, but unless the ATP/ITF backs it up with tournaments, you're just being nostalgic. We tennis geeks enjoy a bit of Halle and Queens (both 500s), but I'd challenge you to even remember the names of the other grass tournaments, before and after Wimbledon. (s'Hergen...whatever, Eastbourne? and Newport. Name me the others.) Whereas, clay has 3 x 1000s, which everyone watches. But yes, I would say, make grass one of the rotating surfaces for the YEC. That's my point, actually.
In fairness, he started by beating Roger on HCs. Parsing it however you want, it doesn't work out that well for Roger until recently.
