The dust has now settled on a truly memorable clay court swing on the ATP World Tour with this year’s main spoils going to Stan Wawrinka, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, who all produced standout performances in the last few weeks.

Djokovic further enhanced his status at the top of the Emirates ATP Rankings with victories at the Masters 1000 events in Monte-Carlo and Rome. The Serbian superstar overcame Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals and then hard-hitting Tomas Berdych in the final of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters win on the newly renamed Court Rainier III, and then produced a stunning straight sets win over Roger Federer four weeks later to win the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome, an event that welcomed more fans than ever before with more than 180,000 fans attending throughout the tournament.

Those victories were part of a 28-match winning streak that was finally snapped in the final at Roland Garros, where Novak saw his dream of claiming the only Grand Slam title that has so far eluded him ended by the explosive Wawrinka. The Swiss star, the 2014 Australian Open champion, tasted success for the second time at the Grand Slam level after a hard fought four-set victory that took more than three hours to complete.

Wawrinka has proven himself to be one of the biggest and most dangerous shot-makers in the sport, capable of beating anyone when at the top of his game. His incredible firepower from the baseline in the final helped take him towards his third title for the year, with the promise of still much more to come.

Despite the loss Djokovic received a deserved and moving five-minute standing ovation at the end of the match, the French crowd’s fitting tribute to a brave campaign by a great champion who came up just short of securing his career Grand Slam. He was bidding to become just the eighth player in history to complete the collection of Grand Slam crowns. I am sure he will have many other opportunities ahead to fulfil that accomplishment.

Despite his disappointment, Djokovic became the first player to qualify for the prestigious season ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, to be played in London in November, a true reflection of his outstanding results so far in 2015.

While Djokovic and Wawrinka took plenty of the clay-court swing headlines, Murray made a major statement of his own that served notice to the tennis world that he has now become a truly wonderful player on all surfaces.

Murray secured his first career clay court title with victory over Philipp Kohlschreiber at the BMW Open by FWU AG in Munich and then immediately followed up with a breakthrough Masters 1000 victory on clay, when he defeated none other than Nadal in the final of the Mutua Madrid Open.

Those confidence boosting victories then propelled him all the way to the semi-finals at Roland Garros before he was finally stopped in five sets by Djokovic in a match that stretched over two days.

Federer also kept his name among those in the winning circle during the clay court swing with a highly popular victory at the inaugural ATP World Tour 250 event in Istanbul. His victory was part of a highly successful debut for the tournament, the first ever ATP World Tour tournament in Turkey.

The attention now switches from clay to grass as the Tour heads into the extended season on the lawn for the first time. With Wimbledon moving back a week, the grass court swing takes on even more importance as two tournaments step up to ATP World Tour 500 status and another tournament switches to grass for the first time.

The highly popular events, the Aegon Championships at Queen’s Club and the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, are now re-categorised to 500 status, meaning even stronger fields and more Emirates ATP Rankings points on the line as players look for form and wins on the way to Wimbledon. The two tournaments anchor the new longer swing and will be joined by a newcomer to grass as the MercedesCup in Stuttgart switches over from its formerly traditional clay.

With the extra time to adjust to the surface, expect some strong performances as the top players seek to maximise their attributes on the fast but sometimes unpredictable grass. Grass can certainly reward aggressive play and with more time to tune their games to the surface, the result of the longer swing should produce some exciting and varied styles of play.

While all that is happening, I am pleased to say that, with the relaunch of our flagship website — ATPWorldTour.com — this week, the ATP is making sure the fans of the game can keep abreast of all the action better than ever before.

The new website represents a significant step forward in the ATP’s efforts to enhance fan engagement and access to the Tour. The ATP World Tour is played and followed all over the globe and, as mobile technology continues to revolutionise the way in which fans are consuming our sport, digital media has become a critically important focus for us.

The website relaunch is the first of a number of digital initiatives we will be rolling out this year and will enable fans to connect with the sport better than ever before.

-Chris Kermode is ATP Executive Chairman and President.