Midtown-Chicago has once again won the Men’s Open Final. Their challenger was College Park who was in danger of dropping out of the league at the start of the season. With only 4 teams in this league, there is always that risk. This year, before the start of the season, some accommodations and conversations occurred for the good of the league. When possible, we continued to have 6 courts of doubles but accommodated for 4 courts only if needed. We allowed the players on the Men’s 4.5 team the ability to play on the Open team an unlimited number of times. We monitored and addressed situations as the came up with an eye towards the following season. Our hope is the juniors we helped cultivate will return, and by having a Men’s Open league available to them, they will be challenged and find new social connections as the current Men’s Open players have been able to forge. The Men’s Open Finals was played with College Park coming up one player short. They needed to default a court which did not bode well for them. However, on court 1, CPAC’s Alex Lambropoulos/Lawon Barter eeked out a very close win against MTC”s Adham Alaily/Ryan Edlefson winning 7-5, 7-6(6). But Midtown’s strength continued down the lineup. On court 2, MTC’s Kris Braaten/Sinisa Rashberger found their rhythm over CPAC’s Chris Nowak/Scott Foster winning 6-4, 6-2. On court 3MTC’s Jared Dorfman/Jeff French pulled out a close match against CPAC-s Andrew Kolesnikov/Mark Vaverka 6-4, 6-3. On court 4, MTC’s Dave Clark/Thanos Kantarelis overwhelmed CPAC’s Trevor Desilva/Steve Mutchnik 6-0, 6-1. On court 5, as a result of matches being decided, the 3rd set was at 10 point match tie-breaker going to CPAC. CPAC’s James Forster/Geoff Butler won against MTC’s James Moultan/Chris Tkach 3-6, 6-3, 1-0(3). Midtown-Chicago won 4-2.