North Shore Racquet Club Women’s took home the NNW Open title beating College Park Athletic Club in the Finals. The two evenly matched teams played tough, with two of the courts tying their match. It came down to courts 2 and 4 bringing home the victory for NSRC. Congratulations to all who participated!

1.  CITA matches will resume Wednesday, February 3rd.  We will plan on continuing the schedule set forth at the beginning of the season.  All matches not played will be deleted from the schedule.

2.  Until further notice, face masks will be REQUIRED for all CITA matches. While individually some clubs may have different rules regarding face masks, we felt that it is in the best interest of the league to provide a consistent policy for face masks.  I’m sure we are all looking forward to getting to the point where masks are no longer necessary.  If there becomes a time when the policy is not required, we will notify every one of the change.

3.  We will continue the option for playing, without penalty, 4 (or 5) courts in the 6 court leagues, and 3 courts in the 4 court leagues.  Same rules as the fall will apply:  You must notify the opposing captain a minimum of 3 days in advanceif you intend to play reduced courts for your matches.

4. We will be offering one (1) can of tennis balls for the matches.  If a player would like to play with their own set of balls for the match, the home club must offer that player additional tennis balls for that player.

5.  We plan to have playoffs at the same time as originally scheduled.  We will make a determination regarding number of courts played for the playoffs as we get closer to that time and have a better idea of the environment that we are faced in regard to COVID.

6.  We are also planning on our Annual Meeting Wednesday, May 12th at 10:00am.  Meeting place TBD.

Fellow CITA members: With the introduction the new Tier Three Mitigations, CITA regrets to announce the suspension of the league matches through the end of December. We hope to be back to playing league play as soon as it is determined safe for all involved.

League play starts the week after Labor Day, with the first matches being played on September 9th. Please see additional rules under the Rules tab so that you can be assured of safe, competitive play.

The Chicagoland Indoor Tennis Association will be finalizing the 2020-2021 schedule by August 10th. Currently, we plan on starting the season on time, the week of September 7th. However, due to ongoing and changing concerns over the COVID-19 situation in Illinois, we want to ensure the best possible experience in terms of safety and level, competitive play for all players.
Please check with your local club for updated policies regarding safe play at your club. CITA will be following the USTA guidelines regarding COVID safe practices.

From left: Pam Blumenthal, Lindy Rosenberg, Coach Sammy Tesimu, Dana Schnurman & Karyn Guttormsen.

MT-Bannockburn and Libertyville brought their best for the singles championship. This was a first time 4.5/Open singles finals matchup between these two clubs and the players were excited to play. Being familiar with each other from the season, the matches were tightly contested. One court went to a third set tie-breaker and in the end, MT-Bannockburn prevailed 3-1.