Kyle Goodman, a senior at the University of Michigan, views online poker as an occupation, not a hobby. He is also an excellent tennis player.

Those components of Goodman’s life collided when his run in the 4.0 flight of the Ann Arbor City Tennis Tournament got in the way of a comped weekend at a Windsor casino. What did he choose? Probably what most self-confident 22-year-olds would. Both.

After winning two matches Saturday, Goodman and a group of friends went on an all-night poker playing excursion in Canada. As the evening progressed, his chances of playing tennis the next day narrowed.

"I was 95-percent sure I wasn't going to play," said Goodman.

But in the wee hours of the morning, his competitive spirit got the best of him. He decided to forgo sleep, get a ride back to Ann Arbor and play in his 9 a.m. Sunday semifinal match.

Goodman won that semifinal, beating Noe Erasga in straight sets, but an assist should go to 4.5 champion and Varsity Tennis Center USTA teammate Dan Fraser.

"Kyle called me and said he had been up all night and the last thing he had eaten was some chicken nuggets the night before," Fraser said. "So I stopped on my way and got him a Snickers, some water, a banana and a box of granola bars."

After his first match, Goodman worked on his box of granola bars, drank water and woke up his friends, still asleep in Windsor, to inform them he had just won a tennis match. At 12:30 p.m., Goodman took the court against Daniel Pasick, who reached the final by wearing opponents down with a heavy two-handed backhand. Pasick’s gameplan was to pick on Goodman’s backhand and tire him out. After winning the first set in a tie break 7-6 (7-4), it looked as though everything was going according to plan. Things started to change early in the second set. Suddenly it was Pasick who began to look tired and the same focus that allows Goodman to play up to 16 poker hands at a time online was allowing him to thread his powerful forehand around the court for winners.

Goodman won the next two sets 6-2, 6-3, becoming city champ in the largest draw of the tournament.

After receiving his trophy Goodman's game plan was simple.

"I'm going back to my suite, finishing any champagne that's left, and sleeping for 10 days," he said. Men's Results

Open: Sven Holcombe made it three open division championships in a row by defeating Juan Lopez 4-6, 7-6, 6-2. The three-set win was the first for Holcombe in a final, but it took three sets for him to beat Lopez in last year's first round,

"Juan is a great player. He's got a huge serve, and he's a big guy so it's tough to get around him," Holcome said.

Holcombe used his relentless serve and volley approach to wear down Lopez. 4.5: Dan Fraser, who is currently a law student, clerk for Washtenaw County District Judge J. Cedric Simpson, and helpful teammate to Goodman, can now add city champ to his resume. Fraser needed three sets to win both his semifinal and final over David Emery-Peck 6-3, 5-7, 6-2. 3.5: Corwin Stout used young legs and a variety of shots to engineer a 6-3, 6-3, victory over Robert Tinney. 3.0: In a battle of headband wearers Wasi Kahn bested Joe Cochran 6-2, 6-1.

Seniors Division: A senior moment occured at the end of the final, in a dispute over which side of the court a point was played on, the match ended with a phone call to the USTA to resolve the misunderstanding. Jeff Alson prevailed, defeating Terry Warner, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. Women's Results

4.0: Sarah Towler of Milan repeated as champ. Towler seemed to get stronger as the match wore on, using big ground strokes to get past Lynn Henry of Pittsfeild Township 6-3, 6-2. 3.5: Allison Wachter got past Janette Haak 6-4, 1-6, 6-0. 3.0: Make it two in a row for Sarah Hsiu-Fang Lee. After winning mixed doubles last month, Lee posted a 7-6 (4), 6-1 win over Kathryn Clark.

Bob Gross covers sports for AnnArbor.com. Contact him at robertgross@annarbor.com.