Dan Goldberg hadn’t played in the Ann Arbor City Tennis Tournament for nearly two decades.

But when he was called by Jeff Keen to fill in for his partner in the men's open doubles draw, he accepted the offer.

“It’s fun to come back, especially being a teaching pro,” Goldberg said. “I think a lot of people just assume that we play all the time. And the fact is, we’re on the court all the time, but really we don’t play that much.”

Goldberg is a former University of Michigan player who is now the tennis director at Barton Hills Country Club and a teacher at Liberty Athletic Club. He and Keen defeated defending champions Sven Holcombe and Dave Coverly, 6-2, 6-1, Sunday at the University of Michigan Varsity Tennis Center.

“Sven’s got great hands,” Goldberg said. “He’s young and quick. I can certainly see why he’s won a lot of these City Tournaments. We had to play well today to win, and we did.”

Earlier Sunday, Goldberg and Keen played against William and Peter Godfrey in a semifinal, which they won, 6-1, 6-2.

“I won this with Bill Godfrey,” Goldberg said. “I think we won it twice, back-to-back, maybe 17 and 18 years ago. Maybe more. We won it back to back, and I haven’t played since. It’s nice to come back and play again.”

Although Holcombe didn’t, win the championship this year in doubles, he said he was just happy to play.

“It’s just really good fun,” he said. “It’s worth getting out in the sun during an Ann Arbor summer, because you know what’s coming around the corner. It rained yesterday, and we were able to go inside and keep playing. That helps keep all the players happy. Congrats to the guys that we played against today. They deserved to win for sure.”

While Goldberg was competing in his final match, Emily and Barbara Paup, a mother-daughter duo, played in the 8.0 women's final.

“I play at Liberty, and I’m usually in a group (that Goldberg teaches) during the winter, once a week,” Barbara Paup said. “I haven’t had a lesson with him all summer, though I need one.”’

Emily Paup’s big serve and aggressive volleys helped her and her mother take the championship in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2, over the No. 1 seeded team of Kathy Legatski and Sheryl Leicher.

In the semifinals, the unseeded Paups knocked out the No. 2 seeds, Jenny Emery-Peck and Lynn Henry.

“I think we’re a pretty good team,” Barbara said. “We have our differences because she plays a different style, having played in high school for Brick Pullen. He teaches a sort of different style than I’ve always played. I like two at the net. She likes one back, one up. So we had a little compromising.”

Emily Paup, 18 and a two-time state champion tennis player at Pioneer High School, won a junior title in doubles at the City Tournament. This was her first time playing with her mom in organized competition.

“We played together a couple times in USTA leagues, but not ever in a tournament,” Emily said. “I played a couple years in the junior tournament.”

Barbara said, “It was really fun, and it was sort of Emily’s idea. She’s finally old enough (for the adult tournament), and she said ‘Why don’t we play mom?’ I’ve been waiting for years for this to happen. She’s my youngest, and I always wanted to play with one of my kids.”

Paula Silverman and Kelsey VanDeWege, both of the Kalamazoo College women’s team, defeated Leigh Formicola and Kathleen Hadley, 6-2, 6-2, for the 9.0 women's championship.

In the longest match of the day, Joy Fried and Jane Heibel defeated Lynda Norton and Carol Teener, 7-6, 1-6, 7-5, for the 7.0 women's title in three hours.

For complete tournament results, visit aaacta.org.

Josh Coudret covers sports for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at joshcoudret@annarbor.com