The best tennis players from Wall Street and the City of London took each other on - here are the results
The competition took place at the prestigious Queen's Club in West London, a change from the indoor courts of Randall's Island in New York last year. "Grass is a very tough surface to play on for people not used to it," Appel noted.
Both teams met in the clubhouse to network and catch up before hitting the courts.
The tournament kicked off with a Team Europe win from Zoltan Csanadi, a partner at Evercore ISI, and Ludovic Walter, who is at Barclays Capital.
They beat Amer Delic and Mac Styslinger (pictured) in a tough match, 6-4 1-6 6-3. Styslinger was the 2016 Captain of the National Champion University of Virginia Team, with an NCAA ranking of #5 Singles, #1 Doubles. He works at Fidus Partners. Delic is a former professional tennis player who is a reserve on Bosnia's David Cup team. He works at Meritage Capital.
Up next, Europe's Lassi Ketola and Oliver Freelove won their game 7-5 6-3 in the 37-46 age category. Ketola is an Executive Director at Julius Ba¨r while Freelove held ATP rankings of #535 Singles, #239 Doubles.
Morgan Stanley's Thomas Blake (pictured) keeps an eye on the English weather. He played with Kunj Magmudar, Director at Seven Bridges Advisors.
Then there was a Seniors match (47 and over) with Alfredo Caturano, Executive Director JP Morgan, and Zubin Irani, Managing Principal at Westbrook Partners.
They beat Wall Street's Walter Dolhare, Head of Markets Division at Wells Fargo Securities, and Steven Hentschel, founder and CEO of Hentschel & Company, 6-4 6-4.
Up next for Europe was Jan Vrbsky, Managing Director and Co-Head Equity Trading at Baader Bank, serving? with Christer Gardell, Founder and Managing Partner of $15 billion Cevian Fund, pictured at the net.
They managed to beat Pershing Square Capital founder and Team USA co-captain Bill Ackman and Pablo Salame, Co-Head of Global Securities at Goldman Sachs, 6-3 6-3.
Moving into round 2, here's Europe's Martin Persson, who held an ATP #1077 Singles ranking.
He was playing with Mario Visconti, a Principal at Italy's Banca Monte Dei Paschi, ATP #154 Singles ranking and ATP Challenger singles winner.
Wall Street finally got one back this time! Eoin Collins, SVP Comerica Bank, and Richey Reneberg, a Principal at Taconic Capital Advisors who was on the 1996 Olympic tennis team, won 5-7 1-6.
Luben Pampoulov (L) and Nejc Smole shake hands in an Open Match. Smole works at the Central Bank of Luxembourg, while Pampoulov is the co-founder and partner of GSV Asset Management. He held ATP rankings of #393 singles and #346 Doubles.
They lost to Table Management's Jason Pinksy, #1 USTA Boys 18s and NCAA #11 Doubles, and Samlyn Capital's Marc Powers, who won 3-6 3-6.
Wall Street's Rudolfo Rake and Jonathan Pastel also won their match 3-6 3-6. Rake is Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management and has beaten Roger Federer, while Pastel is a Director at Alliance Bernstein.
They beat James Reynolds, Head of the European Private Credit Group at Goldman Sachs, and Philipp Stockhoff, Partner at E&Y Finance.
Up next in the Seniors was Team Europe's Rupert de Laszlo, a Principal at Prosperitas Capital, and Rajweer Ranawat, of AS Capital. The won 6-1 2-6 6-3.
But it was a tough match against Finance Cup founder Jeffrey Appel, Senior Managing Director of Broadband Capital, and Goldman Sachs Co-Head of Global Securities Pablo Salame. Salame played twice as Eddie Barretto was injured.
Wall Street's Graydon Oliver and Kevin Kim discuss tactics. Oliver, who works for Avalon Advisors, held an ATP ranking of #29 Doubles and NCAA #9 Singles, #1 Doubles. Kim held an ATP ranking of #63 Singles and works at California Bank & Trust.
They just lost out to Europe's John Doran, Principal in Technology Crossover Ventures, and Tobias Hildebrand, Head of HSBC Nordics Private Banking, 6-4 7-6 (5).
The final match of the round saw Europe field Barry King, of Davy Stockbrokers Capital Markets, and Jamie Baker, who played on the UK Davis Cup Team and is a close friend of Andy Murray. He works at Banco Santander.
Wall Street's Kaes van't Hof, of Wexford Capital, and Drew Courtney, of Brown Advisory, took them on but lost after a close match of 6-4 6-3.
Bill Ackman and Amer Delic play in a final exhibition match. Ackman is an investing legend and Founder & CIO of Pershing Square Capital Management, as well as the Co-Captain of Wall Street's team. Delic, meanwhile, held an ATP ranking #60 Singles #74 Doubles and works at Meritage Capital.
They played Ludovic Walter and Jan Olsson (pictured). Wall Street won this match, but it was close, at 4-6 4-6.
Team Europe win! The City of London team took the second tournament 7-3. Team Europe's captain David Anving (L) and Wall Street's co-captain Jeffrey Appel congratulate each other after an exceptional tournament.
Team Europe was very happy with its 7-3 win. Wall Street's Appel said: "They played exceptionally well on the grass courts. The British and Irish guys grew up on them and seemed quite natural on them. When we play again next year in the states we will be back on a "normal " surface for sure, either in NY or Miami."
After such a tough day, the teams enjoyed a night out at the exclusive 5 Hertford Street members club in Mayfair, London.
Bill Ackman, Jeff Appel and Jason Pinsky could not resist taking in a Wimbledon? final before heading home.
Here are the full results:
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