The mission of the CPDTA is to:

Create and stimulate interest in tennis as a sport;

Bring together in closer friendship and companionship those interested in extending the ideals of tennis;

Promote a more healthful and wholesome atmosphere in and concerning tennis;

Foster and assist in the organization of public park tennis teams;

Bind together in close harmony all public park tennis teams;

Prescribe and adopt uniform rules and regulations for cooperation between public park tennis teams;

Arrange for inter-team matches, schedules and tournaments; 

Affiliate with the Chicago District Tennis Association and the United States Tennis Association;

Cooperate with Chicago Park District in all tennis activities in the furtherance of better playing conditions for the contestants and to provide more satisfactory facilities for spectators.