New Jersey State Championships

The New Jersey State Championships[1] also known as the New Jersey State Tennis Championships or New Jersey State Sectional Championships was a men's and women's tennis tournament first staged in 1882 in Newark, New Jersey USA. The tournament was played at various times on clay courts and grass courts, and ran until 1968 for women's events, and 1973 for men's events.

New Jersey State Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1882-1973
LocationVarious
Surfaceoutdoor (grass), outdoor (clay)

History

The New Jersey State Championships,[2] was a men's and women's tennis tournament first staged in 1882 in Newark, New Jersey USA. The first winner of the men's singles was American player Joseph Sill Clark. The first known women's singles event was staged in 1889 which was one by Gertrude Williams. The final men's singles winner was Peter Fleming in 1973. The final women's singles event winner was Pat Stewart in 1968. It was a featured regular series event on the Mens Amateur Tour (1876-1967) and the Women's Amateur Tour (1876-1967).

Finals

Incomplete Roll

Mens Singles

Year Location Winner Runner-up Score
↓  USNLTA Circuit  ↓
1882NewarkUnited States Joseph Sill ClarkUnited States ??
1886South OrangeUnited States Richard Field ConoverUnited States R.J. Halsey6-3, 6–3, 6-0
1889South OrangeUnited States Clarence HobartUnited States W.K. Fowler6-0, 6–4, 6-4
1890South OrangeUnited States Clarence Hobart (2)United States Duncan William Candlerw.o.
1891South OrangeUnited States Clarence Hobart (3)United States Richard W. Stevens?
1894RidgewoodUnited States Frederick JessupUnited States C.F. Walz6-1, 6–2, 6-2
1895RidgewoodUnited States Frederick Jessup (2)United States George H. Miles2-6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2, 6-3
1896RidgewoodUnited States Jahial Parmly ParetUnited States Richard Holkins Palmer6-2, 6–2, 6-1
1899South OrangeUnited States Richard W. StevensUnited States Stephen Caldwell Millett6-2, 4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6-4
1900South OrangeUnited States Eddie HallUnited States Richard W. Stevens6-4, 6–3, 6–8, 6-2
1906MorristownCanada Frederick George AndersonUnited States Theodore Pell6-4 8-6 3-6 6-4
1907.[3]MorristownUnited States Edward Penniman LarnedUnited States Theodore Pell6-4 8-6 3-6 6-4
1908MorristownUnited States Richard H. PalmerUnited States Edward Penniman Larnedw.o.
1919MontclairUnited States Harold ThrockmortonUnited States P.F. Ball6-2, 6–0, 8–10, 3–6, 6-3
1920MontclairUnited States Harold Throckmorton (2)United States Willard H. Botsford6-2, 6–0, 8–10, 3–6, 6-3
1921MontclairUnited States Vanderbilt B. WardUnited States Edward J. Oelsner6-3, 10–8, 6-2
1922MontclairUnited States Herbert BowmanJapan Seiichiro Kashio6-3, 10–8, 6-2
1923MontclairUnited States Anton Frederick Von BernuthUnited States Percy Lloyd Kynaston?
1924 [4]MontclairUnited States Lindsay DunhamUnited States Percy Lloyd Kynaston1-6, 6–2, 6–3, 6-1
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1925MontclairUnited States Herbert Bowman (2)Spain José María Alonso6-3, 6–4, 7-5
1926MontclairUnited States Herbert Bowman (3)United States Allen Hawthorne Behr6-1, 6–1, 6-2
1927MontclairUnited States Herbert Bowman (4)United States Fred C. Anderson6-1, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6-1
1928MontclairUnited States Wilmer AllisonUnited States Berkeley Bell?
1929MontclairUnited States Gregory ManginUnited States Bruce Barnes6-4, 4–6, 6–2, 6-3
1930MontclairUnited States Herbert Bowman (5)United States Julius Seligson5-7, 9–7, 5–7, 6–3, 8-6
1931MontclairUnited States Richard T. Murphy[5]United States David Jones9-7, 7–5, 3–6, 3–6, 8-6
1932MontclairUnited States Richard T. Murphy (2)United States David Jones9-7, 7–5, 3–6, 3–6, 8-6
1933[6]MontclairUnited States Gregory ManginUnited States Herbert Bowman8-6, 6–4, 4–6, 6-3
1934MontclairUnited States Cliff SutterUnited States Gregory Mangin8-6, 6–4, 6-0
1935MontclairUnited States Gregory ManginUnited States William (Bill) Lurie[7]6-2, 2–6, 7-,5 6-4
1936MontclairUnited States Frank BowdenUnited States Leonard Hartman[8]6-3, 6–2, 6-3
1937[9]MontclairUnited States Donald S. HawleyUnited States Gerard Podesta4-6, 7–5, 6–4, 3–6, 8-6
1938MontclairUnited States Donald S. Hawley (2)United States Robert Peacock6-4, 6–4, 6-4
1939South OrangeUnited States Richard (Dick) McKeeUnited States William (Bill) McGehee6-4, 6–1, 6-2
1940South OrangeUnited States Elwood Thomas CookeUnited States Hal Surface6-2, 7–5, 6-4
1941South OrangeUnited States Frank KovacsUnited States Jack Kramer1-6, 6–1, 6–3, 6-1
1942[10]South OrangeEcuador Pancho SeguraCzechoslovakia Ladislav Hecht6-0, 6–0, 6-0
1943ElizabethEcuador Pancho Segura (2)United States Robert J. Odman6-2, 7–5, 6-1
1944South OrangeUnited States Jack McManisUnited States Richard J. Bender[11]6-2, 6–2, 6-1
1946South OrangeUnited States Ted SchroederUnited States Don McNeill2-6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6-3
1947[12]South OrangeUnited States Dick SavittChile Ricardo Balbiers[13]6-1, 6–2, 6-3
1948[14]West OrangeUnited States Pancho GonzalesUnited States Don McNeill6-3, 4–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6-0
1965KearneyUnited States Peter FishbachUnited States John Reese[15]6-4, 5–7, 6-2 3–6, 6-3
1966East OrangeUnited States Frank FroehlingUnited States Robert Barker6-2, 6-3
1968MorristownUnited States Jeff MillerUnited States Cliff Montgomery6-2, 6–3, 6-4
↓  Open era  ↓
1970KearneyUnited States Steve RossUnited States Steve Siegel6-4, 6–3, 0–6, 6-3
1971KearneyUnited States Steve Ross (2)United States Bob Kahn6-3, 6–0, 6-0
1972CliftonUnited States Steve Ross (3)United States Andy Finn3-6, 6–4, 6-2
1973ArlingtonUnited States Peter FlemingUnited States Steve Ross3-6, 6–4, 6-2

Women's Singles

Incomplete Roll
Year Location Winner Runner-up Score
↓  USNLTA Circuit  ↓
1889South OrangeUnited States Gertrude WilliamsUnited States Lida Voorhees6-4, 6-2
1890South OrangeIreland Mabel CahillUnited States Emma Leavitt-Morgan6-3, 6-1
1896RidgewoodUnited States Elisabeth MooreUnited States Lulu Mowry6-4, 6–8, 6-1
1905MorristownUnited States Alice DayUnited States Marion Behr6-3, 6-4
1906MorristownUnited States Alice Day (2)United States Edna Wildey4-6, 6–4, 6-1
1907MorristownUnited States Elizabeth Moore (2)United States Marie Wagner4-6 6-2 6-4
1908MorristownUnited States Marie WagnerUnited States Augusta Bradley Chapman6-3, 6-1
1909MorristownUnited States Marie Wagner (2)United States Helen Hellwig Pouch6-2, 7-5
1910MorristownUnited States Marie Wagner (3)United States Esther Smith6–2, 6-1
1911MorristownUnited States Helen Homans McLeanUnited States Elizabeth C. Bunce6–4, 6-2
1912MorristownUnited States Edythe Parker BeardUnited States Miriam Steever6–3, 6-2
1913MorristownUnited States Helen Homans McLeanUnited States Marie Wagner6-4, 8-6
1914MorristownUnited States Anita CarringtonUnited States Laura Fischer Pope6-1, 6-1
1915MorristownUnited States Helen Homans McLean (2)United States Marie Wagner6-1, 6-2
1918South OrangeNorway Molla BjurstedtUnited States Marion Zinderstein6-3, 6-2
1919South OrangeNorway Molla Bjurstedt (2)United States Florence Sheldon6-1, 6-1
1920South OrangeUnited States Florence BallinUnited States Mrs Rawson Wood6-4, 7-5
1921EnglewoodUnited States Helene Pollak FalkUnited States Patricia Butlin Hitchins6-1, 6-4
1922EnglewoodUnited States Marion ChapmanUnited States Dorothy Walker Waring6-2, 6-1
1923South OrangeUnited States Lilian ScharmanUnited States Edna Hauselt1-6, 6–2, 6-4
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1924South OrangeUnited States Grace Moore Le RoyUnited States Theodora Sohst6-2, 6-4
1925South OrangeUnited States Clare CassellUnited States Hildegarde Turle Taylor6-1, 6-0
1926WestfieldUnited States Gladys Taylor HawkUnited States Hazel Sawyer Wells7-5, 6-2
1927WestfieldUnited States Marjorie MorrillUnited States Clara Greenspan7-5, 11-9
1929WestfieldUnited States Charlotte MillerUnited States Mary Keller6-4, 11-9
1930WestfieldUnited States Norma TaubeleUnited States Alice Francis6-3, 6-1
1931WestfieldUnited States Alice FrancisUnited States Mrs Christian E. Muhl6-4, 0–6, 6-2
1932HackensackUnited States Maud Rosenbaum LeviUnited States Grace Surber6-2, 6-2
1933HackensackUnited States Maud Rosenbaum Levi (2)United States Grace Surber6-4, 6-3
1934HackensackUnited States Norma Taubele (2)United States Grace Surber6-3, 5–7, 6-1
1935HackensackUnited States Maud Rosenbaum Levi (3)United States Norma Taubele4-6, 6-1 6-2
1936HackensackUnited States Eunice DeanUnited States Norma Taubele6-4, 1–6, 6-2
1937HackensackUnited States Eunice Dean (2)United States Millicent Hirsch3-6, 7–5, 6-3
1938[16]HackensackUnited States Helen BernhardUnited States Eunice Dean6-0 3-3 (suspended)
1939HackensackUnited States Norma Taubele (3)United States Millicent Hirsch6-2, 4–6, 6-2
1940HackensackUnited States Millicent HirschUnited States Norma Taubele6-0, 6-1
1968East OrangeUnited States Pat StewartUnited States Louise Gonnerman12-10, 6-1
↓  Open era  ↓

References

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