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.

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 Men's Amateur Tour (1876-1967) and the Women's Amateur Tour (1876-1967).

Incomplete Roll

Year	Location	Winner	Runner-up	Score
↓  USNLTA Circuit  ↓
1882	Newark	Joseph Sill Clark	?	?
1886	South Orange	Richard Field Conover	R.J. Halsey	6-3, 6–3, 6-0
1889	South Orange	Clarence Hobart	W.K. Fowler	6-0, 6–4, 6-4
1890	South Orange	Clarence Hobart (2)	Duncan William Candler	w.o.
1891	South Orange	Clarence Hobart (3)	Richard W. Stevens	?
1894	Ridgewood	Frederick Jessup	C.F. Walz	6-1, 6–2, 6-2
1895	Ridgewood	Frederick Jessup (2)	George H. Miles	2-6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2, 6-3
1896	Ridgewood	Jahial Parmly Paret	Richard H. Palmer	6-2, 6–2, 6-1
1899	South Orange	Richard W. Stevens	Stephen Caldwell Millett	6-2, 4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6-4
1900	South Orange	Eddie Hall	Richard W. Stevens	6-4, 6–3, 6–8, 6-2
1906	Morristown	Frederick George Anderson	Theodore Pell	6-4 8-6 3-6 6-4
1907.[3]	Morristown	Edward Penniman Larned	Theodore Pell	6-4 8-6 3-6 6-4
1908	Morristown	Richard H. Palmer	Edward Penniman Larned	w.o.
1919	Montclair	Harold Throckmorton	P.F. Ball	6-2, 6–0, 8–10, 3–6, 6-3
1920	Montclair	Harold Throckmorton (2)	Willard H. Botsford	6-2, 6–0, 8–10, 3–6, 6-3
1921	Montclair	Vanderbilt B. Ward	Edward J. Oelsner	6-3, 10–8, 6-2
1922	Montclair	Herbert Bowman	Seiichiro Kashio	6-3, 10–8, 6-2
1923	Montclair	Anton Frederick Von Bernuth	Percy Lloyd Kynaston	?
1924 [4]	Montclair	Lindsay Dunham	Percy Lloyd Kynaston	1-6, 6–2, 6–3, 6-1
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1925	Montclair	Herbert Bowman (2)	José María Alonso	6-3, 6–4, 7-5
1926	Montclair	Herbert Bowman (3)	Allen Hawthorne Behr	6-1, 6–1, 6-2
1927	Montclair	Herbert Bowman (4)	Fred C. Anderson	6-1, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6-1
1928	Montclair	Wilmer Allison	Berkeley Bell	?
1929	Montclair	Gregory Mangin	Bruce Barnes	6-4, 4–6, 6–2, 6-3
1930	Montclair	Herbert Bowman (5)	Julius Seligson	5-7, 9–7, 5–7, 6–3, 8-6
1931	Montclair	Richard T. Murphy[5]	David Jones	9-7, 7–5, 3–6, 3–6, 8-6
1932	Montclair	Richard T. Murphy (2)	David Jones	9-7, 7–5, 3–6, 3–6, 8-6
1933[6]	Montclair	Gregory Mangin	Herbert Bowman	8-6, 6–4, 4–6, 6-3
1934	Montclair	Cliff Sutter	Gregory Mangin	8-6, 6–4, 6-0
1935	Montclair	Gregory Mangin	William (Bill) Lurie[7]	6-2, 2–6, 7-,5 6-4
1936	Montclair	Frank Bowden	Leonard Hartman[8]	6-3, 6–2, 6-3
1937[9]	Montclair	Donald S. Hawley	Gerard Podesta	4-6, 7–5, 6–4, 3–6, 8-6
1938	Montclair	Donald S. Hawley (2)	Robert Peacock	6-4, 6–4, 6-4
1939	South Orange	Richard (Dick) McKee	William (Bill) McGehee	6-4, 6–1, 6-2
1940	South Orange	Elwood Thomas Cooke	Hal Surface	6-2, 7–5, 6-4
1941	South Orange	Frank Kovacs	Jack Kramer	1-6, 6–1, 6–3, 6-1
1942[10]	South Orange	Pancho Segura	Ladislav Hecht	6-0, 6–0, 6-0
1943	Elizabeth	Pancho Segura (2)	Robert J. Odman	6-2, 7–5, 6-1
1944	South Orange	Jack McManis	Richard J. Bender[11]	6-2, 6–2, 6-1
1946	South Orange	Ted Schroeder	Don McNeill	2-6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6-3
1947[12]	South Orange	Dick Savitt	Ricardo Balbiers[13]	6-1, 6–2, 6-3
1948[14]	West Orange	Pancho Gonzales	Don McNeill	6-3, 4–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6-0
1965	Kearney	Peter Fishbach	John Reese[15]	6-4, 5–7, 6-2 3–6, 6-3
1966	East Orange	Frank Froehling	Robert Barker	6-2, 6-3
1968	Morristown	Jeff Miller	Cliff Montgomery	6-2, 6–3, 6-4
↓  Open era  ↓
1970	Kearney	Steve Ross	Steve Siegel	6-4, 6–3, 0–6, 6-3
1971	Kearney	Steve Ross (2)	Bob Kahn	6-3, 6–0, 6-0
1972	Clifton	Steve Ross (3)	Andy Finn	3-6, 6–4, 6-2
1973	Arlington	Peter Fleming	Steve Ross	3-6, 6–4, 6-2

Incomplete Roll

Year	Location	Winner	Runner-up	Score
↓  USNLTA Circuit  ↓
1889	South Orange	Gertrude Williams	Lida Voorhees	6-4, 6-2
1890	South Orange	Mabel Cahill	Emma Leavitt-Morgan	6-3, 6-1
1896	Ridgewood	Elisabeth Moore	Lulu Mowry	6-4, 6–8, 6-1
1905	Morristown	Alice Day	Marion Behr	6-3, 6-4
1906	Morristown	Alice Day (2)	Edna Wildey	4-6, 6–4, 6-1
1907	Morristown	Elizabeth Moore (2)	Marie Wagner	4-6 6-2 6-4
1908	Morristown	Marie Wagner	Augusta Bradley Chapman	6-3, 6-1
1909	Morristown	Marie Wagner (2)	Helen Hellwig Pouch	6-2, 7-5
1910	Morristown	Marie Wagner (3)	Esther Smith	6–2, 6-1
1911	Morristown	Helen Homans McLean	Elizabeth C. Bunce	6–4, 6-2
1912	Morristown	Edythe Parker Beard	Miriam Steever	6–3, 6-2
1913	Morristown	Helen Homans McLean	Marie Wagner	6-4, 8-6
1914	Morristown	Anita Carrington	Laura Fischer Pope	6-1, 6-1
1915	Morristown	Helen Homans McLean (2)	Marie Wagner	6-1, 6-2
1918	South Orange	Molla Bjurstedt	Marion Zinderstein	6-3, 6-2
1919	South Orange	Molla Bjurstedt (2)	Florence Sheldon	6-1, 6-1
1920	South Orange	Florence Ballin	Mrs Rawson Wood	6-4, 7-5
1921	Englewood	Helene Pollak Falk	Patricia Butlin Hitchins	6-1, 6-4
1922	Englewood	Marion Chapman	Dorothy Walker Waring	6-2, 6-1
1923	South Orange	Lilian Scharman	Edna Hauselt	1-6, 6–2, 6-4
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1924	South Orange	Grace Moore Le Roy	Theodora Sohst	6-2, 6-4
1925	South Orange	Clare Cassell	Hildegarde Turle Taylor	6-1, 6-0
1926	Westfield	Gladys Taylor Hawk	Hazel Sawyer Wells	7-5, 6-2
1927	Westfield	Marjorie Morrill	Clara Greenspan	7-5, 11-9
1929	Westfield	Charlotte Miller	Mary Keller	6-4, 11-9
1930	Westfield	Norma Taubele	Alice Francis	6-3, 6-1
1931	Westfield	Alice Francis	Mrs Christian E. Muhl	6-4, 0–6, 6-2
1932	Hackensack	Maud Rosenbaum Levi	Grace Surber	6-2, 6-2
1933	Hackensack	Maud Rosenbaum Levi (2)	Grace Surber	6-4, 6-3
1934	Hackensack	Norma Taubele (2)	Grace Surber	6-3, 5–7, 6-1
1935	Hackensack	Maud Rosenbaum Levi (3)	Norma Taubele	4-6, 6-1 6-2
1936	Hackensack	Eunice Dean	Norma Taubele	6-4, 1–6, 6-2
1937	Hackensack	Eunice Dean (2)	Millicent Hirsch	3-6, 7–5, 6-3
1938[16]	Hackensack	Helen Bernhard	Eunice Dean	6-0 3-3 (suspended)
1939	Hackensack	Norma Taubele (3)	Millicent Hirsch	6-2, 4–6, 6-2
1940	Hackensack	Millicent Hirsch	Norma Taubele	6-0, 6-1
1968	East Orange	Pat Stewart	Louise Gonnerman	12-10, 6-1
↓  Open era  ↓

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