# New Jersey State Championships

The New Jersey State Championships 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.

## History

The New Jersey State Championships, 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).

## Finals

    Incomplete Roll

### Men's Singles

| 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 Holkins 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. | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 6-2, 2–6, 7-,5 6-4 |
| 1936 | Montclair | Frank Bowden | Leonard Hartman | 6-3, 6–2, 6-3 |
| 1937 | 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 | 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 | 6-2, 6–2, 6-1 |
| 1946 | South Orange | Ted Schroeder | Don McNeill | 2-6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6-3 |
| 1947 | South Orange | Dick Savitt | Ricardo Balbiers | 6-1, 6–2, 6-3 |
| 1948 | West Orange | Pancho Gonzales | Don McNeill | 6-3, 4–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6-0 |
| 1965 | Kearney | Peter Fishbach | John Reese | 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 |

### Women's Singles

    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 | 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 ↓ |||||