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

YearLocationWinnerRunner-upScore↓  USNLTA Circuit  ↓1882 Newark Joseph Sill Clark ?? 1886 South Orange Richard Field Conover R.J. Halsey6-3, 6–3, 6-0 1889 South Orange Clarence Hobart W.K. Fowler6-0, 6–4, 6-4 1890 South Orange Clarence Hobart (2) Duncan William Candlerw.o. 1891South Orange Clarence Hobart (3) Richard W. Stevens? 1894Ridgewood Frederick Jessup C.F. Walz6-1, 6–2, 6-21895Ridgewood Frederick Jessup (2) George H. Miles2-6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2, 6-3 1896Ridgewood Jahial Parmly Paret Richard H. Palmer6-2, 6–2, 6-1 1899South Orange Richard W. Stevens Stephen Caldwell Millett6-2, 4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6-4 1900South Orange Eddie Hall Richard W. Stevens6-4, 6–3, 6–8, 6-2 1906Morristown Frederick George Anderson Theodore Pell6-4 8-6 3-6 6-41907.Morristown Edward Penniman Larned Theodore Pell6-4 8-6 3-6 6-41908Morristown Richard H. Palmer Edward Penniman Larnedw.o.1919Montclair Harold Throckmorton P.F. Ball6-2, 6–0, 8–10, 3–6, 6-31920Montclair Harold Throckmorton (2) Willard H. Botsford6-2, 6–0, 8–10, 3–6, 6-31921Montclair Vanderbilt B. Ward Edward J. Oelsner6-3, 10–8, 6-21922Montclair Herbert Bowman Seiichiro Kashio6-3, 10–8, 6-21923Montclair Anton Frederick Von Bernuth Percy Lloyd Kynaston?1924 Times, The New York (10 June 1926) p.23.Montclair Lindsay Dunham Percy Lloyd Kynaston1-6, 6–2, 6–3, 6-1↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓1925Montclair Herbert Bowman (2) José María Alonso6-3, 6–4, 7-51926Montclair Herbert Bowman (3) Allen Hawthorne Behr6-1, 6–1, 6-21927Montclair Herbert Bowman (4) Fred C. Anderson6-1, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6-11928Montclair Wilmer Allison Berkeley Bell ?1929Montclair Gregory Mangin Bruce Barnes 6-4, 4–6, 6–2, 6-31930Montclair Herbert Bowman (5) Julius Seligson5-7, 9–7, 5–7, 6–3, 8-61931Montclair Richard T. Murphy David Jones9-7, 7–5, 3–6, 3–6, 8-61932Montclair Richard T. Murphy (2) David Jones9-7, 7–5, 3–6, 3–6, 8-61933Montclair Gregory Mangin Herbert Bowman 8-6, 6–4, 4–6, 6-31934Montclair Cliff Sutter Gregory Mangin 8-6, 6–4, 6-01935Montclair Gregory Mangin William (Bill) Lurie6-2, 2–6, 7-,5 6-41936Montclair Frank Bowden Leonard Hartman 6-3, 6–2, 6-31937Montclair Donald S. Hawley Gerard Podesta 4-6, 7–5, 6–4, 3–6, 8-61938Montclair Donald S. Hawley (2) Robert Peacock 6-4, 6–4, 6-41939South Orange Richard (Dick) McKee William (Bill) McGehee6-4, 6–1, 6-21940South Orange Elwood Thomas Cooke Hal Surface6-2, 7–5, 6-41941South Orange Frank Kovacs Jack Kramer1-6, 6–1, 6–3, 6-11942South Orange Pancho Segura Ladislav Hecht6-0, 6–0, 6-01943Elizabeth Pancho Segura (2) Robert J. Odman6-2, 7–5, 6-11944South Orange Jack McManis Richard J. Bender6-2, 6–2, 6-11946South Orange Ted Schroeder Don McNeill2-6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6-31947South Orange Dick Savitt Ricardo Balbiers6-1, 6–2, 6-31948West Orange Pancho Gonzales Don McNeill6-3, 4–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6-01965Kearney Peter Fishbach John Reese6-4, 5–7, 6-2 3–6, 6-31966East Orange Frank Froehling Robert Barker6-2, 6-31968Morristown Jeff Miller Cliff Montgomery6-2, 6–3, 6-4↓  Open era  ↓1970Kearney Steve Ross Steve Siegel6-4, 6–3, 0–6, 6-31971 Kearney Steve Ross (2) Bob Kahn6-3, 6–0, 6-0 1972 Clifton Steve Ross (3) Andy Finn3-6, 6–4, 6-2 1973 Arlington Peter Fleming Steve Ross3-6, 6–4, 6-2

Women's Singles Incomplete Roll YearLocationWinnerRunner-upScore↓  USNLTA Circuit  ↓1889 South Orange Gertrude Williams Lida Voorhees6-4, 6-2 1890 South Orange Mabel Cahill Emma Leavitt-Morgan6-3, 6-1 1896 Ridgewood Elisabeth Moore Lulu Mowry6-4, 6–8, 6-1 1905 Morristown Alice Day Marion Behr6-3, 6-41906 Morristown Alice Day (2) Edna Wildey4-6, 6–4, 6-11907 Morristown Elizabeth Moore (2) Marie Wagner4-6 6-2 6-41908 Morristown Marie Wagner Augusta Bradley Chapman6-3, 6-11909 Morristown Marie Wagner (2) Helen Hellwig Pouch6-2, 7-51910 Morristown Marie Wagner (3) Esther Smith 6–2, 6-11911Morristown Helen Homans McLean Elizabeth C. Bunce 6–4, 6-21912Morristown Edythe Parker Beard Miriam Steever 6–3, 6-21913Morristown Helen Homans McLean Marie Wagner 6-4, 8-61914Morristown Anita Carrington Laura Fischer Pope 6-1, 6-11915Morristown Helen Homans McLean (2) Marie Wagner 6-1, 6-21918South Orange Molla Bjurstedt Marion Zinderstein6-3, 6-21919South Orange Molla Bjurstedt (2) Florence Sheldon 6-1, 6-11920South Orange Florence Ballin Mrs Rawson Wood6-4, 7-51921Englewood Helene Pollak Falk Patricia Butlin Hitchins6-1, 6-41922Englewood Marion Chapman Dorothy Walker Waring6-2, 6-11923South Orange Lilian Scharman Edna Hauselt1-6, 6–2, 6-4↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓1924South Orange Grace Moore Le Roy Theodora Sohst6-2, 6-41925South Orange Clare Cassell Hildegarde Turle Taylor6-1, 6-01926 Westfield Gladys Taylor Hawk Hazel Sawyer Wells7-5, 6-21927 Westfield Marjorie Morrill Clara Greenspan7-5, 11-91929 Westfield Charlotte Miller Mary Keller 6-4, 11-91930 Westfield Norma Taubele Alice Francis6-3, 6-11931 Westfield Alice Francis Mrs Christian E. Muhl 6-4, 0–6, 6-21932 Hackensack Maud Rosenbaum Levi Grace Surber6-2, 6-21933Hackensack Maud Rosenbaum Levi (2) Grace Surber6-4, 6-31934Hackensack Norma Taubele (2) Grace Surber6-3, 5–7, 6-11935Hackensack Maud Rosenbaum Levi (3) Norma Taubele4-6, 6-1 6-21936Hackensack Eunice Dean Norma Taubele6-4, 1–6, 6-21937Hackensack Eunice Dean (2) Millicent Hirsch3-6, 7–5, 6-31938Hackensack Helen Bernhard Eunice Dean6-0 3-3 (suspended)1939Hackensack Norma Taubele (3) Millicent Hirsch6-2, 4–6, 6-21940Hackensack Millicent Hirsch Norma Taubele6-0, 6-11968 East Orange Pat Stewart Louise Gonnerman12-10, 6-1 ↓  Open era  ↓

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