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
Joseph Sill Clark Jr. (October 21, 1901January 12, 1990) was an American writer, lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 90th Mayor of Philadelphia from 1952 to 1956 and as a United States Senator from Pennsylvani ...
. 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
Patricia Ann Stewart (born August 19, 1934) is an American former tennis player.
A New Yorker, Stewart was active on tour in the 1950s and 1960s.
Stewart made the singles third round of the 1961 Wimbledon Championships
The 1961 Wimbledon Cha ...
in 1968. It was a featured regular series event on the Mens Amateur Tour (1876-1967) and the Women's Amateur Tour (1876-1967).
Championship Finals
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Mens Singles
Women's Singles
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References
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Defunct tennis tournaments in the United States