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New Jersey State Championships 1940

General Date1940-06-22 - 1940-06-30
Tournament typeOpen
SurfaceUnknown
Rounds5
CityOrange LTC
CountryUnited States of America

Info Source: ALT

Media

Winner Player Elwood Thomas Cooke

Players

Joseph L. (Joe) Abrams
Owen Anderson
Frank Joseph Bowden
Louis Brownstein
Elwood Thomas Cooke
Joseph (Joe) Fishbach
J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall
Leonard Hartman

Donald S. Hawley
Ladislav Hecht
Marvin Kantrowitz
Thomas Kelly
George Kraft
George E. Lyttleton-Rogers
Robert Madden
William R. (Billy) McGehee

Vincent T. Paul
Gerard B. (Jeff) Podesta
Melvin Schwartzman
Chauncey Depew Steele Jr.
John Hal Surface jr
Ernest Malcolm (Ernie) Sutter

Rounds
Unknown

Joseph L. (Joe) Abrams*
Owen Anderson

7-5 6-4

Thomas Kelly*
Gerard B. (Jeff) Podesta

6-3 6-8 6-2

Elwood Thomas Cooke*
Melvin Schwartzman

3 sets

John Hal Surface jr*
Vincent T. Paul

8-6 9-7

Ernest Malcolm (Ernie) Sutter*
George Kraft

3 sets

Donald S. Hawley*
Robert Madden

6-8 6-3 13-11

Round 4

Elwood Thomas Cooke*
Joseph (Joe) Fishbach

7-5 7-5

J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall*
Chauncey Depew Steele Jr.

6-4 6-3

William R. (Billy) McGehee*
Joseph L. (Joe) Abrams

6-4 6-3

Ladislav Hecht*
Louis Brownstein

6-1 6-3

John Hal Surface jr*
Leonard Hartman

6-4 6-2

Ernest Malcolm (Ernie) Sutter*
Donald S. Hawley

6-4 6-2

Frank Joseph Bowden*
Marvin Kantrowitz

6-2 4-6 6-4

Thomas Kelly*
George E. Lyttleton-Rogers

6-4 7-5

Quarterfinals

Elwood Thomas Cooke*
J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall

6-3 6-2

William R. (Billy) McGehee*
Ladislav Hecht

1-6 6-4 6-3

John Hal Surface jr*
Ernest Malcolm (Ernie) Sutter

6-1 8-6

Frank Joseph Bowden*
Thomas Kelly

6-2 6-1

Semifinals

Elwood Thomas Cooke*
William R. (Billy) McGehee

6-2 6-0 6-1

John Hal Surface jr*
Frank Joseph Bowden

3-6 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-3

Final

Elwood Thomas Cooke*
John Hal Surface jr

6-2 7-5 6-4

Tournament

Unknown