Augusta Louise Schultz Hobart (July 28, 1871 – September 30, 1925) was an American female tennis player who was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Biography

Schultz was born in New Jersey and grew up in New York City, the daughter of German emigrants Carl Herman Schultz of Posen and his wife Louise Eissfeldt of

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Career

Schultz reached the All-Comers final of the 1893 women's singles U.S. National Championships at the

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, Chestnut Hill in which she lost to compatriot

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in two sets. This match decided the title as the reigning champion from

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did not defend her title in the Challenge Round. Later that same day she also lost the final of the women's doubles with her partner

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against Terry and

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. Schultz married tennis player

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in 1895. The couple won the U.S. National Championships mixed doubles title in 1905.

Death

Schultz Hobart died of

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at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, age 54.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Doubles (1 runner-up)

Mixed doubles (1 title)

References

1871 births 1925 deaths American female tennis players Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles Sportspeople from New York City American people of German descent People from Union County, New Jersey Deaths from colorectal cancer United States National champions (tennis) Tennis people from New York (state) {{US-tennis-bio-stub