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

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

Career

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

Philadelphia Cricket Club The Philadelphia Cricket Club, founded in 1854 in southeastern Pennsylvania, is the oldest country club in the United States. Its two locations are in Chestnut Hill and Flourtown, north-northwest of downtown Philadelphia. History Founde ...

, Chestnut Hill in which she lost to compatriot Aline Terry in two sets. This match decided the title as the reigning champion from

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

Mabel Cahill 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 M Stone against Terry and Harriet Butler. Schultz married tennis player Clarence Hobart in 1895. The couple won the U.S. National Championships mixed doubles title in 1905.

Death

Schultz Hobart died of intestinal cancer at Mission Hospital in

Asheville, North Carolina Asheville ( ) is a city in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. Located at the confluence of the French Broad River, French Broad and Swannanoa River, Swannanoa rivers, it is the county seat of Buncombe County. It is the most populou ...

, age 54.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Doubles (1 runner-up)

Mixed doubles (1 title)

References

1871 births 1925 deaths 19th-century female tennis players 19th-century American sportswomen American female tennis players Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles Tennis players from New York City American people of German descent Sportspeople from Union County, New Jersey Deaths from colorectal cancer in the United States United States National champions (tennis) {{US-tennis-bio-stub