Augusta Schultz

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|fullname = Augusta Louise Schultz

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|country = {{USA}}

|birth_date = July 28, 1871

|birth_place =Murray Hill, New JerseyNorth Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976

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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.1880 United States Federal Census

Career

Schultz reached the All-Comers final of the 1893 women's singles U.S. National Championships at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, Chestnut Hill in which she lost to compatriot Aline Terry in two sets. This match decided the title as the reigning champion from Ireland Mabel Cahill did not defend her title in the Challenge Round.{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Bud|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis record book|year=2010|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=[New York]|isbn=978-0942257700|edition=2nd|page=467}}{{cite news|title=Miss Terry is the Champion|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/06/24/109702411.pdf|accessdate=1 June 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 24, 1893}} 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.{{cite news|title=Weddings Past and to Come |url=http://www.proquest.com |accessdate=31 August 2012 |newspaper=New York Tribune |date=December 20, 1895 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626001118/http://proquest.com/ |archivedate=June 26, 2008 }} The couple won the U.S. National Championships mixed doubles title in 1905.{{cite web|title=Vital Part of the Mix at Open|url=http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/tennis/articles/2010/09/10/vital_part_of_the_mix_at_open/|publisher=The Boston Globe|accessdate=1 June 2012|author=Bud Collins|date=September 10, 2010}}