Augusta Schultz

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Augusta Schultz
Full nameAugusta Louise Schultz
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
BornJuly 28, 1871
Murray Hill, New Jersey [1]
DiedSeptember 30, 1925(1925-09-30) (aged 54) [2]
Asheville, North Carolina
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
US Open F (1893)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open F (1893)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open W (1905)

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.

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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. [3] [1]

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. [4] [5] 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. [6] The couple won the U.S. National Championships mixed doubles title in 1905. [7]

Death

Schultz Hobart died of intestinal cancer at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, age 54. [1]

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1893 U.S. Championships Grass Flag of the United States.svg Aline Terry 1–6, 3–6

Doubles (1 runner-up)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1893 U.S. Championships Grass Flag of the United States.svg M. Stone Flag of the United States.svg Aline Terry
Flag of the United States.svg Harriet Butler
4–6, 3–6

Mixed doubles (1 title)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1905 U.S. Championships Grass Flag of the United States.svg Clarence Hobart Flag of the United States.svg Elisabeth Moore
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Edward Dewhurst
6–2, 6–4

References

  1. 1 2 3 North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976
  2. "Obituary". New York Times. October 1, 1925. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  3. 1880 United States Federal Census
  4. Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis record book (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 467. ISBN   978-0942257700.
  5. "Miss Terry is the Champion" (PDF). The New York Times. June 24, 1893. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  6. "Weddings Past and to Come". New York Tribune. December 20, 1895.
  7. Bud Collins (September 10, 2010). "Vital Part of the Mix at Open". The Boston Globe. Retrieved June 1, 2012.