Clara von der Schulenburg

Countess Clara von der Schulenburg (1874 – 10 February 1951), was a female German tennis player who was active in the final years of the 19th century and the early 20th century. During that period she was considered the best German female player.

Biography Von der Schulenburg played for the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in Berlin since 1897. She was a runner-up at the 1899 International German Championships, held that year in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, losing the final in straight sets to three-time Wimbledon champion Charlotte Cooper. (She played under the pseudonym 'Frau Hartwig'.) Von der Schulenburg was considered the best German female playe (According to tennis player and author A.) Wallis Myers her level was comparable to the eleventh or twelfth best English female player.

Von der Schulenburg was a baseline player with firm, well-placed groundstrokes, mainly of the forehand side, who served underhand.