Elizabeth Uber (2 June 1906 – 30 April 1983, born Elizabeth Corbin) was an English badminton and tennis player.

Career

Betty Uber won 13 titles at the

All England Open Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premi ...

, 1 of them in women's singles, 4 in women's doubles and 8 in mixed doubles. She was inducted into the

World Badminton Hall of Fame The Badminton Hall of Fame honors players who have shown exceptional skill at badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms ...

as an Inaugural Member.

Personal life

In 1925, she married

Herbert Uber Herbert Septimus Uber (1885-1969), was a male badminton player from England. Badminton career Uber born in Lambeth was a four times winner of the All England Open Badminton Championships. He won the men's doubles in 1925 and then won three mo ...

Uber Cup

Her surname "Uber" is used for the

Uber Cup The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Women's Team Championships, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contes ...

, the world women's team badminton championship, because she had the idea of hosting the women's event similar to men in

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back in 1950. She also made the draw for the 1956-1957 inaugural tournament, which took place at Lytham St. Annes in

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Career wins

Tennis

In addition to badminton Uber also competed in tennis and played at the

Wimbledon Championships The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877 and is pla ...

in singles and doubles between 1929 and 1946. Her best singles performance was in 1930 when she reached the fourth round in which she lost to seventh-seeded

Phyllis Mudford Phyllis Mudford King (23 August 1905 – 27 January 2006) was an English female tennis player and the oldest living Wimbledon champion when she died at age 100. Phyllis Evelyn Mudford was born in 1905 in Wallington, Surrey. She was educated a ...

References

English female badminton players 1906 births 1983 deaths English female tennis players British female tennis players Place of birth missing {{England-badminton-bio-stub