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 as an Inaugural Member.

Personal life

In 1925, she married Herbert Uber.

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

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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 called Wimbledon, is a tennis tournament organised by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in collaboration with the Lawn Tennis Association annually in Wimbledon, London. It is chronologically the ...

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.

References

English female badminton players 1906 births 1983 deaths English female tennis players British female tennis players Place of birth missing 20th-century English sportswomen {{England-badminton-bio-stub