Betty Uber

Elizabeth "Betty" Uber (2 June 1906 – 30 April 1983, born Elizabeth Corbin) was an English badminton and tennis player. In 1925 she married Herbert Uber.

Career

Betty Uber won 13 titles at the All England Open Badminton Championships, 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.

Uber Cup

Her surname "Uber" is used for the Uber Cup, the world women's team badminton championship, because she had the idea of hosting the women's event similar to men in New Zealand back in 1950.[1] She also made the draw for the 1956-1957 inaugural tournament, which took place at Lytham St. Annes in Lancashire, England.[2]

Career wins

Season Challenge Class Place Name
1930 Irish Open ladies doubles 1 Marian Horsley / Betty Uber (ENG)
1930 All England Mixed 1 Herbert Uber / Betty Uber
1930 Irish Open ladies singles 1 Betty Uber (ENG)
1930 Irish Open Mixed 1 Herbert S. Uber / Betty Uber (ENG)
1931 All England ladies doubles 1 Marion Horsley / Betty Uber
1931 All England Mixed 1 Herbert Uber / Betty Uber
1931 Scottish Open ladies singles 1 Betty Uber (ENG)
1931 Scottish Open ladies doubles 1 Marian Horsley / Betty Uber (ENG)
1932 All England Mixed 1 Herbert Uber / Betty Uber
1932 Irish Open ladies doubles 1 Betty Uber (ENG)
1932 Irish Open ladies doubles 1 Marian Horsley / Betty Uber (ENG)
1932 Irish Open Mixed 1 Donald C. Hume / Betty Uber (ENG)
1933 Scottish Open Mixed 1 Donald C. Hume / Betty Uber (ENG)
1933 All England Mixed 1 Donald C. Hume / Betty Uber
1934 Welsh International Mixed 1 Donald C. Hume / Betty Uber (ENG)
1934 Welsh International ladies singles 1 Betty Uber (ENG)
1934 Welsh International ladies doubles 1 Betty Uber / Thelma Kingsbury (ENG)
1934 Irish Open ladies doubles 1 Marian Horsley / Betty Uber (ENG)
1934 All England Mixed 1 Donald C. Hume / Betty Uber
1934 Irish Open Mixed 1 Donald C. Hume / Betty Uber (ENG)
1935 French Open ladies doubles 1 Betty Uber / Diana Doveton (ENG)
1935 French Open ladies singles 1 Betty Uber (ENG)
1935 Scottish Open Mixed 1 Donald C. Hume / Betty Uber (ENG)
1935 Welsh International Mixed 1 B. P. Cook / Betty Uber (ENG)
1935 All England Mixed 1 Donald C. Hume / Betty Uber
1935 All England ladies singles 1 Betty Uber
1935 Welsh International ladies doubles 1 Betty Uber / Thelma Kingsbury (ENG)
1936 Irish Open ladies doubles 1 Marian Horsley / Betty Uber (ENG)
1936 All England ladies singles 2 Betty Uber
1936 Welsh International ladies doubles 1 Betty Uber / Thelma Kingsbury (ENG)
1936 Irish Open Mixed 1 Donald C. Hume / Betty Uber (ENG)
1936 All England Mixed 1 Donald C. Hume / Betty Uber
1937 All England ladies doubles 1 Betty Uber / Diana Doveton
1938 Scottish Open ladies singles 1 Betty Uber (ENG)
1938 All England Mixed 1 Raymond M. White / Betty Uber
1938 All England ladies doubles 1 Betty Uber / Diana Doveton
1938 Scottish Open Mixed 1 Ian Maconachie / Betty Uber (ENG)
1938 Scottish Open ladies doubles 1 O. Wilson / Betty Uber (ENG)
1939 Scottish Open ladies doubles 1 Diana Doveton / Betty Uber (ENG)
1939 Scottish Open ladies singles 1 Betty Uber (ENG)
1939 Welsh International ladies singles 1 Betty Uber (ENG)
1939 Welsh International ladies doubles 1 Betty Uber / Diana Doveton (ENG)
1939 Scottish Open Mixed 1 Raymond M. White / Betty Uber (ENG)
1947 Irish Open ladies doubles 1 Q. M. Allen / Betty Uber (ENG)
1948 Southafrican Championship ladies doubles 1 Betty Uber / Queenie Allen (ENG)
1948 Southafrican Championship Mixed 1 Noel B. Radford / Betty Uber (ENG)
1948 Scottish Open ladies doubles 1 Queenie Allen / Betty Uber (ENG)
1948 All England ladies doubles 2 Betty Uber / Queenie Allen
1948 Southafrican Championship ladies singles 1 Betty Uber (ENG)
1948 Scottish Open Mixed 1 James Rankin / Betty Uber (ENG)
1949 Irish Open ladies doubles 1 Q. M. Allen / Betty Uber (ENG)
1949 Scottish Open ladies doubles 1 Queenie Allen / Betty Uber (ENG)
1949 All England ladies doubles 1 Betty Uber / Queenie Allen
1949 Scottish Open Mixed 1 James Rankin / Betty Uber (ENG)
1950 All England ladies doubles 2 Betty Uber / Queenie Allen
1950 Scottish Open Mixed 1 James Rankin / Betty Uber (ENG)
1950 Scottish Open ladies doubles 1 Queenie Allen / Betty Uber (ENG)
1951 Scottish Open Mixed 1 H. J. Wingfield / Betty Uber (ENG)
1951 Scottish Open ladies doubles 1 Queenie Webber / Betty Uber (ENG)
1952 All England ladies doubles 2 Betty Uber / Queenie A. Webber

Tennis

In addition to badminton Uber also competed in tennis and played at the Wimbledon Championships 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.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Thomas -/Uber Cup history". Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2007.
  2. ↑ "THE LADIES' WORLD TEAM BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE UBER CUP". Retrieved 19 June 2007.
  3. ↑ "Wimbledon players archive – Betty Uber". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC.


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