Betty Uber

Betty Uber
Betty Uber (right) congratulates the All England singles champion 1938, Daphne Young.
Personal information
Birth name	Elizabeth Corbin
Country	England
Born	(1906-06-02)2 June 1906
Died	30 April 1983(1983-04-30) (aged 76)
Handedness	Right
Event	Women's singles, Women's doubles & Mixed doubles

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

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.

In 1925, she married Herbert Uber.

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]

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]

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