Betty Uber

Betty Uber
Betty Uber (right) congratulates the All England singles champion 1938, Daphne Young.
Personal information
BornElizabeth Corbin
(1906-06-02)2 June 1906
Died30 April 1983(1983-04-30) (aged 76)
Sport
CountryEngland
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
EventWomen'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.

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.

Personal life

In 1925, she married Herbert Uber.

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]

Achievements

International tournaments (56 titles, 18 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1930 Irish Open Dorothy Colpoys 4–11, 11–9, 13–10 Winner
1930 All England Open Marjorie Barrett 2–11, 11–5, 9–11 Runner-up
1931 Scottish Open Margaret Tragett 11–5, 11–3 Winner
1932 Irish Open Marjorie Barrett 11–7, 11–6 Winner
1933 Welsh International Thelma Kingsbury 11–1, 8–11, 11–9 Winner
1935 Scottish Open Thelma Kingsbury 11–8, 5–11, 7–11 Runner-up
1935 All England Open Alice Teague 11–1, 11–6 Winner
1935 French Open Marian Horsley 11–2, 11–1 Winner
1936 All England Open Thelma Kingsbury 11–5, 3–11, 2–11 Runner-up
1938 Scottish Open Daphne Young 7–11, 12–11, 11–3 Winner
1938 All England Open Daphne Young 12–10, 11–12, 3–11 Runner-up
1938 Welsh International Daphne Young 5–11, 11–6, 11–6 Winner
1939 Scottish Open Daphne Young 11–9, 11–1 Winner
1947 Irish Open Queenie Allen 7–11, 8–11 Runner-up
1948 Scottish Open Queenie Allen walkover Runner-up
1948 South African Championships June Wheating 8–11, 12–10, 11–0 Winner
1950 Scottish Open Queenie Allen 12–10, 7–11, 8–11 Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1930 Irish Open Marian Horsley Violet Elton
L. W. Myers 		15–9, 15–12 Winner
1931 Scottish Open Marian Horsley Margaret Tragett
C. T. Duncan 		15–12, 15–4 Winner
1931 All England Open Marian Horsley Marjorie Barrett
Violet Elton 		12–15, 15–10, 15–5 Winner
1932 Irish Open Marian Horsley Marjorie Barrett
Alice Woodroffe 		14–17, 15–4, 17–14 Winner
1933 Welsh International Thelma Kingsbury Craddock
Leoni Kingsbury 		15–8, 15–6 Winner
1934 Irish Open Marian Horsley Marje Henderson
Thelma Kingsbury 		15–6, 15–10 Winner
1934 Welsh International Thelma Kingsbury Alice Teague
L. W. Myers 		15–10, 15–8 Winner
1935 Scottish Open C. T. Duncan Marje Henderson
Thelma Kingsbury 		14–17, 12–15 Runner-up
1935 All England Open Diana Doveton Marje Henderson
Thelma Kingsbury 		5–15, 15–9, 8–15 Runner-up
1935 French Open Diana Doveton Marian Armstrong
Margaret Tragett 		15–0, 15–5 Winner
1935 Welsh International Thelma Kingsbury Mavis Henderson
Marian Horsley 		15–6, 15–8 Winner
1936 Irish Open Marian Horsley Diana Doveton
Thelma Kingsbury 		15–7, 15–10 Winner
1936 All England Open Diana Doveton Marje Henderson
Thelma Kingsbury 		10–15, 15–5, 7–15 Runner-up
1937 All England Open Diana Doveton Marje Henderson
Thelma Kingsbury 		17–18, 15–1, 15–2 Winner
1938 Scottish Open Olive Wilson Elizabeth Anderson
J. Holmes 		15–5, 15–4 Winner
1938 All England Open Diana Doveton Marje Henderson
Marian Horsley 		15–6, 15–1 Winner
1938 Welsh International Diana Doveton Queenie Allen
Bessie Staples 		15–6, 15–6 Winner
1939 Scottish Open Diana Doveton Mavis Macnaughton
Olive Wilson 		15–4, 15–4 Winner
1947 Irish Open Queenie Allen Nora Conway
Barbara Good 		15–8, 15–11 Winner
1948 Scottish Open Queenie Allen Nora Conway
Barbara Good 		15–3, 15–10 Winner
1948 All England Open Queenie Allen Tonny Ahm
Kirsten Thorndahl 		6–15, 15–12, 2–15 Runner-up
1948 Denmark Open Queenie Allen Tonny Ahm
Kirsten Thorndahl 		4–15, 11–15 Runner-up
1948 South African Championships Queenie Allen B. Bayne
Florrie Mckenzie 		15–7, 15–8 Winner
1949 Scottish Open Queenie Allen V. E. Duringer
Joy Saunders 		15–7, 15–2 Winner
1949 Irish Open Queenie Allen Nora Conway
Barbara Good 		15–1, 15–7 Winner
1949 All England Open Queenie Allen Tonny Ahm
Kirsten Thorndahl 		15–8, 15–10 Winner
1950 Scottish Open Queenie Allen V. E. Duringer
Nancy Horner 		15–5, 15–8 Winner
1950 All England Open Queenie Allen Tonny Ahm
Kirsten Thorndahl 		17–16, 5–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1951 Scottish Open Queenie Webber Elisabeth O'Beirne
Amy Choong 		15–4, 15–7 Winner
1952 All England Open Queenie Webber Tonny Ahm
Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen 		15–18, 4–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1929 All England Open Herbert Uber Frank Devlin
Marian Horsley 		8–15, 6–15 Runner-up
1930 Irish Open Herbert Uber Frank Hodge
Violet Elton 		15–4, 15–10 Winner
1930 All England Open Herbert Uber B. P. Cook
C. M. Patten 		18–13, 15–4 Winner
1931 All England Open Herbert Uber Frank Devlin
Marian Horsley 		8–15, 15–8, 15–9 Winner
1932 Irish Open Donald C. Hume Raymond M. White
Alice Woodroffe 		15–5, 15–8 Winner
1932 All England Open Herbert Uber Raymond M. White
Hazel Hogarth 		18–16, 15–9 Winner
1933 Scottish Open Donald C. Hume Alan Titherley
C. T. Duncan 		15–8, 15–8 Winner
1933 All England Open Donald C. Hume Willoughby Hamilton
Marian Horsley 		18–15, 15–4 Winner
1933 Welsh International Donald C. Hume Ian Maconachie
Marian Horsley 		15–12, 15–12 Winner
1934 Irish Open Donald C. Hume Ian Maconachie
Marian Horsley 		15–12, 15–8 Winner
1934 All England Open Donald C. Hume Ian Maconachie
Marian Horsley 		15–12, 15–10 Winner
1934 Welsh International B. P. Cook Ian Maconachie
Marian Horsley 		11–15, 15–2, 15–6 Winner
1935 Scottish Open Donald C. Hume Raymond M. White
Marian Armstrong 		15–6, 15–3 Winner
1935 All England Open Donald C. Hume Raymond M. White
Marian Armstrong 		15–3, 15–1 Winner
1935 French Open Geoffrey J. Fish Ralph Nichols
Diana Doveton 		11–15, 10–15 Runner-up
1936 Irish Open Donald C. Hume Ian Maconachie
Marian Horsley 		15–4, 15–6 Winner
1936 All England Open Donald C. Hume Ian Maconachie
Thelma Kingsbury 		18–15, 15–8 Winner
1937 Scottish Open Donald C. Hume Ian Maconachie
Thelma Kingsbury 		6–15, 11–15 Runner-up
1938 Scottish Open Ian Maconachie Thomas Boyle
Olive Wilson 		15–8, 15–3 Winner
1938 All England Open Raymond M. White Ralph Nichols
Bessie Staples 		15–10, 15–9 Winner
1938 Welsh International Alan Titherley Thomas Boyle
Olive Wilson 		5–15, 10–15 Runner-up
1939 Scottish Open Raymond M. White Thomas Boyle
Olive Wilson 		15–6, 17–14 Winner
1948 Scottish Open James Rankin Harold Marsland
Queenie Allen 		15–12, 15–13 Winner
1948 South African Championships Noel B. Radford Warwick Shute
Queenie Allen 		15–13, 15–12 Winner
1949 Scottish Open James Rankin James C. Mackay
C. B. Alison 		15–8, 15–6 Winner
1950 Scottish Open James Rankin Noel B. Radford
L. R. Ludlam 		15–10, 15–12 Winner
1951 Scottish Open Tom Wingfield Frank Peard
Queenie Webber 		12–15, 15–10, 15–12 Winner

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". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2007.
  3. ^ "Wimbledon players archive – Betty Uber". wimbledon.com. AELTC.


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