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Albert Prebble

English badminton and tennis player and official

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Albert Davis Prebble (22 October 1873, 27 August 1946) was an English badminton and tennis player and a prominent badminton official. He captained the England badminton team in their first international match against Ireland in 1903. He won the All England badminton men's doubles three times. He also won the badminton mixed doubles in 1909 with Dora Boothby, the same year that he reached the Wimbledon Championships mixed doubles final with the same partner.

He was vice-president of the English Badminton Association from 1922 to 1946).

01Tennis

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 1 runner-up

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1919WimbledonGrass Dorothea Lambert Chambers Elizabeth Ryan
Randolph Lycett
0-6, 0-6

02Badminton

Medal record at the All England Badminton Championships.

Medal Year Event
1904Men's doubles
1904Mixed doubles
1905Men's doubles
1906Men's doubles
1907Men's doubles
1907Mixed doubles
1909Men's doubles
1909Mixed doubles
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