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Åke Eliaeson

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Åke Eliaeson
Country (sports)Sweden Sweden
Born26 May 1923
Died24 January 2015(2015-01-24) (aged 91)
Lidingö, Sweden
Turned pro1941(amateur tour)
Retired1967
PlaysRight–handed
Singles
Career titles2(amateur tour)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open1R (1950)

Hans Ivar Åke Eliaeson (26 May 1923 – 24 January 2015) was a Swedish tennis player.[1][2]

Tennis career

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Eliaeson represented the Swedish Davis Cup team in the 1952 Europe Zone second round tie against Chile. He played the last singles rubber in Sweden's 5–0 victory.[3]

Eliaeson played in one Grand Slam tournament, the 1950 US Open, where he lost to Sam Match.[4] Eliaeson won two amateur tournament titles, in 1951 at the Helsinki indoor event and in 1952 in Bad Schwartau, Germany.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ake Eliaeson| Player Stats | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  2. ^ "Hans Ivar Åke Eliaeson". gravar. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Davis Cup - Players". daviscup.com. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  4. ^ "Ake Eliaeson | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
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