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


Tennis career

Eliaeson represented the Swedish Davis Cup team in the 1952 Europe Zone second round tie against
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. He played the last singles rubber in Sweden's 5–0 victory. Eliaeson played in one
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tournament, the 1950 US Open, where he lost to
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. Eliaeson won two amateur tournament titles, in 1951 at the
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indoor event and in 1952 in
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, Germany.


See also

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List of Sweden Davis Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Sweden Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Sweden have taken part in the competition since 1925. Players References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sweden Davis Cup Lists of Davis C ...


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eliaeson, Åke 1923 births Swedish male tennis players 2015 deaths People from Lidingö Municipality Sportspeople from Stockholm County 20th-century Swedish people