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.

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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

Tennis career

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