Åke Eliaeson
Swedish tennis player
Country (sports) | Sweden |
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Born | 26 May 1923 |
Died | 24 January 2015(2015-01-24) (aged 91) Lidingö, Sweden |
Turned pro | 1941(amateur tour) |
Retired | 1967 |
Plays | Right–handed |
Singles | |
Career titles | 2(amateur tour) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | 1R (1950) |
Hans Ivar Åke Eliaeson (26 May 1923 – 24 January 2015) was a Swedish tennis player.[1][2]
Tennis career
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
References
External links
- Åke Eliaeson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Åke Eliaeson at the International Tennis Federation