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Elena Dementieva retired Russian professional tennis player

Elena Viatcheslavovna Dementieva (15 October 1981) is a retired Russian professional tennis player. Dementieva is most notable for winning the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She won 16 WTA singles titles and reached the finals of the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open. Dementieva achieved a career-high ranking of World No. 3, which was accomplished on 6 April 2009. She announced her retirement on 29 October 2010, after her final match at the 2010 WTA Tour Championships. Dementieva ended her career ranked World No. 9. Elena Dementieva Style

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Elena Dementieva vs. Nadia Petrova (Quarterfinal in Paris 2010)

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Nice win for Elena Dementieva - she won the Open GDF Suez in Paris. Dementieva beat Lucie Safarova, 6-7, 6-1, 6-4, in the title match for her second tournament title of the year and 16th of her career.

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Elena Dementieva Out at US Open

An early exit from the 2009 U.S. Open for fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva: She lost to teenager Melanie Oudin in the second round.

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Elena Dementieva won the Toronto Cup, beating the comebacking Maria Sharapova in the finals, 6-4 6-3. It was Dementieva's third tournament victory of 2009.

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Fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva took on second-seeded Serena Williams in the Wimbledon 2009 semifinals. It was an epic match, but in the Elena came up just a wee bit short, falling 7-6, 5-7, 6-8.

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Elena Dementieva Personal Life & Biography

Nickname(s) Miss Resilient
Miss Elastic
Lena
Country Russia
Residence Monte Carlo, Monaco
Date of birth October 15, 1981 (1981-10-15) (age 27)
Place of birth Moscow, then Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 64 kg (140 lb; 10.1 st)
Turned pro 25 August 1998
Plays Right; Two-handed backhand
Career prize money US$ 11,234,238

Dementieva was born in Moscow to Viatcheslav, an electrical engineer, and Vera, a teacher, both recreational tennis players. She was rejected by Dynamo Sports Club and the Central Red Army Tennis Club at the age of 7 before enrolling at Spartak Tennis Club where she was coached for 3 years by Rauza Islanova, the mother of Marat Safin and Dinara Safina. She then moved to the Central Red Army Club with Sergei Pashkov when she was 11. She is now coached by her mother Vera and her older brother Vsevolod. She has homes in Monaco, Moscow and Boca Raton, Florida, and enjoys snowboarding, baseball, reading and traveling.

She was the cover girl for Marie Claire Russia's January 2009 issue. In her interview, she confirmed that she was dating an NHL player but refused to name which player; it is believed that her anonymous boyfriend is Maxim Afinogenov.