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Elena Dementieva is a Russian former professional tennis player and television presenter. Born in Moscow in 1981, she competed internationally for Russia. Her professional career spanned from 1998 to 2010. During this period, she achieved a singles record of 576–273 and a doubles record of 152–86. She accumulated prize money totaling 14,867,437.
Dementieva won the women's singles title at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She also participated in the women's singles events at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. She is right-handed and educated at Moscow Pedagogical State University. Her awards include the Order of Honour, Order of Friendship, and Honoured Master of Sports of Russia. She resides in Monte Carlo and is married to Maxim Afinogenov.
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- Russia
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eliena/Jelena/Yelena
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Spouse
- Maxim Afinogenov
- Occupation
- television presenter
- Educated at
- Moscow Pedagogical State University
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Participant in
- tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – women's singles
- Sport
- tennis
- Member of team
- Russia Billie Jean King Cup team
- Country for sport
- Russia
- Mass
- 64
- Official website
- www.dementieva.ru
- Image
- Elena Dementieva at the 2010 US Open 06 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 180
- Residence
- Monte Carlo
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- Commons category
- Elena Dementieva
- doubles record
- 152–86
- singles record
- 576–273
- date of birth
- 1981-10-14
- handedness
- right-handedness
- prize money
- 14867437
- ranking
- 5
- end of work period
- 2010-10-29
- start of work period
- 1998-08-25
- competition won
- tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – women's singles
- name in native language
- Елена Дементьева
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Encyclopedic overview
Elena Viacheslavovna Dementieva (Russian: Еле́на Вячесла́вовна Деме́нтьева, [jɪˈlʲɛnə dʲɪˈmʲenʲtʲjɪvə] ; born 15 October 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 3 in women's singles and world No. 5 in women's doubles by the WTA. Dementieva won 16 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including an Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, adding to a silver medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She was also the runner-up at the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open, and reached seven other major semifinals. Dementieva was part of the victorious Russian team at the 2005 Fed Cup. In doubles, she won six titles, including the 2002 WTA Championships with Janette Husárová, and was runner-up in two US Open finals.
Dementieva announced her retirement from the sport after the 2010 WTA Tour Championships. Between 2003 and 2010, she only ended one year, in 2007, outside the top 10. She is considered to be one of the most talented players never to have won a Grand Slam tournament.
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