Despite the loss, she achieved her highest career singles ranking of world No. By reaching the top 3, she became the sixth Russian to do so. She won the singles gold medal at the Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the silver medal at the Olympics in Sydney.
Dementieva was also part of the Russian team that won the Fed Cup. Dementieva achieved a career-high ranking of world No. She announced her retirement on 29 October , after her final match at the WTA Championships. Between and , she only ended one year, in , outside the top She is considered to be one of the most talented players never to have won a Grand Slam tournament. Dementieva played and won her first international tournament, Les Petits As in France at the age of In , she entered the WTA top She turned professional in and entered the top in She became the first woman from Russia to reach the US Open semifinals in singles, where she lost to Lindsay Davenport.
This was most evident in her loss to Anastasia Myskina in the French Open final, in which she had ten double-faults. Ranked on the list of most popular Tennis Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in Russia. Elena Dementieva celebrates birthday on October 15 of every year. During the year, she became the top-ranked Russian player, a position previously held by Anna Kournikova since December Dementieva, however, suffered a shoulder injury in Australia.
To keep playing matches, she altered her serve, adding slice and changing her motion. After her shoulder healed, her service motion stayed the same.
She had double faulted as many as 19 times in a match and hit 50 mph first and second serves. Supported by Foundation for the Development of Tennis in Russia Father, Viatcheslav, is an electrical engineer; mother is a teacher; brother, Vsevolod, is university student Enjoys skiing Loves animals has a Yorkshire terrier named Patrick Most memorable experience was seeing Australian animals in the wild Tennis player most admired is Martina Hingis because she played like chess on court.
Beijing Olympics in and reached another 16 finals incl. Williams , US Open l. Williams , Wimbledon l. Williams 67 4 75 86; held mp at third set and Roland Garros ret.
She is good enough to get there. Can it last? Can she continue or will she splutter? Martina Navratilova returned at the ripe old age of 46 partnering Leander Paes to a Wimbledon mixed doubles gold. Is there the same joie de vivre in the younger lot? Meanwhile, what has happened to the Russian brigade? Rarely, does a tennis player do better on his or her reappearance from retirement but the feisty Belgian turned the world topsy-turvy with her Flushing Meadows performances.
Henin is another ex-retiree relishing her second wind. Should an informal rule be formulated for the women players to take a few years off, get a life and then return to the Tour? Will that prolong their careers? Is there a lesson here somewhere? Farewell, Elena! Have a great life! Elena Dementieva on quitting the sport: "You don't have to be perfect, but you have to try hard.
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