Elena Dementieva

Born 1981 180 cm Right handed
Head to heads vs Amelie Mauresmo (17)vs Patty Schnyder (17)vs Daniela Hantuchova (16)vs Lindsay Davenport (16)vs Kim Clijsters (14)vs Francesca Schiavone (13)

Match log

2010

WTA ChampionshipsHard, October
RRLCaroline Wozniacki1-6 1-6
RRLFrancesca Schiavone4-6 2-6
RRWSamantha Stosur4-6 6-4 7-6(4)
LuxembourgHard, October
R16LPolona HercogW/O
R32WShuai Peng7-5 7-6(3)
BeijingHard, October
R16LAna Ivanovic6-7(2) 6-7(4)
R32WKimiko Date Krumm6-3 1-6 6-3
TokyoHard, September
FLCaroline Wozniacki6-1 2-6 3-6
SFWFrancesca Schiavone6-4 7-5
QFWVera Zvonareva7-5 6-2
R16WFlavia Pennetta6-4 6-2
R32WYaroslava Shvedova6-0 6-1
US OpenHard, August
R16LSamantha Stosur3-6 6-2 6-7(2)
R32WDaniela Hantuchova7-5 6-2
R64WSybille Bammer6-3 6-4
R128WOlga Govortsova6-1 6-2
New HavenHard, August
SFLCaroline Wozniacki6-1 3-6 6-7(5)
QFWMarion Bartoli6-3 3-6 6-2
R16WKateryna Bondarenko7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-4
R32WMaria Jose Martinez Sanchez6-1 6-2
MontrealHard, August
R16LJie Zheng6-7(3) 4-6
R32WKlara Koukalova6-2 6-4
CincinnatiHard, August
R32LAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova1-6 3-6
StanfordHard, July
QFLMaria Sharapova4-6 6-2 3-6
R16WKimiko Date Krumm3-6 6-3 6-4
Roland GarrosClay, May
SFLFrancesca Schiavone6-7(3) RET
QFWNadia Petrova2-6 6-2 6-0
R16WChanelle Scheepers6-1 6-3
R32WAleksandra Wozniak6-7(2) 6-3 6-4
R64WAnabel Medina Garrigues6-2 7-6(3)
R128WPetra Martic6-1 6-1
WarsawClay, May
R16LTsvetana Pironkova5-7 6-4 4-6
MadridClay, May
R32LAlexandra Dulgheru1-6 6-3 5-7
R64WAleksandra Wozniak6-0 6-1
RomeClay, May
R16LAna Ivanovic1-6 6-7(5)
R32WYaroslava Shvedova6-4 7-5
Fed Cup WG SF: USA vs RUSHard, April
RRWBethanie Mattek Sands6-4 6-3
RRWMelanie Oudin7-6(4) 0-6 6-3
MiamiHard, March
R64LJustine Henin3-6 2-6
Indian WellsHard, March
QFLAgnieszka Radwanska4-6 3-6
R16WAravane Rezai6-3 6-3
R32WKirsten Flipkens6-4 6-2
R64WOlga Govortsova6-4 4-6 6-0
Kuala LumpurHard, February
FLAlisa Kleybanova3-6 2-6
SFWSybille Bammer6-1 6-3
QFWMagdalena Rybarikova6-0 6-3
R16WBojana Jovanovski6-2 6-3
R32WEkaterina Bychkova6-2 6-1
DubaiHard, February
R32LDaniela Hantuchova4-6 1-1 RET
ParisWon the titleCarpet, February
FWLucie Safarova6-7(5) 6-1 6-4Won the title
SFWMelanie Oudin4-6 6-3 6-3
QFWAndrea Petkovic3-6 6-4 6-2
R16WAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova6-4 6-4

Elena Dementieva

Elena Dementieva had a champion's legs and groundstrokes, the cleanest movement of Russia's golden generation, and a serve that betrayed her when it mattered most. In 2004 she reached two Grand Slam finals and the serve failed in both: ten double faults against Anastasia Myskina at Roland Garros, then a 6-3, 7-5 loss to Svetlana Kuznetsova at the US Open. She made nine major semifinals and rose to a career-high No. 3 in April 2009.

The Olympics repaid her: silver in Sydney at 18, then gold in Beijing in 2008, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 over Dinara Safina in an all-Russian final. At Wimbledon in 2009 she came within a net cord of beating Serena Williams, a match point at 5-4 in the third erased by a volley that clipped the tape before Serena escaped 8-6 in the longest women's semifinal the tournament had seen. She retired on court in Doha at the 2010 WTA Championships, 29 years old, her 16 career titles crowned by the gold the slams never gave her.