Sport Championship: Elena dementiva early and personal life

Thursday, 11 August 2011

Elena dementiva early and personal life

Elena Viatcheslavovna Dementieva Russian: Елена Вячеславовна Дементьева, Russian pronunciation: [jɪˈlʲenə dʲɪˈmʲentʲjɪvə] ; born 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.

Contents

* 1 Early and personal life

* 2 Tennis career

o 2.1 Early career

o 2.2 1999–2002: Professional debut

o 2.3 2003: Top ten debut

o 2.4 2004: First Grand Slam final

o 2.5 2005–2006: Continued form

o 2.6 2007: Dropping out of the top 10

o 2.7 2008: Resurgence

o 2.8 2009: Career-high no. 3 ranking

o 2.9 2010: Final year

o 2.10 Retirement

* 3 Playing style

* 4 Career statistics

* 5 Fed Cup

* 6 In popular culture

* 7 See also

* 8 References

* 9 External links

Early and personal life

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 was later coached by her mother Vera and her older brother Vsevolod. She has homes in Monaco, Moscow and Boca Raton, Florida. Dementieva enjoys snowboarding, baseball, reading and traveling. On 16 July 2011, Dementieva married hockey player Maxim Afinogenov in Moscow.

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