Elena Dementieva
Elena Dementieva – Former WTA Tennis Player
Latest interview in Russia’s First & Red Broadcast on the WTA Finals 2025
Personal Info
Born on 15 October 1981 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.
Nationality: Russia.
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m).
Elena Dementieva – Career Info
Singles Titles: 16 | Doubles Titles: 6
Matches Won: 576 | Matches Lost: 273
Highest WTA Rank: No. 3 (6 April 2009)
Highest Doubles Rank: No. 5 (14 April 2003)
Data last updated: 2010
Earnings
Total Career Prize Money: $14,867,437 (approx. €13,900,000)
Data last updated: 2010
Miscellaneous
Information compiled by tennis fans from official WTA and ITF sources.
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Fast-Forward Fame and the Cost of Growing Up: Why Elena Dementieva Sees a Bigger 2026 for Mirra Andreeva
Mirra Andreeva did not ease her way into the elite in 2025. She burst through the door, rearranged the furniture and left the tour scrambling to recalibrate its expectations. Two WTA 1000 titles, deep Grand Slam runs and a ranking surge compressed into a single season can distort perspective. Elena Dementieva, who knows a thing…
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Dementieva and Kafelnikov on Vukov-Gate, Serve Speeds, Being an Alternate, and the WTA Finals Final : “Elena Rybakina Was Brilliant”
Russian tennis has rarely lacked for character, and few embody that better than Elena Dementieva and Yevgeny Kafelnikov — two champions who defined their eras with contrasting flair. Their insights are revealing — always filtered through a distinctly Russian lens. As Svetlana Kuznetsova remarked earlier this week, from their perspective Moscow-born Rybakina remains a Russian…