Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Won 12th Tour singles title at Auckland (as top seed, d. Vesnina in final); won 13th Tour singles title at Sydney (as No.3 seed, d. top seed S.Williams and No.2 seed Safina in SF and final; wins over world No.2 S.Williams and world No.3 Safina were 14th and 15th career Top 3 wins); reached SF at Australian Open (as No.4 seed, l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion S.Williams; has now reached SF or better at all four majors).

FEBRUARY - Went 2-0 in Russia's 5-0 Fed Cup World Group 1r win over China; runner-up at Paris [Indoors] (as No.3 seed, l. to No.8 seed Mauresmo in 3s in final); reached QF at Dubai (as No.4 seed, l. to No.6 seed and eventual champion V.Williams).

MARCH - Dropped opener at Indian Wells (as No.3 seed w/1r bye, l. to qualifier Cetkovska in 3s in 2r); reached 4r at Miami (as No.4 seed, l. to No.13 seed Wozniacki); made Top 3 debut afterwards on April 6 (having spent 27 career weeks at No.4, rose from No.4 to No.3).

APRIL - Reached SF at Charleston (as top seed, l. to No.5 seed Wozniacki in 3s); reached SF at Stuttgart (as No.2 seed, l. to No.5 seed and eventual champion Kuznetsova).

MAY - Reached 3r at Madrid (as No.3 seed, l. to Mauresmo in 3s); reached 3r at Roland Garros (as No.4 seed, l. to No.30 seed Stosur in 3s).

JUNE - Reached 2r at Eastbourne (as top seed, l. to Razzano 76 third set); reached SF at Wimbledon (as No.4 seed, l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion S.Williams 67(4) 75 86; held mp at 5-4 third set).

JULY - Reached SF at Stanford (as No.3 seed, l. to No.2 seed V.Williams).

AUGUST - Reached SF at Cincinnati (as No.4 seed, l. to No.5 seed and eventual champion Jankovic 76(2) 06 76(6); held 4mp at 6-2 in third set tie-break); won 14th Tour singles title at Toronto (as No.4 seed, d. No.2 seed S.Williams in SF and Sharapova in final; win over world No.2 S.Williams was 16th career Top 3 win); reached 2r at US Open (as No.4 seed, l. to Oudin in 3s).

SEPTEMBER - Dropped opener at Tokyo (as No.3 seed w/1r bye, l. to qualifier K.Bondarenko in 3s in 2r); reached QF at Beijing (as No.4 seed, l. to No.12 seed A.Radwanska).

OCTOBER - Fell in RR stage at Tour Championships (as No.5 seed, went 1-2 in RR stage and did not qualify for SF).

1995 - Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in Moscow.

1996 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit, winning one singles title.

1997 - Played first Tour main draw at Moscow, falling 1r (as qualifier, l. to Schnyder); won one singles title and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

1998 - Played two more Tour main draws, falling 1r at Prague (l. to Mauresmo) and Moscow (l. to Appelmans); fell in US Open qualifying; won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

1999 - First Top 100 finish in first full season on Tour; SF at Palermo (l. to Myskina; made Top 100 debut afterwards on July 19, rising from No.108 to No.90; QF at Tashkent; also made main draw debuts at all four Grand Slams, best result being 3r at US Open; also played Fed Cup for first time, scoring Russia's only point during 4-1 defeat to USA in final (d. V.Williams 16 63 76(5) after trailing 4-1 third set; was first Top 10 win).

2000 - First Top 20 season; won silver medal at Olympics (l. to V.Williams in final); SF five times, at Indian Wells, Los Angeles, US Open (l. to Davenport; made Top 20 debut afterwards on September 11, rising from No.25 to No.17) and Tour Championships (d. world No.2 Davenport en route, saving mp; l. to Seles); fell early at all three other three Grand Slams.

2001 - Second Top 20 season; runner-up twice, at Acapulco (l. to Coetzer in final) and Moscow (d. Hingis en route for first win over a reigning No.1; l. to Dokic in final); SF twice, at Miami (l. to Capriati) and Leipzig (l. to Clijsters); made Top 10 debut on February 26 (rose from No.11 to No.10); on April 2 moved from No.11 to No.9, becoming No.1 Russian (held by Kournikova since 1997); fell 1r at Tour Championships (l. to Clijsters).

2002 - Third Top 20 season; runner-up at 's-Hertogenbosch (l. to Daniilidou in final); SF twice, at Acapulco (l. to Suárez) and Filderstadt (l. to Hantuchova); fell 1r at Tour Championships (l. to Henin); won four Tour doubles titles, incl. Tour Championships, also reaching US Open doubles final (all w/Husarova).

2003 - First Top 10 season; won first three Tour singles titles at Amelia Island (d. Henin 36 64 75 in SF, saving mp; d. Davenport 46 75 63 in final, having trailed 62 42) and in back-to-back weeks in fall at Bali and Shanghai (d. Rubin in both finals); SF four times, at Paris [Indoors] (l. to Mauresmo), Toronto (l. to Henin), New Haven (l. to Davenport) and Moscow (l. to Mauresmo); fell in RR stage at Tour Championships (went 1-2 in RR stage); won one Tour doubles title; reached doubles career-high of No.5 on April 14.

2004 - Second Top 10 season, highlighted by first two Grand Slam singles finals; won fourth Tour singles title at Hasselt (d. Bovina 06 60 64 in final; trailed 4-1 third set); runner-up four times, most notably Roland Garros (l. to Myskina in first all-Russian Grand Slam singles final; the last Russian Grand Slam singles finalist was then-coach Morozova at Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 1974) and US Open (l. to Kuznetsova in second all-Russian Grand Slam singles final) but also at Miami (d. V.Williams en route to final; l. to S.Williams) and Moscow (l. to Myskina in final); SF four times, at Los Angeles (l. to S.Williams), San Diego (l. to Davenport), New Haven (l. to Bovina) and Zürich (l. to Sharapova); fell in RR stage at Tour Championships (went 0-3 in RR stage); made Top 5 debut on September 13 (after US Open; rose from No.6 to No.5) and reached career-high of No.4 for two weeks between October 25 and November 7 (would not return to No.4 until 2008).

2005 - Third Top 10 season; runner-up twice, at Charleston (l. to Henin in final) and Philadelphia (l. to Mauresmo in final); SF six times, most notably US Open (d. Davenport en route for second win over a reigning No.1; l. to Pierce) but also at Sydney (withdrew vs. Stosur w/heat illness), Indian Wells (l. to Clijsters), Los Angeles (l. to Hantuchova), Filderstadt (snapped seven-match losing streak to Clijsters in QF, saying it was best match she had ever played, also snapping new US Open champion's 21-match win streak; l. to Mauresmo); suffered dramatic 4r losses at other majors, at Australian Open (l. to Schnyder 67(6) 76(4) 62; led 76(6) 40), Roland Garros (l. to Likhovtseva 75 third set) and Wimbledon (l. to Myskina 16 76(9) 75; led 61 30 and held 2mp in tie-break); fell in RR stage at Tour Championships (went 0-3 in RR stage); won one Tour doubles title; heroic showing in Fed Cup final, going 3-0 in 3-2 win over France (d. Pierce and Mauresmo; w/Safina, d. Pierce/Mauresmo in deciding doubles rubber; was second straight title for Russia).

2006 - Fourth straight Top 10 season; won fifth and sixth Tour singles titles at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (d. Hingis in final) and Los Angeles (d. Jankovic in final); runner-up once, at Indian Wells (d. Henin 26 75 75 in SF, having trailed 62 52; l. to Sharapova in final); SF four times, at Antwerp, Warsaw (l. to Clijsters both times), 's-Hertogenbosch (l. to Krajicek 16 76(5) 64; held mp at 61 54) and Moscow (l. to Chakvetadze); QF eight times, incl. Wimbledon (l. to Sharapova) and US Open (l. to Jankovic); only five pre-QF losses in 20 regular season events, incl. Australian Open (l. 1r) and Roland Garros (l. to Peer in 3r); fell in RR stage at Tour Championships (went 0-3 in RR stage).

2007 - Near-Top 10 season, finishing at No.11 (eighth straight Top 20 season); won seventh and eighth Tour singles titles at Istanbul (won when Rezai ret. in final w/left patella tendonitis) and Moscow (d. S.Williams in final); SF three times, at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (l. to Hingis), San Diego (l. to Schnyder) and New Haven (ret. vs. Kuznetsova w/nausea); QF five times, at Rome, Eastbourne, Los Angeles, Beijing and Stuttgart; best Grand Slam was 4r at Australian Open (l. to Vaidisova); fell 1r only once, at Zürich (just days after winning Moscow, ret. vs. Schiavone w/left adductor strain); early season marred by injury - ret. from opening match at Antwerp w/right rib stress fracture, then withdrew from Indian Wells and Miami and eventually made return to Tour nine weeks later at Warsaw (reaching 2r); for first time since 1999, did not qualify for Tour Championships (served as second alternate).

2008 - First Top 5 season, highlighted by ninth through 11th Tour singles titles at Dubai (as No.8 seed, d. No.3 seed Ivanovic and No.2 seed Kuznetsova in SF and final), Olympics (as No.5 seed, d. No.4 seed S.Williams, No.9 seed Zvonareva and No.6 seed Safina in QF, SF and final; was second Olympic medal, following silver in 2000) and Luxembourg (as top seed, d. No.4 seed Wozniacki in final); runner-up twice, at Berlin (as No.7 seed, d. No.4 seed Jankovic and No.2 seed Ivanovic en route to final; l. to No.13 seed Safina in 3s) and Istanbul (as top seed, l. to No.2 seed A.Radwanska in final); SF seven times, at Paris [Indoors] (as No.4 seed, l. to No.7 seed Szavay 75 third set), Charleston (as No.4 seed, l. to No.9 seed Zvonareva in 3s), 's-Hertogenbosch (as top seed, l. to No.3 seed Safina), Wimbledon (as No.5 seed, l. to No.7 seed and eventual champion V.Williams; has now been to SF or better at all Grand Slams except Australian Open), US Open (as No.5 seed, l. to No.2 seed Jankovic), Moscow (as No.3 seed, l. to top seed and eventual champion Jankovic in 3s) and in eighth Tour Championships (as No.5 seed, went 2-1 in RR, falling to No.7 seed and eventual champion V.Williams in 3s but beating No.2 seed Safina and alternate Petrova; l. to No.8 seed Zvonareva in 3s in SF); QF four times, at Miami (as No.10 seed, ret. vs. No.4 seed Jankovic w/back injury), Roland Garros (as No.7 seed, l. to No.13 seed Safina 46 76(5) 60; led 64 52 w/mp at 64 53), Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (as No.3 seed, l. to qualifier Srebotnik) and Stuttgart (as No.4 seed, l. to Azarenka in 3s); only three pre-QF exits in 19 events, in first two events of season at Sydney (as No.8 seed, l. to qualifier Arvidsson in 1r) and Australian Open (as No.11 seed, l. to No.5 seed and eventual champion Sharapova in 4r) and in summer at Montréal (as No.5 seed w/1r bye, l. to Cibulkova in 2r); had 10th through 13th Top 3 wins at Dubai (No.3 Ivanovic, No.2 Kuznetsova), Berlin (No.2 Ivanovic) and Tour Championships (No.2 Safina); returned to career-high of No.4 on September 8 (after US Open; spent first two weeks there in 2004), went back and forth with Ivanovic between No.4 and No.5 during fall, but returned to No.4 for November 10 year-end rankings; eighth appearance at Tour Championships is most among active players; withdrew from Doha w/illness, Indian Wells w/right shoulder injury, Amelia Island w/low back injury and Stanford w/flu.

SINGLES
Winner (14): 2009 - Auckland, Sydney, Toronto; 2008 - Dubai, Olympics, Luxembourg; 2007 - Istanbul, Moscow; 2006 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Los Angeles; 2004 - Hasselt; 2003 - Amelia Island, Bali, Shanghai; 1998 - ITF/Buchen-GER; 1997 - ITF/Istanbul 3-TUR; 1996 - ITF/Jurmula-LAT.
Finalist (14): 2009 - Paris [Indoors]; 2008 - Berlin, Istanbul; 2006 - Indian Wells; 2005 - Charleston, Philadelphia; 2004 - Miami, Roland Garros, US Open, Moscow; 2002 - 's-Hertogenbosch; 2001 - Acapulco, Moscow; 2000 - Olympics.

DOUBLES
Winner (6): 2005 - Los Angeles (w/Pennetta); 2003 - 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Krasnoroutskaya); 2002 - Berlin, San Diego, Moscow, Tour Championships (all w/Husarova); 1997 - ITF/Istanbul 3-TUR, ITF/Tbilisi-GEO, ITF/Batumi-GEO (all w/Myskina).
Finalist (7): 2006 - Berlin (w/Pennetta); 2005 - Sydney (w/Sugiyama), US Open (w/Pennetta); 2002 - Paris [Indoors], Indian Wells, US Open (all w/Husarova); 2001 - Moscow (w/Krasnoroutskaya).

ADDITIONAL
Russian Fed Cup Team, 1999, 2001-03, 2005-06, 2009; Russian Olympic Team, 2000, 2004, 2008.

Coached by mother, Vera; currently working with Andrei Olhovskiy ... Supported by Foundation for the Development of Tennis in Russia ... Father, Viatcheslav, is an electrical engineer; mother is a teacher; older brother, Vsevolod, is university student ... Enjoys skiing ... Loves animals, and has a Yorkshire terrier named Patrick ... Graduated from Special Language School (French) in 1998; took English lessons in 2000 ... Most memorable experience was observing Australian animals in the wild ... Tennis player most admired is Martina Hingis because she plays like chess on court ... Goal is to get as close to the top as possible.

Official Website: www.dementieva.ru

- Awards received include Tour Most Improved Player Award in 2000; Russia's Female of the Year Award in 2001 (for ending year No.15 and helping lead Russia to Fed Cup final); and Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award (2008).
- Boris Yeltsin was present for historic 2004 Roland Garros final (vs. Myskina; first all-Russian Grand Slam singles final, won by Myskina).
- Has two wins over reigning world No.1s, at 2001 Moscow (Hingis) and 2005 US Open (Davenport).
- Tour mentor was Leila Meskhi in Tour's Partners for Success program, the mentor division of the Professional Development Program.
- Junior highlights include winning 1996 Orange Bowl 16s and being member of title-winning Russian Connolly Continental Cup team in 1998.