Elena Dementieva | | PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS: | 16/1 | NATIONALITY: | RUS | BIRTH DATE: | 15/10/81 | BECAME PRO: | 1998 | WORLD RANKING: | 5 | |
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This extremely experienced campaigner could be finally on the brink of her maiden Grand Slam title after she reached new heights by becoming the Olympic champion. Her failure to land any of the four majors has been largely down to her awful serve but the thrilling triumph over fellow Russian Dinara Safina in the Beijing final will no doubt boost her confidence of achieving more landmark success in the future. Dementieva, who won the Dubai Championships earlier this year, has been hit by several injury problems and illness throughout the season but her run to the semi-finals of Wimbledon was encouraging having previously failed to reach the last four of any major since the US Open of 2005. |
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TEN-YEAR GRAND SLAM HISTORY | | 08 | 07 | 06 | 05 | 04 | 03 | 02 | 01 | 00 | 99 | Australian Open | 4R | 4R | 1R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 3R | 3R | 2R | French Open | QF | 3R | 3R | 4R | RU | 1R | 4R | 2R | 2R | 2R | Wimbledon | SF | 3R | QF | 4R | 1R | 4R | 4R | 3R | 1R | 1R | US Open | - | 3R | QF | SF | RU | 4R | 2R | 4R | SF | 3R | |
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