Elena Viacheslavovna Dementieva (Russian: Еле́на Вячесла́вовна Деме́нтьева, ⓘ; born 15 October 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She won the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the silver medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. She won 16 WTA singles titles, reached the finals of the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open and reached seven other Grand Slam semifinals. Dementieva was also part of the Russian team that won the 2005 Fed Cup. In doubles, she won the 2002 WTA Championships with Janette Husárová and was the runner-up in two US Open doubles finals – in 2002 with Husárová and in 2005 with Flavia Pennetta. 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 Championships. Between 2003 and 2010, she only ended one year, in 2007, outside the top 10. She is considered to be one of the most talented players never to have won a Grand Slam tournament. More about Elena Dementieva
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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 seven, before enrolling at Spartak Tennis Club, where she was coached for three 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 eleven. She was later coached by her mother Vera and her older brother Vsevolod. She has homes in Monte Carlo, Moscow and Boca Raton, Florida. On 16 July 2011, Dementieva married hockey player Maxim Afinogenov in Moscow. The couple welcomed their first child, Veronika, in April 2014. Their second child, a boy named Sergey, was born in May 2016.In total, we tracked 91 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Elena Dementieva (Elena Dementieva Tennis Signed Auto 8x10 PHOTO PSA/DNA COA) was sold in October 2021 for $79.99 while the cheapest item (ELENA DEMENTIEVA signed tennis 8x10 photo) found a new owner for $0.99 in November 2010. The month with the most items sold (9) was November 2010 with an average selling price of $8.95 for an autographed item of Elena Dementieva. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2021 with $79.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.49 was February 2024. In average, an autographed item from Elena Dementieva is worth $10.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Elena Dementieva were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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2005 Ace Authentic Signature Series #8 Elena Dementieva | $1.49 | ||
2006 Ace Authentic Tennis ELENA DEMENTIEVA Auto Center Court Stars Autograph | $5.50 | ||
2006 Ace Authentic Tennis Elena Dementieva Center Court Stars Auto Autograph | $3.58 | ||
2008 Ace Authentic Grand Slam Stars Autograph AUTO Elena Dementieva | $19.99 | ||
2017 Leaf Signature Series Tennis Auto #EM1 ED1 Elena Dementieva PSA 10 | $28.00 | ||
2018 Leaf Grand Slam Elena Dementieva Base Autograph Auto #11/15 #BA-ED1 | $4.25 | ||
46153 2005 Ace Authentic Signature Series Court Queens #CQ6 Elena Dementieva/500 | $1.99 | ||
ACE TENNIS 2 card 2006 2007 2 AUTOGRAPH for ELENA DEMENTIEVA Center Court | $10.00 | ||
ACE TENNIS 3 card lot 2007 2 AUTOGRAPH & 1 MATERIAL ELENA DEMENTIEVA 36/150 | $15.00 | ||
ACE TENNIS 3 card lot 2007 2 AUTOGRAPH & 1 MATERIAL ELENA DEMENTIEVA 99/150 | $15.00 |
Dementieva praises the mums-players Zvonareva, Serena Williams, Azarenka (02/06/19): The former world No. 3 Elena Dementieva commented on mothers being able to still play on the WTA Tour after becoming mothers