Elena Dementieva Biography

In 1999 Elena Dementieva represented Russia in the Fed Cup final against the USA scoring Russia's only point when she upset Venus Williams. 1999 was also the year in which she played her first Grand Slam main draws qualifying for Australian Open Roland Garros and Wimbledon and getting a direct entry into the US Open. She managed to reach the second round at the Australian Open and Roland Garros made a first round exit at Wimbledon and managed to reach the third round of the US Open.
In 2000 she entered the top 20 by winning more than 40 singles matches for the second straight year and earned more than US $600000. She reached her first Grand Slam semifinal at the US Open losing to Lindsay Davenport and becoming the first woman from Russia to reach a US Open semifinal. At the 2000 Summer Olympics Sydney she won the silver medal losing to Venus Williams in the final. In 2000 she was named the WTA tour's Most Improved Player.
2001 was the second straight year in which she finished in the WTA's top 20. During the year. she became the no. 1 Russian tennis player a position previously held by Anna Kournikova since December 1997.

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