Nickname(s) Miss Resilient
Miss Elastic
Lena
Country Russia
Residence Monte Carlo, Monaco
Date of birth October 15, 1981 (1981-10-15) (age 27)
Place of birth Moscow, then Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 64 kg (140 lb; 10.1 st)
Turned pro 25 August 1998
Plays Right; Two-handed backhand
Career prize money US$ 11,234,238
Miss Elastic
Lena
Country Russia
Residence Monte Carlo, Monaco
Date of birth October 15, 1981 (1981-10-15) (age 27)
Place of birth Moscow, then Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 64 kg (140 lb; 10.1 st)
Turned pro 25 August 1998
Plays Right; Two-handed backhand
Career prize money US$ 11,234,238
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 7 before enrolling at Spartak Tennis Club where she was coached for 3 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 11. She is now coached by her mother Vera and her older brother Vsevolod. She has homes in Monaco, Moscow and Boca Raton, Florida, and enjoys snowboarding, baseball, reading and traveling.
She was the cover girl for Marie Claire Russia's January 2009 issue. In her interview, she confirmed that she was dating an NHL player but refused to name which player; it is believed that her anonymous boyfriend is Maxim Afinogenov.
She was the cover girl for Marie Claire Russia's January 2009 issue. In her interview, she confirmed that she was dating an NHL player but refused to name which player; it is believed that her anonymous boyfriend is Maxim Afinogenov.
