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TENNIS WOMEN'S PROFILES

(4) Elena Dementieva
PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS:	25/1
NATIONALITY:	RUS
BIRTH DATE:	15/10/81
BECAME PRO:	1998
WORLD RANKING:	5

VERDICT

If there's anyone left out there who doesn't know, Dementieva is a highly-talented player who is repeatedly let down by one facet of her game - the serve. When it cracks, Dementieva serves double fault after double fault. It's a problem which means backing the Russian is a dangerous business. Certainly she's struggling to go seven matches without being struck down by 'serving sickness', as she needs to do here. Has a good record in the Big Apple and should go well, but not all the way.

TEN-YEAR GRAND SLAM HISTORY
	06	05	04	03	02	01	00	99	98	97
Australian Open	1R	4R	1R	1R	4R	3R	3R	2R	-	-
French Open	3R	4R	RU	1R	4R	2R	2R	2R	-	-
Wimbledon	QF	4R	1R	4R	4R	3R	1R	1R	-	-
US Open	-	SF	RU	4R	2R	4R	SF	3R	-	-

Women's Profiles

(1) A Mauresmo
(2) J Henin-Hardenne
(3) M Sharapova
(4) E Dementieva
(5) N Petrova
(6) S Kuznetsova
(7) P Schnyder
(8) M Hingis
(9) N Vaidisova
(10) L Davenport
(11) A Myskina
(12) D Safina
(13) M Pierce
(14) F Schiavone
(15) A-L Groenefeld
(16) A Ivanovic