Celebrity Friday: Elena Dementieva

Elena Dementieva, widely regarded as the most talented active player to not have won a major title, retired at the age of 29 on Friday Octobet 31 from competitive tennis.

Dementieva reached two major finals, the 2004 French Open (lost to Anastasia Myskina) and the 2004 U.S. Open (lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova), and won the Gold medal in Singles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as 16 WTA Tour titles. Her career record was 576 wins and 273 losses.

In 2009, Dementieva played the best match of the year in the semifinals of the Wimbledon Championships, losing to Serena Williams despite holding a match point, who commented on Dementieva's retirement thusly:

Elena you will be missed. The matches we competed in were always so intense. You helped make me better both on and off the court...

All the best to you Love, and to all your endeavors.