Serena Williams

Serena Williams

Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...

 and Elena Dementieva

Elena Dementieva

Elena Viatcheslavovna Dementieva is a retired Russian professional tennis player. Dementieva is most notable for winning the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She won 16 WTA singles titles and reached the finals of the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open. Dementieva achieved a...

 are two tennis players who formed a spirited rivalry on the WTA Tour. The two have played numerous matches that have been described as instant classics. Williams is a 13 time Grand Slam

Grand Slam (tennis)

The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...

 champion, while Dementieva was the 2008 Olympic Champion. The rivalry ended when Dementieva announced her retirement on October 29, 2010.

Dementieva from Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 and Williams from U.S.A. are tennis players who met 12 times during their careers. Their rivalry was considered one of the best on the WTA Tour. At one stage of their rivalry during 2006 through to 2009, Dementieva won 5 consecutive matches against Williams, including exhibitions.
Their most famous match is widely considered to be their semifinal clash at Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...

, where Williams saved a match point during the final set to advance to the final. At the end of the rivalry, Williams won their overall head-to-head series, 7–5.

Head-to-head

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam Grand Slam (tennis) The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...  tournaments (3)
WTA Championships (2)
Olympic Games (1)
Tier I (2)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (1)	Premier 5 (1)
Tier III (0)	Premier (2)
Tier IV & V (0)	International (0)

Dementieva 5–7 Williams

Year	|Tournament	|Surface	|Round	|Winner	|Score	E.D.	S. W.
2003	Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...	Hard	R16	Williams	6–2 6–2	0	1
2004	Miami	Hard	F	Williams	6–1 6–1	0	2
2004	Los Angeles	Hard	SF	Williams	6–3 7–6(2)	0	3
2004	WTA Championships	Hard	RR	Williams	7–6(3) 7–5	0	4
2007	Moscow	Indoor	F	Dementieva	5–7 6–1 6–1	1	4
2008	Olympic Games Olympic Games The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...	Hard	QF	Dementieva	3–6 6–4 6–3	2	4
2009	Sydney	Hard	SF	Dementieva	6–3 6–1	3	4
2009	Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...	Hard	SF	Williams	6–3 6–4	3	5
2009	Paris	Hard	SF	Dementieva	w/o	3	5
2009	Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...	Grass	SF	Williams	6–7(4) 7–5 8–6	3	6
2009	Toronto	Hard	SF	Dementieva	7–6(2) 6–1	4	6
2009	WTA Championships	Hard	RR	Williams	6–2 6–4	4	7
2010	Sydney	Hard	F	Dementieva	6–3 6–2	5	7

Breakdown of the rivalry

• Hard courts: Equal, 4–4
• Clay courts: None
• Grass courts: Williams, 2–0
• Indoor courts: Equal, 1–1
• Grand Slam matches: Williams, 3–0
• Grand Slam finals: None
• Year-End Championships matches: Williams, 2–0
• Year-End Championships finals: None
• Fed Cup matches: None
• All finals: Dementieva, 2–1

Exhibition Matches

2006	Hong Kong	Hard	QF	Dementieva	6–3 6–1
2008	Baltimore	Hard	N/A	Dementieva	6–4 6–4

See also

• Jankovic–S. Williams rivalry
• Williams sisters rivalry
  Williams Sisters rivalry
  Venus Williams and Serena Williams are professional tennis players and sisters who have played numerous times in Grand Slam finals. The current head to head record between the two is 13-10, in Serena's favor...
  
  
• Henin – S. Williams rivalry