Gisela Riera

Gisela Riera

Full name	Gisela Riera Roura
Country (sports)	Spain
Born	(1976-05-07) 7 May 1976 Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1991
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$170,316
Singles
Career record	204–163
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 136 (07 June 1999)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2001)
French Open	Q1 (1999, 2001)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2000)
US Open	Q3 (1999)
Doubles
Career record	124–106
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 71 (12 June 2000)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2000, 2001)
French Open	2R (2000)
Wimbledon	1R (2000)
US Open	1R (1999, 2000, 2001)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	3R (2000)

Gisela Riera Roura (born 7 May 1976 in Barcelona) is a former Spanish tennis player.

Riera won 4 singles and 8 doubles ITF titles during her career and on 7 June 1999 reached a singles ranking high of world number 136. On 12 June 2000, Riera reached a doubles ranking high of world number 71. Riera retirement from tennis 2010.

Personal life

Born in Barcelona, Started playing tennis at age 8. Loves to play on clay, and doesn't like playing on hard courts. Father's name is Jose Maria; mother's name is Angel; has four older siblings: Jose Maria, Carina, Leo and Rafael. Likes scuba diving and men's tennis.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runners-up)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	07 June 1999	International	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Clay	Eva Bes	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Patricia Wartusch	6–7(3–7), 0–6

ITF finals (3–1)

Singles: 8 (4–4)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	000000001994-04-04-00004 April 1994	10,000	Murcia, Spain	Clay	Ana Alcázar	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	8 July 1996	25,000	Vigo, Spain	Clay	Katalin Marosi	1–6, 2–6
Winner	9 February 1998	10,000	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	6–4, 6–3
Winner	1 June 1998	10,000	Ceuta, Spain	Clay	Bahia Mouhtassine	7–5, 2–6, 6–2
Winner	12 July 1998	25,000	Puchheim, Germany	Clay	Lubomira Bacheva	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	21 September 1998	25,000	Tucumán, Argentina	Clay	Larissa Schaerer	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	1 February 1999	10,000	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Ángeles Montolio	0–6, 3–6
Winner	12 June 2000	25,000	Grado, Italy	Clay	Flora Perfetti	6–2, 6–4

Doubles 20 (8–12)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	27 May 1996	10,000	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Desiree Leupold	Marta Cano Nuria Montero	5–7, 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up	07 July 1997	10,000	Vigo, Spain	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Nuria Montero	3–6, 0–6
Winner	06 October 1997	10,000	Gerona, Spain	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Nuria Montero	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	03 November 1997	10,000	Suzano, Brazil	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	Laura Bernal Larissa Schaerer	6–3, 3–6, 6–7 (4)
Winner	18 May 1998	10,000	Zaragoza, Spain	Clay	Alienor Tricerri	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Veronica Stele	6–4, 6–1
Winner	01 June 1998	10,000	Ceuta, Spain	Hard	Alienor Tricerri	Tamara Aranda Julia Carballal	6–3, 6–3
Winner	20 July 1998	25,000	Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Selima Sfar	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Eva Bes	7–6 (5), 7–6 (3)
Runner-up	15 March 1999	25,000	Reims, France	Clay (i)	Antonella Serra Zanetti	Janette Husárová Rita Kuti-Kis	2–6, 3–6
Winner	20 June 1999	50,000	Marseille, France	Clay	Raluca Sandu	Eva Martincová Lenka Němečková	6–4, 7–6 (8)
Winner	14 June 1999	25,000	Gorizia, Italy	Clay	Mariam Ramon Climent	Marketa Kochta Erica Krauth	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	12 July 1999	25,000	Getxo, Spain	Clay	Alicia Ortuño	Conchita Martínez Granados Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	6–7 (4), 4–6
Runner-up	1 August 1999	50,000	Bytom, Poland	Clay	Raluca Sandu	Eva Bes Magdalena Grzybowska	4–6, 5–7
Winner	20 March 2000	25,000	Taranto, Italy	Clay	Eva Bes	Stéphanie Foretz Antonella Serra Zanetti	6–7 (2), 6–2, 6–2
Winner	15 May 2000	75,000	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Eva Bes	Conchita Martínez Granados Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	24 July 2000	50,000	Liege, Belgium	Clay	Eva Bes	Virág Csurgó Petra Mandula	6–7 (3), 1–6
Runner-up	02 October 2000	25,000	Girona, Spain	Clay	Mariam Ramon Climent	Eva Bes Lourdes Domínguez Lino	2–4, 2–4
Runner-up	23 April 2001	50,000	Caserta, Italy	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Eva Bes Lourdes Domínguez Lino	1–6, 6–7 (5)
Runner-up	30 July 2001	50,000	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor Irina Selyutina	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	03 September 2001	50,000	Fano, Italy	Clay	Eva Bes	Giulia Casoni Katalin Marosi	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	10 September 2001	25,000	Fano, Italy	Clay	Eugenia Chialvo	Maret Ani Gloria Pizzichini	W/O

Doubles performance timeline

External links

• Gisela Riera at the Women's Tennis Association
• Gisela Riera at the International Tennis Federation