Gisela Riera Roura (born 7 May 1976) is a retired Spanish tennis player.

Gisela Riera
Full nameGisela Riera Roura
Country (sports) Spain
Born (1976-05-07) 7 May 1976 (age 48)
Barcelona, Spain
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Turned pro1991
Retired2003
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$170,316
Singles
Career record204–163
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 136 (7 June 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2001)
French OpenQ1 (1999, 2001)
WimbledonQ2 (2000)
US OpenQ3 (1999)
Doubles
Career record124–106
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 71 (12 June 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2000, 2001)
French Open2R (2000)
Wimbledon1R (2000)
US Open1R (1999, 2000, 2001)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon3R (2000)

During her career, Riera won four singles and eight doubles titles ITF Women's Circuit. On 7 June 1999, she reached a singles ranking high of world No. 136. On 12 June 2000, she peaked at No. 71 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Riera retired from professional tour 2003.

Personal

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Born in Barcelona, Riera started playing tennis at age eight. She prefers clay over hard courts. Her father's name is Jose Maria; mother's name is Angel; has four older siblings: Jose Maria, Carina, Leo and Rafael.

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (0–1)
Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Jun 1999 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard   Eva Bes   Evgenia Kulikovskaya
  Patricia Wartusch
6–7(3), 0–6

ITF finals

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Singles (4–4)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (3–4)
Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 4 April 1994 Murcia, Spain Clay   Ana Alcázar 3–6, 3–6
Loss 8 July 1996 Vigo, Spain Clay   Katalin Marosi 1–6, 2–6
Win 9 February 1998 Mallorca, Spain Clay   Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez 6–4, 6–3
Win 1 June 1998 Ceuta, Spain Hard   Bahia Mouhtassine 7–5, 2–6, 6–2
Win 12 July 1998 Puchheim, Germany Clay   Lubomira Bacheva 6–4, 6–4
Loss 21 September 1998 Tucumán, Argentina Clay   Larissa Schaerer 4–6, 2–6
Loss 1 February 1999 Mallorca, Spain Clay   Ángeles Montolio 0–6, 3–6
Win 12 June 2000 Grado, Italy Clay   Flora Perfetti 6–2, 6–4

Doubles (8–12)

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

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1999 2000 2001 W-L
Australian Open A 1R 1R 0–2
French Open A 2R A 1–1
Wimbledon A 1R A 0–1
US Open 1R 1R 1R 0–3
Win–loss 0–1 1–4 0–2 1–7
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