Gisela Riera

Gisela Riera
Full name	Gisela Riera Roura
Country (sports)	Spain
Born	7 May 1976 (age 47); Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1991
Retired	2003
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$170,316
Singles
Career record	204–163
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 136 (7 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)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	3R (2000)

Last updated October 21, 2023

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

Personal

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 career finals

Doubles: 1 runner-up

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
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

Singles (4–4)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

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)

$100,000 tournaments
$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

**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

External links

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

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