Gisela Riera


Gisela Riera Roura is a retired Spanish tennis player.
Riera won four singles and eight doubles ITF titles during her career and on 7 June 1999 reached a singles ranking high of world number 136. On 12 June 2000, she peaked at number 71 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Riera retired from professional tennis 2010.

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

OutcomeDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up7 June 1999Tashkent, UzbekistanClay Eva Bes Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Patricia Wartusch
6–7, 0–6

ITF finals

Singles (4–4)

OutcomeDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-upMurcia, SpainClay Ana Alcázar3–6, 3–6
Runner-up8 July 1996Vigo, SpainClay Katalin Marosi1–6, 2–6
Winner9 February 1998Mallorca, SpainClay Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez6–4, 6–3
Winner1 June 1998Ceuta, SpainClay Bahia Mouhtassine7–5, 2–6, 6–2
Winner12 July 1998Puchheim, GermanyClay Lubomira Bacheva6–4, 6–4
Runner-up21 September 1998Tucumán, ArgentinaClay Larissa Schaerer4–6, 2–6
Runner-up1 February 1999Mallorca, SpainClay Ángeles Montolio0–6, 3–6
Winner12 June 2000Grado, ItalyClay Flora Perfetti6–2, 6–4

Doubles (8–12)

OutcomeDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up27 May 1996Barcelona, SpainClay Désirée Leupold Marta Cano
Nuria Montero
5–7, 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up7 July 1997Vigo, SpainClay Conchita Martínez Granados Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Nuria Montero
3–6, 0–6
Winner6 October 1997Gerona, SpainClay Conchita Martínez Granados Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Nuria Montero
2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up3 November 1997Suzano, BrazilClay Conchita Martínez Granados Laura Bernal
Larissa Schaerer
6–3, 3–6, 6–7
Winner18 May 1998Zaragoza, SpainClay Alienor Tricerri Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Veronica Stele
6–4, 6–1
Winner1 June 1998Ceuta, SpainHard Alienor Tricerri Tamara Aranda
Julia Carballal
6–3, 6–3
Winner20 July 1998Valladolid, SpainHard Selima Sfar Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Eva Bes
7–6, 7–6
Runner-up15 March 1999Reims, FranceClay Antonella Serra Zanetti Janette Husárová
Rita Kuti-Kis
2–6, 3–6
Winner20 June 1999Marseille, FranceClay Raluca Sandu Eva Martincová
Lenka Němečková
6–4, 7–6
Winner14 June 1999Gorizia, ItalyClay Mariam Ramon Climent Marketa Kochta
Erica Krauth
7–5, 6–3
Runner-up12 July 1999Getxo, SpainClay Alicia Ortuño Conchita Martínez Granados
Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
6–7, 4–6
Runner-up1 August 1999Bytom, PolandClay Raluca Sandu Eva Bes
Magdalena Grzybowska
4–6, 5–7
Winner20 March 2000Taranto, ItalyClay Eva Bes Stéphanie Foretz
Antonella Serra Zanetti
6–7, 6–2, 6–2
Winner15 May 2000Porto, PortugalClay Eva Bes Conchita Martínez Granados
Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up24 July 2000Liège, BelgiumClay Eva Bes Virág Csurgó
Petra Mandula
6–7, 1–6
Runner-up2 October 2000Girona, SpainClay Mariam Ramon Climent Eva Bes
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
2–4, 2–4
Runner-up23 April 2001Caserta, ItalyClay María José Martínez Sánchez Eva Bes
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
1–6, 6–7
Runner-up30 July 2001Saint-Gaudens, FranceClay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor
Irina Selyutina
2–6, 3–6
Runner-up3 September 2001Fano, ItalyClay Eva Bes Giulia Casoni
Katalin Marosi
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up10 September 2001Fano, ItalyClay Eugenia Chialvo Maret Ani
Gloria Pizzichini
w/o

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline