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Spanish tennis player
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Riera and the second or maternal family name is
Roura .
Gisela Riera Roura (born 7 May 1976) 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 2003.
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)
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; .
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