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


Riera won 4 singles and 8 doubles ] 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 won 4 singles and 8 doubles ] 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 ], 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)===
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Revision as of 07:54, 23 September 2016

Template:Spanish name

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+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro1991
Retired2010
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$170,316
Singles
Career record204 - 163
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 136 (07 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)

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)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in Final Score in Final
Runner-up 1. 07 June 1999 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Clay Spain Eva Bes Russia Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Austria Patricia Wartusch 		6–7, 0–6

ITF finals (3-1)

Singles: 8 (4–4)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 4 April 1994 Murcia, Spain Clay Spain Ana Alcazar 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 8 July 1996 Vigo, Spain Clay Hungary Katalin Marosi 1–6, 2–6
Winner 1. 9 February 1998 Mallorca, Spain Clay Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez 6–4, 6–3
Winner 2. 1 June 1998 Ceuta, Spain Clay Morocco Bahia Mouhtassine 7-5, 2-6, 6-2
Winner 3. 12 July 1998 Puchheim, Germany Clay Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 21 September 1998 Tucumán, Argentina Clay Paraguay Larissa Schaerer 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 4. 1 February 1999 Mallorca, Spain Clay Spain Ángeles Montolio 0–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 12 June 2000 Grado, Italy Clay Italy Flora Perfetti 6–2, 6–4

Doubles 20 (8–12)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 27 May 1996 Barcelona, Spain Clay Austria Desiree Leupold Spain Marta Cano
Spain Nuria Montero 		5–7, 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 07 July 1997 Vigo, Spain Clay Spain Conchita Martínez Granados Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Nuria Montero 		3–6, 0–6
Winner 1. 06 October 1997 Gerona, Spain Clay Spain Conchita Martínez Granados Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Nuria Montero 		2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Runner-up 3. 03 November 1997 Suzano, Brazil Clay Spain Conchita Martínez Granados Paraguay Laura Bernal
Paraguay Larissa Schaerer 		6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (4)
Winner 2. 18 May 1998 Zaragoza, Spain Clay Switzerland Alienor Tricerri Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Argentina Veronica Stele 		6-4, 6-1
Winner 3. 01 June 1998 Ceuta, Spain Hard Switzerland Alienor Tricerri Spain Tamara Aranda
Spain Julia Carballal 		6-3, 6-3
Winner 4. 20 July 1998 Valladolid, Spain Hard Tunisia Selima Sfar Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Spain Eva Bes 		7-6 (5), 7-6 (3)
Runner-up 4. 15 March 1999 Reims, France Clay (i) Italy Antonella Serra Zanetti Slovakia Janette Husárová
Hungary Rita Kuti-Kis 		2-6, 3-6
Winner 5. 20 June 1999 Marseille, France Clay Romania Raluca Sandu Czech Republic Eva Martincová
Czech Republic Lenka Němečková 		6–4, 7–6 (8)
Winner 6. 14 June 1999 Gorizia, Italy Clay Spain Mariam Ramon Climent Germany Marketa Kochta
Argentina Erica Krauth 		7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 5. 12 July 1999 Getxo, Spain Clay Spain Alicia Ortuño Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez 		6–7 (4), 4–6
Runner-up 6. 1 August 1999 Bytom, Poland Clay Romania Raluca Sandu Spain Eva Bes
Poland Magdalena Grzybowska 		4–6, 5–7
Winner 7. 20 March 2000 Taranto, Italy Clay Spain Eva Bes Germany Stéphanie Foretz
Italy Antonella Serra Zanetti 		6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-2
Winner 8. 15 May 2000 Porto, Portugal Clay Spain Eva Bes Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez 		6-3, 6-3
Runner-up 7. 24 July 2000 Liege, Belgium Clay Spain Eva Bes Hungary Virág Csurgó
Hungary Petra Mandula 		6–7 (3), 1–6
Runner-up 8. 02 October 2000 Girona, Spain Clay Spain Mariam Ramon Climent Spain Eva Bes
Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino 		2-4, 2-4
Runner-up 9. 23 April 2001 Caserta, Italy Clay Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Spain Eva Bes
Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino 		1–6, 6–7 (5)
Runner-up 10. 30 July 2001 Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino France Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor
Kazakhstan Irina Selyutina 		2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 11. 03 September 2001 Fano, Italy Clay Spain Eva Bes Italy Giulia Casoni
Hungary Katalin Marosi 		3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 12. 10 September 2001 Fano, Italy Clay Argentina Eugenia Chialvo Estonia Maret Ani
Italy Gloria Pizzichini 		W/O

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