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Gisela Riera

Full name	Gisela Riera Roura
Country (sports)	Spain
Born	(1976-05-07) 7 May 1976 (age 48) Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1991
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$170,316
Singles
Career record	204 - 163
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 136 (07 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)

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)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
Runner-up	1.	07 June 1999	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Clay	Eva Bes	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Patricia Wartusch	6–7, 0–6

ITF finals (3-1)

Singles: 8 (4–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	4 April 1994	Murcia, Spain	Clay	Ana Alcazar	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	8 July 1996	Vigo, Spain	Clay	Katalin Marosi	1–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	9 February 1998	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	6–4, 6–3
Winner	2.	1 June 1998	Ceuta, Spain	Clay	Bahia Mouhtassine	7-5, 2-6, 6-2
Winner	3.	12 July 1998	Puchheim, Germany	Clay	Lubomira Bacheva	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	21 September 1998	Tucumán, Argentina	Clay	Larissa Schaerer	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	1 February 1999	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Ángeles Montolio	0–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	12 June 2000	Grado, Italy	Clay	Flora Perfetti	6–2, 6–4

Doubles 20 (8–12)

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

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• Gisela Riera at the Women's Tennis Association
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