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Spanish tennis player and coach
Pere Riba Country (sports) Spain Residence Barcelona , SpainBorn (1988-04-07 ) 7 April 1988 (age 36) Barcelona, SpainHeight 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Turned pro 2004 Retired 2020 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money $ 1,363,323Career record 24–62 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 65 (16 May 2011) Australian Open 2R (2011 , 2012 ) French Open 2R (2010 , 2011 ) Wimbledon 1R (2010 , 2011 , 2014 ) US Open 1R (2010 , 2011 , 2014 ) Career record 24–34 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 81 (7 June 2010) Australian Open 2R (2011 ) French Open QF (2010 ) Wimbledon 1R (2011 ) US Open 1R (2010 , 2011 ) Last updated on: 1 November 2018.
In this
Catalan name , the first or paternal
surname is
Riba and the second or maternal family name is
Madrid ; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Pere Riba Madrid (Catalan: [ˈpeɾə ˈriβə] , Spanish: [ˈpeɾe ˈriβa maˈðɾið] ; born 7 April 1988) is a Spanish tennis coach and former professional player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 65 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in May 2011, and a doubles ranking of No. 81 in June 2010. Riba won 21 titles in both singles and doubles on both the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Men's World Tennis Tour . He reached the Grand Slam quarterfinal in doubles at the 2010 French Open .
Following his retirement, Riba has coached and collaborated with several players on the WTA Tour , including Coco Gauff and currently Zheng Qinwen .[ 1]
Professional career [ edit ]
Riba was coached by former Spanish player Jordi Arrese and the last coach in his career and still part of his confidence inner circle Edu Grosso.[ 2] [ 3]
He was the co-founder of GRTennis with Marcel Granollers based in Barcelona (Real Club Polo de Barcelona) focusing on junior development and professional tennis players alongside Edu Grosso from 2017 until 2020.[citation needed ]
He was the coach of Zheng Qinwen from 2021 until the summer 2023, helping her rise from world No. 169 to No. 7. He was coaching Coco Gauff with whom she won the WTA 500 in Washington, the WTA 1000 in Cincinnati and the US Open (2023).[ 4] He is currently back coaching Qinwen Zheng since December 2023[ 5] and under his tutelage, she reached the final of the 2024 Australian Open .
Futures and Challenger finals [ edit ]
Singles: 37 (13–24)[ edit ]
Legend
Challengers (7–15)
Futures (6–9)
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Runner-up
1.
May 16, 2005
Balaguer, Spain
Clay
Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal
5–7, 5–7
Runner-up
2.
April 16, 2007
Melilla, Spain
Clay
Guillermo Alcaide
6–7(4–7) , 3–6
Runner-up
3.
April 30, 2007
Vic, Spain
Clay
Pedro Clar-Rosselló
0–0 ret.
Winner
1.
June 18, 2007
Tenerife, Spain
Clay
Komlavi Loglo
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up
4.
July 2, 2007
Alicante, Spain
Clay
José Antonio Sánchez-de Luna
6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up
5.
July 9, 2007
Elche, Spain
Clay
Tony Holzinger
6–7(4–7) , 4–6
Runner-up
6.
August 27, 2007
Oviedo, Spain
Clay
Pablo Santos
3–6, 0–3 ret.
Winner
2.
February 25, 2008
Terrassa, Spain
Clay
Héctor Ruiz Cadenas
6–0, 2–0 ret.
Winner
3.
March 24, 2008
Zaragoza, Spain
Clay
Alexander Flock
6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up
7.
March 31, 2008
Loja, Spain
Clay
Rui Machado
3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up
8.
July 21, 2008
Međugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Clay
Iván Navarro
0–6, 2–6
Winner
4.
September 8, 2008
Seville, Spain
Clay
Enrico Burzi
6–1, 6–3
Winner
5.
February 2, 2009
Murcia, Spain
Clay
Pablo Martín Adalia
6–0, 6–4
Runner-up
9.
February 16, 2009
Tanger , Morocco
Clay
Marc López
7–5, 4–6, 6–7(9–11)
Runner-up
10.
August 31, 2009
Brasov , Romania
Clay
Thiemo de Bakker
5–7, 0–6
Winner
6.
September 7, 2009
Seville, Spain
Clay
Albert Ramos Viñolas
7–6(7–2) , 6–2
Runner-up
11.
October 19, 2009
Florianópolis, Brazil
Clay
Guillaume Rufin
4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner
7.
March 22, 2010
Barletta, Italy
Clay
Steve Darcis
6–3 ret.
Winner
8.
June 14, 2010
Bytom, Poland
Clay
Facundo Bagnis
6–0, 6–3
Runner-up
12.
September 11, 2010
Seville, Spain
Clay
Albert Ramos Viñolas
3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Runner-up
13.
September 21, 2010
Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Clay
Marsel İlhan
0–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner
9.
November 21, 2010
Cancún, Mexico
Clay
Carlos Berlocq
6–4, 6–0
Runner-up
14.
August 21, 2011
San Sebastián, Spain
Clay
Albert Ramos Viñolas
1–6, 2–6
Runner-up
15.
September 18, 2011
Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Clay
Blaž Kavčič
1–6, 4–6
Runner-up
16.
March 31, 2013
Vrsar, Croatia
Clay
Dominic Thiem
6–2, 3–6, 1–3, ret.
Winner
10.
July 7, 2013
Todi , Italy
Clay
Santiago Giraldo
7–6(7–5) , 2–6, 7–6(8–6)
Runner-up
17.
July 28, 2013
Orbetello , Italy
Clay
Filippo Volandri
4–6, 6–7(7–9)
Runner-up
18.
September 22, 2013
Szczecin , Poland
Clay
Oleksandr Nedovyesov
2–6, 5–7
Winner
11.
March 17, 2014
Panama City , Panama
Clay
Blaž Rola
7–5, 5–7, 6–2
Runner-up
19.
April 7, 2014
Mersin , Turkey
Clay
Damir Džumhur
6–7(4–7) , 3–6
Runner-up
20.
June 2, 2014
Arad , Romania
Clay
Damir Džumhur
4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up
21.
June 22, 2014
Milan , Italy
Clay
Albert Ramos Viñolas
3–6, 5–7
Runner-up
22.
September 27, 2015
Sibiu , Romania
Clay
Adrian Ungur
4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner
12.
December 6, 2015
Antalya, Turkey
Clay
Dimitar Kuzmanov
6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up
23.
May 29, 2016
Vicenza , Italy
Clay
Guido Andreozzi
0–6 ret
Winner
13.
March 12, 2017
Rovinj, Croatia
Clay
Alexey Vatutin
6–3, 6–0
Runner-up
24.
December 9, 2017
Islamabad, Pakistan
Clay
Ivan Nedelko
3–6, 4–6
Legend
Challengers (6–5)
Futures (2–1)
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Winner
1.
June 18, 2007
Tenerife, Spain
Clay (red)
Komlavi Loglo
Pedro Clar-Rosselló Ignacio Coll-Riudavets
6–1, 6–4
Winner
2.
February 25, 2008
Terrassa]], Spain
Clay (red)
Gabriel Trujillo-Soler
Marc Fornell-Mestres Jordi Marsé-Vidri
6–7(6–8) , 6–3, [10–8]
Runner-up
1.
July 21, 2008
Međugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Clay (red)
Pablo Santos
Jan Minář Martin Slanar
7–5, 6–3
Winner
3.
June 22, 2009
Reggio Emilia , Italy
Clay (red)
Miguel Ángel López Jaén
Gianluca Naso Walter Trusendi
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up
2.
June 29, 2009
Turin , Italy
Clay (red)
Santiago Giraldo
Daniele Bracciali Potito Starace
6–3, 6–4
Winner
4.
August 31, 2009
Brasov , Romania
Clay (red)
Pablo Santos
Simone Vagnozzi Uros Vico
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up
3.
October 19, 2009
Florianópolis, Brazil
Clay (red)
Daniel Gimeno-Traver
Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up
4.
November 23, 2009
Puebla , Mexico
Hard
Guillermo Olaso
Vasek Pospisil Adil Shamasdin
7–6(9–7) , 6–0
Winner
5.
January 25, 2010
Bucaramanga , Colombia
Clay (red)
Santiago Ventura
Marcelo Demoliner Rodrigo Guidolin
6–2, 6–2
Winner
6.
October 10, 2010
Tarragona , Spain
Clay (red)
Guillermo Olaso
Pablo Andújar Gerard Granollers-Pujol
7–6(1) , 4–6, [10–5]
Winner
7.
March 30, 2014
Barranquilla , Colombia
Clay
Pablo Cuevas
František Čermák Michail Elgin
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up
5.
November 16, 2014
Guayaquil , Ecuador
Clay
Jordi Samper-Montaña
Máximo González Guido Pella
6–2, 6–7(5–7) , [5–10]
Winner
8.
September 4, 2016
Curitiba , Brazil
Clay
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
André Ghem Fabrício Neis
6–7(3–7) , 6–4, [10–7]
Runner-up
6.
December 9, 2017
Islamabad, Pakistan
Clay
Luka Pavlovic
Aqeel Khan Shahzad Khan
6–7(3–7) , 6–7(4–7)
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.
At Wimbledon, 2011
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