Pere Riba Madrid (Catalan: [ˈpeɾə ˈriβə], Spanish: [ˈpeɾe ˈriβa maˈðɾið]; born 7 April 1988) is a Spanish tennis coach and former professional tennis 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 he attained his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 81 in June 2010. In his 16-year career, Riba won 21 titles in both singles and doubles on both the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Men's World Tennis Tour; he reached his only Grand Slam quarterfinal in doubles at the 2010 French Open.

Pere Riba
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceBarcelona, Spain
Born (1988-04-07) 7 April 1988 (age 35)
Barcelona, Spain
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2004
Retired2020
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,363,323
Singles
Career record24–62
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 65 (16 May 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2011, 2012)
French Open2R (2010, 2011)
Wimbledon1R (2010, 2011, 2014)
US Open1R (2010, 2011, 2014)
Doubles
Career record24–34
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 81 (7 June 2010)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2011)
French OpenQF (2010)
Wimbledon1R (2011)
US Open1R (2010, 2011)
Last updated on: 1 November 2018.

Following his retirement, Riba has coached and collaborated with several players on the WTA Tour, including Zheng Qinwen and Coco Gauff.

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 .[1][2]

Coaching career edit

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 to 2020. He was the coach of Zheng Qinwen 2021-2023 helping her rise from No.169 WTA to No.7 WTA. He was coaching Coco Gauff with whom she won Washington WTA500, Cincinnati WTA1000 and the US Open (2023).[3] He is currently back coaching Qinwen Zheng since December 2023 and under his tutelage, she reached the final of the 2024 Australian Open.[4]

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

Doubles: 14 (8–6) edit

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)

Singles performance timeline edit

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
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 2R A Q2 A A 2–2
French Open 2R 2R A 1R 1R Q1 Q1 2–4
Wimbledon 1R 1R A A 1R Q1 Q2 0–3
US Open 1R 1R A A 1R A Q1 0–3
Win–loss 1–3 2–4 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 4–12
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A 1R A A A A A 0–1
Miami Masters A 1R A A A A A 0–1
Monte Carlo Masters A 2R A A A A A 1–1
Rome Masters A 1R A A 2R A A 1–2
Madrid Masters 1R 2R A Q2 Q1 A A 1–2
Canada Masters A A A A A A A 0–0
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A 0–0
Shanghai Masters A A A A A A A 0–0
Paris Masters A A A A A A A 0–0
Win–loss 0–1 2–5 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–7
Career statistics
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Year-end ranking 72 89 429 126 114 219 274

References edit

  1. ^ "atpworldtour.com Profile". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  2. ^ "itftennis.com Men's Circuit record". itftennis.com. ITF Licensing (UK) Ltd. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  3. ^ "Coco Gauff hires former Spanish tennis player Pere Riba as her coach ahead of Rothesay International 2023". 25 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Zheng Qinwen reuniting with coach Pere Riba for 2024".

External links edit