Pere Riba
Pere Riba Madrid (Catalan: [ˈpeɾə ˈriβə], Spanish: [ˈpeɾe ˈriβa maˈðɾið]; born 7 April 1988) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. Riba competed on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 65, on May 16, 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 81, on June 7, 2010.
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| Country (sports) |  Spain |
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| Residence | Barcelona, Spain |
| Born | 7 April 1988 Barcelona, Spain |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Turned pro | 2004 |
| Retired | 2020 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $1,363,323 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 24–62 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 65 (16 May 2011) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2011, 2012) |
| French Open | 2R (2010, 2011) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2010, 2011, 2014) |
| US Open | 1R (2010, 2011, 2014) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 24–34 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 81 (7 June 2010) |
| Current ranking | No. 1,343 (29 October 2018) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2011) |
| French Open | QF (2010) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2011) |
| US Open | 1R (2010, 2011) |
| Last updated on: 1 November 2018. | |
Professional career
At one point in his career he ranked as the youngest Spaniard in the top 100, but injury (leading to hip surgery) saw his ranking drop to as low 843 in early 2013.[1] Riba was coached by former Spanish player Jordi Arrese, and Juanse Martínez.[2][3]
Coaching career
He is the co-founder of ELITE TENNIS TEAM with Julián Alonso based in Barcelona (Club Tennis Els Gorchs) focusing on junior development and professional tennis players like Qinwen Zheng, whom he is currently coaching and Arantxa Rus.
Futures and Challenger finals
Singles: 37 (13–24)
| 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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)
| 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 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
| 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
- "atpworldtour.com Pere Riba Rankings History". atpworldtour.com. ATP World Tour, Inc.
- "atpworldtour.com Profile". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- "itftennis.com Men's Circuit record". itftennis.com. ITF Licensing (UK) Ltd. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
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