Pere Riba Explained

Pere Riba
Residence:Barcelona, Spain
Birth Date:1988 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Barcelona, Spain
Turnedpro:2004
Retired:2020
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$1,363,323
Singlesrecord:24–62
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 65 (16 May 2011)
Australianopenresult:2R (2011, 2012)
Frenchopenresult:2R (2010, 2011)
Wimbledonresult:1R (2010, 2011, 2014)
Usopenresult:1R (2010, 2011, 2014)
Doublesrecord:24–34
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 81 (7 June 2010)
Australianopendoublesresult:2R (2011)
Frenchopendoublesresult:QF (2010)
Wimbledondoublesresult:1R (2011)
Usopendoublesresult:1R (2010, 2011)
Updated:1 November 2018

Pere Riba Madrid (in Catalan; Valencian ˈpeɾə ˈriβə/, pronounced as /es/; 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.

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

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]

Coaching career

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.

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

Singles: 37 (13–24)

Legend
Challengers (7–15)
Futures (6–9)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.Balaguer, SpainClay Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal5–7, 5–7
Runner-up2.Melilla, SpainClay Guillermo Alcaide6–7(4–7), 3–6
Runner-up3.Vic, SpainClay Pedro Clar-Rosselló0–0 ret.
Winner1.Tenerife, SpainClay Komlavi Loglo6–1, 6–4
Runner-up4.Alicante, SpainClay José Antonio Sánchez-de Luna6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up5.Elche, SpainClay Tony Holzinger6–7(4–7), 4–6
Runner-up6.Oviedo, SpainClay Pablo Santos3–6, 0–3 ret.
Winner2.Terrassa, SpainClay Héctor Ruiz Cadenas6–0, 2–0 ret.
Winner3.Zaragoza, SpainClay Alexander Flock6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up7.Loja, SpainClay Rui Machado3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up8.Međugorje, Bosnia and HerzegovinaClay Iván Navarro0–6, 2–6
Winner4.Seville, SpainClay Enrico Burzi6–1, 6–3
Winner5.Murcia, SpainClay Pablo Martín Adalia6–0, 6–4
Runner-up9.Tanger, MoroccoClay Marc López7–5, 4–6, 6–7(9–11)
Runner-up10.Brasov, RomaniaClay Thiemo de Bakker5–7, 0–6
Winner6.Seville, SpainClay Albert Ramos Viñolas7–6(7–2), 6–2
Runner-up11.Florianópolis, BrazilClay Guillaume Rufin4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner7.Barletta, ItalyClay Steve Darcis6–3 ret.
Winner8.Bytom, PolandClay Facundo Bagnis6–0, 6–3
Runner-up12.Seville, SpainClay Albert Ramos Viñolas3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Runner-up13.Banja Luka, Bosnia and HerzegovinaClay Marsel İlhan0–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner9.Cancún, MexicoClay Carlos Berlocq6–4, 6–0
Runner-up14.San Sebastián, SpainClay Albert Ramos Viñolas1–6, 2–6
Runner-up15.Banja Luka, Bosnia and HerzegovinaClay Blaž Kavčič1–6, 4–6
Runner-up16.Vrsar, CroatiaClay Dominic Thiem6–2, 3–6, 1–3, ret.
Winner10.Todi, ItalyClay Santiago Giraldo7–6(7–5), 2–6, 7–6(8–6)
Runner-up17.Orbetello, ItalyClay Filippo Volandri4–6, 6–7(7–9)
Runner-up18.Szczecin, PolandClay Oleksandr Nedovyesov2–6, 5–7
Winner11.Panama City, PanamaClay Blaž Rola7–5, 5–7, 6–2
Runner-up19.Mersin, TurkeyClay Damir Džumhur6–7(4–7), 3–6
Runner-up20.Arad, RomaniaClay Damir Džumhur4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up21.Milan, ItalyClay Albert Ramos Viñolas3–6, 5–7
Runner-up22.Sibiu, RomaniaClay Adrian Ungur4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner12.Antalya, TurkeyClay Dimitar Kuzmanov6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up23.Vicenza, ItalyClay Guido Andreozzi0–6 ret
Winner13.Rovinj, CroatiaClay Alexey Vatutin6–3, 6–0
Runner-up24.Islamabad, PakistanClay Ivan Nedelko3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 14 (8–6)

Legend
Challengers (6–5)
Futures (2–1)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.Tenerife, SpainClay (red) Komlavi Loglo Pedro Clar-Rosselló
Ignacio Coll-Riudavets
6–1, 6–4
Winner2.Terrassa]], SpainClay (red) Gabriel Trujillo-Soler Marc Fornell-Mestres
Jordi Marsé-Vidri
6–7(6–8), 6–3, [10–8]
Runner-up1.Međugorje, Bosnia and HerzegovinaClay (red) Pablo Santos Jan Minář
Martin Slanar
7–5, 6–3
Winner3.Reggio Emilia, ItalyClay (red) Miguel Ángel López Jaén Gianluca Naso
Walter Trusendi
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up2.Turin, ItalyClay (red) Santiago Giraldo Daniele Bracciali
Potito Starace
6–3, 6–4
Winner4.Brasov, RomaniaClay (red) Pablo Santos Simone Vagnozzi
Uros Vico
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up3.Florianópolis, BrazilClay (red) Daniel Gimeno-Traver Tomasz Bednarek
Mateusz Kowalczyk
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up4.Puebla, MexicoHard Guillermo Olaso Vasek Pospisil
Adil Shamasdin
7–6(9–7), 6–0
Winner5.Bucaramanga, ColombiaClay (red) Santiago Ventura Marcelo Demoliner
Rodrigo Guidolin
6–2, 6–2
Winner6.Tarragona, SpainClay (red) Guillermo Olaso Pablo Andújar
Gerard Granollers-Pujol
7–6(1), 4–6, [10–5]
Winner7.Barranquilla, ColombiaClay Pablo Cuevas František Čermák
Michail Elgin
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up5.Guayaquil, EcuadorClay Jordi Samper-Montaña Máximo González
Guido Pella
6–2, 6–7(5–7), [5–10]
Winner8.Curitiba, BrazilClay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo André Ghem
Fabrício Neis
6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–7]
Runner-up6.Islamabad, PakistanClay Luka Pavlovic Aqeel Khan
Shahzad Khan
6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7)

Singles performance timeline

Tournament2010201120122013201420152016
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenA2R2RAQ2AA2–2
French Open2R2RA1R1RQ1Q12–4
Wimbledon1R1RAA1RQ1Q20–3
US Open1R1RAA1RAQ10–3
style=text-align:leftWin–loss1–32–41–10–10–30–00–04–12
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells MastersA1RAAAAA0–1
Miami MastersA1RAAAAA0–1
Monte Carlo MastersA2RAAAAA1–1
Rome MastersA1RAA2RAA1–2
Madrid Masters1R2RAQ2Q1AA1–2
Canada MastersAAAAAAA0–0
Cincinnati MastersAAAAAAA0–0
Shanghai MastersAAAAAAA0–0
Paris MastersAAAAAAA0–0
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–12–50–00–01–10–00–03–7
Career statistics
style=text-align:leftTitles–Finals0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Year-end ranking7289429126114219274

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zheng learning to harness her ambition after reuniting with coach Riba. 30 December 2023.
  2. Web site: atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc.. atpworldtour.com Profile. 2009-12-07.
  3. Web site: itftennis.com. ITF Licensing (UK) Ltd.. itftennis.com Men's Circuit record. 2009-12-07.
  4. Web site: Coco Gauff hires former Spanish tennis player Pere Riba as her coach ahead of Rothesay International 2023 . 25 June 2023 .
  5. Web site: Zheng Qinwen reuniting with coach Pere Riba for 2024.