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Pere Riba

Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	(1988-04-07) 7 April 1988 (age 36) 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)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2011)
French Open	QF (2010)
Wimbledon	1R (2011)
US Open	1R (2010, 2011)

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 No. 65 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in May 2011, and No. 81 in doubles in June 2010. Riba won 21 titles in singles and doubles on both the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. He reached one major 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.

Professional

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.

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.

Riba was the coach of Zheng Qinwen from 2021 until the summer 2023, helping her rise from world No. 169 to No. 7. He then coached Coco Gauff, with whom he won the WTA 500 in Washington, the WTA 1000 in Cincinnati and the US Open (2023). He is currently back coaching Zheng Qinwen since December 2023 and under his tutelage, she reached the final of the 2024 Australian Open.

Futures and Challenger finals

Singles: 37 (13–24)

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, 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, 4–6
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
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, 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
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, 2–6, 7–6
Runner-up	17.	July 28, 2013	Orbetello, Italy	Clay	Filippo Volandri	4–6, 6–7
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, 3–6
Runner-up	20.	June 2, 2014	Arad, Romania	Clay	Damir Džumhur	4–6, 6–7
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
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)

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, 6–3,
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, 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, 4–6,
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,
Winner	8.	September 4, 2016	Curitiba, Brazil	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	André Ghem Fabrício Neis	6–7, 6–4,
Runner-up	6.	December 9, 2017	Islamabad, Pakistan	Clay	Luka Pavlovic	Aqeel Khan Shahzad Khan	6–7, 6–7

Singles performance timeline

References

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

External links

• Pere Riba at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Pere Riba at the International Tennis Federation

• 1988 births
• Living people
• Spanish male tennis players
• Tennis players from Barcelona
• Spanish tennis coaches
• 21st-century Spanish sportsmen