Pere Riba Madrid (, ; 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. Since December 2023 he is coaching 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, helping her win the WTA 500 in Washington, the WTA 1000 in Cincinnati and the US Open (2023). In December 2023 he was back coaching Zheng Qinwen, and under his tutelage, she reached the final of the 2024 Australian Open.
Futures and Challenger finals
Singles: 37 (13–24) LegendChallengers (7–15)Futures (6–9) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up1.Balaguer, SpainClay Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal5–7, 5–7Runner-up2.Melilla, SpainClay Guillermo Alcaide6–7(4–7), 3–6Runner-up3.Vic, SpainClay Pedro Clar-Rosselló0–0 ret.Winner1.Tenerife, SpainClay Komlavi Loglo6–1, 6–4Runner-up4.Alicante, SpainClay José Antonio Sánchez-de Luna6–4, 3–6, 5–7Runner-up5.Elche, SpainClay Tony Holzinger6–7(4–7), 4–6Runner-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, 6–4Runner-up7.Loja, SpainClay Rui Machado3–6, 6–3, 1–6Runner-up8.Međugorje, Bosnia and HerzegovinaClay Iván Navarro0–6, 2–6Winner4.Seville, SpainClay Enrico Burzi6–1, 6–3Winner5.Murcia, SpainClay Pablo Martín Adalia6–0, 6–4Runner-up9.Tanger, MoroccoClay Marc López7–5, 4–6, 6–7(9–11)Runner-up10.Brasov, RomaniaClay Thiemo de Bakker5–7, 0–6Winner6.Seville, SpainClay Albert Ramos Viñolas7–6(7–2), 6–2Runner-up11.Florianópolis, BrazilClay Guillaume Rufin4–6, 6–3, 3–6Winner7.Barletta, ItalyClay Steve Darcis6–3 ret.Winner8.Bytom, PolandClay Facundo Bagnis6–0, 6–3Runner-up12.Seville, SpainClay Albert Ramos Viñolas3–6, 6–3, 5–7Runner-up13.Banja Luka, Bosnia and HerzegovinaClay Marsel İlhan0–6, 6–7(4–7)Winner9.Cancún, MexicoClay Carlos Berlocq6–4, 6–0Runner-up14.San Sebastián, SpainClay Albert Ramos Viñolas1–6, 2–6Runner-up15.Banja Luka, Bosnia and HerzegovinaClay Blaž Kavčič1–6, 4–6Runner-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, 5–7Winner11.Panama City, PanamaClay Blaž Rola7–5, 5–7, 6–2Runner-up19.Mersin, TurkeyClay Damir Džumhur6–7(4–7), 3–6Runner-up20.Arad, RomaniaClay Damir Džumhur4–6, 6–7(3–7)Runner-up21.Milan, ItalyClay Albert Ramos Viñolas3–6, 5–7Runner-up22.Sibiu, RomaniaClay Adrian Ungur4–6, 6–3, 5–7Winner12.Antalya, TurkeyClay Dimitar Kuzmanov6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–3)Runner-up23.Vicenza, ItalyClay Guido Andreozzi0–6 retWinner13.Rovinj, CroatiaClay Alexey Vatutin6–3, 6–0Runner-up24.Islamabad, PakistanClay Ivan Nedelko3–6, 4–6
Doubles: 14 (8–6) LegendChallengers (6–5)Futures (2–1) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinner1.Tenerife, SpainClay (red) Komlavi Loglo Pedro Clar-Rosselló Ignacio Coll-Riudavets6–1, 6–4Winner2.Terrassa]], SpainClay (red) Gabriel Trujillo-Soler Marc Fornell-Mestres Jordi Marsé-Vidri6–7(6–8), 6–3, [10–8]Runner-up1.Međugorje, Bosnia and HerzegovinaClay (red) Pablo Santos Jan Minář Martin Slanar7–5, 6–3Winner3.Reggio Emilia, ItalyClay (red) Miguel Ángel López Jaén Gianluca Naso Walter Trusendi6–4, 6–4Runner-up2.Turin, ItalyClay (red) Santiago Giraldo Daniele Bracciali Potito Starace6–3, 6–4Winner4.Brasov, RomaniaClay (red) Pablo Santos Simone Vagnozzi Uros Vico6–3, 6–2Runner-up3.Florianópolis, BrazilClay (red) Daniel Gimeno-Traver Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk6–1, 6–4Runner-up4.Puebla, MexicoHard Guillermo Olaso Vasek Pospisil Adil Shamasdin7–6(9–7), 6–0Winner5.Bucaramanga, ColombiaClay (red) Santiago Ventura Marcelo Demoliner Rodrigo Guidolin6–2, 6–2Winner6.Tarragona, SpainClay (red) Guillermo Olaso Pablo Andújar Gerard Granollers-Pujol7–6(1), 4–6, [10–5]Winner7.Barranquilla, ColombiaClay Pablo Cuevas František Čermák Michail Elgin6–4, 6–3Runner-up5.Guayaquil, EcuadorClay Jordi Samper-Montaña Máximo González Guido Pella6–2, 6–7(5–7), [5–10]Winner8.Curitiba, BrazilClay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo André Ghem Fabrício Neis6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–7]Runner-up6.Islamabad, PakistanClay Luka Pavlovic Aqeel Khan Shahzad Khan6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7)
Singles performance timeline
Tournament2010201120122013201420152016Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA2R2RAQ2AA2–2French Open2R2RA1R1RQ1Q12–4Wimbledon1R1RAA1RQ1Q20–3US Open1R1RAA1RAQ10–3Win–loss1–32–41–10–10–30–00–04–12ATP Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersA1RAAAAA0–1Miami MastersA1RAAAAA0–1Monte Carlo MastersA2RAAAAA1–1Rome MastersA1RAA2RAA1–2Madrid Masters1R2RAQ2Q1AA1–2Canada MastersAAAAAAA0–0Cincinnati MastersAAAAAAA0–0Shanghai MastersAAAAAAA0–0Paris MastersAAAAAAA0–0Win–loss0–12–50–00–01–10–00–03–7Career statisticsFinals0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0Year-end ranking7289429126114219274
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