Lucila Becerra
Full name | Lucila Becerra González |
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Country (sports) | Mexico |
Born | 22 July 1965 |
Prize money | $44,314 |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 253 (7 August 1995) |
Doubles | |
Highest ranking | No. 194 (10 July 1995) |
Lucila "Lucy" Becerra González[a] (born 22 July 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Mexico.
Biography
[edit]Tennis career
[edit]Becerra reached a best singles ranking of 253 in the world and won nine professional titles on the ITF circuit.[1] As a doubles player she was ranked as high as 194 and won 22 ITF titles.
A three-time Pan American Games medalist, Becerra won the mixed doubles gold at Indianapolis in 1987, to go with her women's doubles bronze medal in the same tournament.[2] She won a further women's doubles bronze medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata.
Her Fed Cup career for Mexico spanned 10 years and she appeared in a total of 15 ties. She won 11 matches overall, five in singles and six in doubles.
Personal life
[edit]Becerra lives in Mazatlán and is married with two children, twins Lucy and Mariano.[3]
ITF finals
[edit]Singles: 16 (9–7)
[edit]Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 3 August 1986 | Querétaro, Mexico | Clay | Claudia Hernández | W/O |
Loss | 2. | 24 July 1988 | León, Mexico | Hard | Karim Strohmeier | 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1. | 31 July 1988 | Mexico City, Mexico | Clay | Claudia Hernández | 6–1, 6–3 |
Loss | 3. | 23 August 1992 | Cuernavaca, Mexico | Hard | Carole Lucarelli | 3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 4. | 5 October 1992 | Mexico City, Mexico | Clay | Nora Kovařčíková | 5–7, 7–5, 6–7 |
Win | 2. | 11 October 1992 | Mexico City, Mexico | Clay | Alejandra Vallejo | 6–2, 3–6, 6–1 |
Loss | 5. | 19 September 1993 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Clay | Xóchitl Escobedo | 6–2, 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 3. | 26 September 1993 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Clay | Xóchitl Escobedo | 6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 4. | 3 October 1993 | Monterrey, Mexico | Clay | Rita Pichardo | 6–3, 7–5 |
Win | 5. | 10 October 1993 | Zacatecas, Mexico | Hard | Martina Nejedly | 6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 6. | 17 October 1993 | Saltillo, Mexico | Hard | Stephanie Reece | 6–2, 7–6 |
Loss | 6. | 17 July 1994 | Toluca, Mexico | Hard | Miki Yokobori | 4–6, 6–2, 2–6 |
Loss | 7. | 19 September 1994 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Hard | Aránzazu Gallardo | 6–4, 3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 7. | 26 September 1994 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Clay | María Dolores Campana | 7–6(3), 6–1 |
Win | 8. | 3 October 1994 | Zacatecas, Mexico | Hard | María Dolores Campana | 6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 9. | 24 July 1995 | Salvador, Brazil | Hard | Lizzie Jelfs | 6–4, 6–3 |
Doubles: 27 (22–5)
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Becerra and the second or maternal family name is González.
References
[edit]- ^ "Hay esperanza para el tenis femenino mexicano". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). 22 April 2012.
- ^ "Lucy Becerra de Hinojos". Noroeste (in Spanish). 28 May 2008.
- ^ "Los hermanos Lucy y Mariano Hinojos saltan a la cancha en La Baule, Francia". Noroeste (in Spanish). 28 June 2016.
External links
[edit]- 1965 births
- Living people
- Mexican female tennis players
- Sportspeople from Mazatlán
- Tennis players at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Tennis players at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games medalists in tennis
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Mexican women