Lupita Novelo

Guadelupe "Lupita" Novelo Osuna (born 5 May 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Mexico.

Biography Novelo comes from Ensenada in the Mexican state of Baja California, one of six children of Don Antonio and Ana María.

Moving to the United States, she attended the University of Southern California (USC) for four years on a scholarship, then in the early 1990s competed on the WTA Tour as well as in representative matches for Mexico.

She won three gold medals at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games and in the same year debuted for the Mexico Fed Cup team. Over three years she featured in a total of 14 Fed Cup ties. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona she made it into the singles draw as a lucky loser, replacing Helen Kelesi who had become ill. She lost in the first round to number one seed Steffi Graf.

On the professional tour she was most successful in doubles, with a top ranking of 92 in the world. As a doubles player she featured in the main draw of all grand slam tournaments, with her best performance coming at the 1992 Wimbledon Championships, where she and Kristine Radford made the round of 16. She reached a career best singles ranking of 250 and had a win over Chanda Rubin at the 1992 European Open.

Following a period of time coaching in the United States, Novelo returned to her hometown of Ensenada, where she runs the family business, a hotel called Las Rosas Hotel & Spa.

ITF finals $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments Doubles (8–6) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreWin 1. 16 October 1989 Kuroshio, Japan Hard Lynn Nabors Ayako Hirose Miki Mizokuchi 7–6(5), 6–4Loss 1. 30 October 1989 Saga, Japan Grass Lynn Nabors Ei Iida Naoko Sato 6–7(3), 6–4, 3–6Loss 2. 6 November 1989 Matsuyama, Japan Hard Lynn Nabors Kim Il-soon Lee Jeong-myung 1–6, 4–6Win 2. 21 May 1990 Aguascalientes, Mexico Hard Jean Lozano Suzanne Italiano Belkis Rodríguez 6–1, 6–1Win 3. 3 June 1990 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Hard Jean Lozano Lucila Becerra Themis Zambrzycki 6–3, 4–6, 6–1Loss 3. 2 July 1990 Mobile, United States Hard Jean Lozano Kim Il-soon Lee Jeong-myung 1–6, 0–6Loss 4. 9 July 1990 Fayetteville, United States Hard Jean Lozano Kim Il-soon Lee Jeong-myung 6–4, 6–7(3), 3–6Loss 5. 17 February 1991 Mildura, Australia Grass Betsy Somerville Kristine Kunce Clare Thompson 6–7, 2–6Win 4. 25 February 1991 Canberra, Australia Grass Betsy Somerville Tracey Rodgers Alison Scott 7–5, 3–6, 6–4Win 5. 4 March 1991 Broadmeadows, Australia Grass Betsy Somerville Kristine Kunce Clare Thompson 6–2, 7–5Win 6. 21 October 1991 Ōita, Japan Hard Kristine Kunce Maria Ekstrand Sabine Lohmann 6–1, 7–5Win 7. 30 September 1991 Saga, Japan Grass Kristine Kunce Tang Min Li Fang 5–7, 6–2, 7–5Win 8. 4 November 1991 Chiba, Japan Hard Kristine Kunce Ayako Hirose Yone Kamio 6–4, 5–7, 6–4Loss 6. 24 November 1991 Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Terri O'Reilly Jo-Anne Faull Rennae Stubbs 4–6, 5–7