Lucila Becerra

Lucila "Lucy" Becerra González^[a] (born 22 July 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Mexico.

Lucila Becerra

Full name	Lucila Becerra González
Country (sports)	Mexico
Born	(1965-07-22) 22 July 1965 (age 58)
Prize money	$44,314
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 253 (7 August 1995)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 194 (10 July 1995)

Biography

Tennis career

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

Becerra lives in Mazatlán and is married with two children, twins Lucy and Mariano.^[3]

ITF finals

Singles: 16 (9–7)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
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)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	3 August 1986	Querétaro, Mexico	Clay	Maluca Llamas	Claudia Hernández   Leticia Herrera	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	2.	10 August 1986	León, Mexico	Clay	Maluca Llamas	Claudia Hernández   Leticia Herrera	6–3, 6–3
Loss	1.	18 September 1986	Murcia, Spain	Clay	Maluca Llamas	Anne Aallonen   Patricia Hy	6–7, 3–6
Loss	2.	29 June 1987	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Maluca Llamas	Carin Bakkum   Themis Zambrzycki	3–6, 4–6
Win	3.	12 July 1987	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Hard	Maluca Llamas	Jackie Masters   Michelle Parun	6–4, 7–6
Loss	3.	7 March 1988	Castellón, Spain	Clay	Claudia Hernández	Janet Souto   Ninoska Souto	6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Win	4.	6 June 1988	Key Biscayne, United States	Hard	Xóchitl Escobedo	Sophie Amiach   Jennifer Santrock	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Win	5.	17 July 1988	Guadalajara, Mexico	Clay	Xóchitl Escobedo	Blanca Borbolla   Aránzazu Gallardo	6–2, 6–1
Win	6.	25 July 1988	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Xóchitl Escobedo	Jamie Pisarcik   Karim Strohmeier	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	4.	3 June 1990	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Hard	Themis Zambrzycki	Jean Lozano   Lupita Novelo	3–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win	7.	9 March 1992	Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Vincenza Procacci	Rita Pichardo   Belkis Rodríguez	6–4, 6–4
Loss	5.	30 August 1992	Querétaro, Mexico	Hard	Xóchitl Escobedo	Renata Kolbovic   Vanessa Webb	3–6, 2–6
Win	8.	6 September 1992	Toluca, Mexico	Hard	Xóchitl Escobedo	Renata Kolbovic   Vanessa Webb	7–6, 6–7, 7–5
Win	9.	13 September 1992	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Xóchitl Escobedo	Cláudia Chabalgoity   Isabela Petrov	6–3, 6–2
Win	10.	11 October 1992	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Claudia Muciño	Fanny Hernández   Cynthia Ojeda	6–3, 6–1
Win	11.	19 September 1993	Guadalajara, Mexico	Clay	Xóchitl Escobedo	Kellie Dorman-Tyrone   Philippa Palmer	6–4, 6–2
Win	12.	3 October 1993	Monterrey, Mexico	Clay	Xóchitl Escobedo	Happy Ho   Claudia Muciño	6–2, 6–1
Win	13.	10 October 1993	Zacatecas City, Mexico	Hard	Xóchitl Escobedo	Adriana Garcia   Yoannis Montesino	6–1, 6–4
Win	14.	17 October 1993	Saltillo, Mexico	Hard	Xóchitl Escobedo	Claudia Muciño   Sylvia Schenck	7–6^(11), 6–2
Win	15.	11 July 1994	Toluca, Mexico	Hard	Claudia Muciño	Kellie Dorman-Tyrone   Xóchitl Escobedo	6–0, 6–4
Win	16.	18 July 1994	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Claudia Muciño	Ximena Rodríguez   Paula Umaña	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Win	17.	25 September 1994	Guadalajara, Mexico	Hard	Xóchitl Escobedo	Yoannis Montesino   Belkis Rodríguez	6–3, 6–3
Win	18.	2 October 1994	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Xóchitl Escobedo	Claudia Muciño   Paula Umaña	6–4, 6–4
Win	19.	9 October 1994	Zacatecas, Mexico	Clay	Xóchitl Escobedo	María Dolores Campana   Claudia Muciño	6–4, 6–4
Win	20.	25 June 1995	Toluca, Mexico	Hard	Jessica Fernández	Tracey Hiete   Renata Kolbovic	6–4, 6–4
Win	21.	22 June 1997	Chetumal, Mexico	Hard	Ana Paola Gonzalez	Alejandra Hernández   Rochelle Raiss	6–4, 6–3
Win	22.	27 October 1997	Culiacan, Mexico	Hard	Isabela Petrov	Paola Arrangoiz   Alina Jidkova	7–5, 6–0

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Becerra and the second or maternal family name is González.

References

1. "Hay esperanza para el tenis femenino mexicano". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). 22 April 2012.
2. "Lucy Becerra de Hinojos". Noroeste (in Spanish). 28 May 2008.
3. "Los hermanos Lucy y Mariano Hinojos saltan a la cancha en La Baule, Francia". Noroeste (in Spanish). 28 June 2016.

External links

• Lucila Becerra at the Women's Tennis Association  
• Lucila Becerra at the International Tennis Federation  
• Lucila Becerra at the Billie Jean King Cup