| Full name | Guadelupe Novelo Osuna |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Mexico |
| Born | 5 May 1967 |
| Prize money | $72,441 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 77–56 |
| Highest ranking | No. 250 (16 November 1992) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 77–56 |
| Highest ranking | No. 92 (11 October 1993) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (1992, 1993) |
| French Open | 2R (1991) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (1992) |
| US Open | 2R (1993) |
Guadelupe "Lupita" Novelo Osuna (born 5 May 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Mexico.
Novelo comes from Ensenada in the Mexican state of Baja California, one of six children of Don Antonio and Ana María. [1]
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. [2]
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. [3] She lost in the first round to number one seed Steffi Graf. [4]
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. [5]
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. [1]
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 16 October 1989 | Kuroshio, Japan | Hard |  Lynn Nabors |  Ayako Hirose Miki Mizokuchi | 7–6(5), 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 30 October 1989 | Saga, Japan | Grass | Lynn Nabors | Ei Iida Naoko Sato | 6–7(3), 6–4, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 6 November 1989 | Matsuyama, Japan | Hard | Lynn Nabors |  Kim Il-soon Lee Jeong-myung | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 21 May 1990 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | Hard |  Jean Lozano |  Suzanne Italiano  Belkis Rodríguez | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Winner | 3. | 3 June 1990 | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Hard | Jean Lozano | Lucila Becerra  Themis Zambrzycki | 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2 July 1990 | Mobile, United States | Hard | Jean Lozano | Kim Il-soon Lee Jeong-myung | 1–6, 0–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 9 July 1990 | Fayetteville, United States | Hard | Jean Lozano | Kim Il-soon Lee Jeong-myung | 6–4, 6–7(3), 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 17 February 1991 | Mildura, Australia | Grass | Betsy Somerville |  Kristine Kunce Clare Thompson | 6–7, 2–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 25 February 1991 | Canberra, Australia | Grass | Betsy Somerville | Tracey Rodgers Alison Scott | 7–5, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Winner | 5. | 4 March 1991 | Broadmeadows, Australia | Grass | Betsy Somerville | Kristine Kunce Clare Thompson | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Winner | 6. | 21 October 1991 | Ōita, Japan | Hard | Kristine Kunce |  Maria Ekstrand  Sabine Lohmann | 6–1, 7–5 |
| Winner | 7. | 30 September 1991 | Saga, Japan | Grass | Kristine Kunce |  Tang Min  Li Fang | 5–7, 6–2, 7–5 |
| Winner | 8. | 4 November 1991 | Chiba, Japan | Hard | Kristine Kunce | Ayako Hirose Yone Kamio | 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 24 November 1991 | Nuriootpa, Australia | Hard | Terri O'Reilly | Jo-Anne Faull Rennae Stubbs | 4–6, 5–7 |
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