2014 Racquetball World Championships – Women's singles explained

XVII Racquetball World Championships
- Canada 2014 -
HostBurlington, Ontario
Canada
DatesJune 14–21
Men's singles
Women's singles
Gold
Silver Rhonda Rajsich
Bronze Maria Jose Vargas
Samantha Salas
Men's doubles
Women's doubles

The International Racquetball Federation's 17th Racquetball World Championships were held in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, from June 14 to 21, 2014.[1] This was the second time Worlds were in Canada. Previously, they were in Montreal in 1992.

In women's singles, Mexican Paola Longoria was the defending champion, and she successfully defended her title by defeating Rhonda Rajsich of the US in the final, 15–6, 15–8. Longoria didn't lose any games en route to the title, including a straight games win in the semi-finals against Maria Jose Vargas, who was playing for Argentina after previously competing for Bolivia.

Unlike Longoria, Rajsich was pushed to tie-breakers twice in the early rounds, as she needed three games to defeat both fellow American Aubrey Kirch (in the second round) and Colombian Cristina Amaya in the quarterfinals. Indeed, Amaya had match points on Rajsich in both games two and three, but couldn't convert them, as Rajsich won 12–15, 15–14, 11–10. But in the semi-final, Rajsich beat Samantha Salas of Mexico in two straight games, 15–11, 15–9.

Tournament format

The 2014 World Championships was the first competition with an initial round robin stage that was used to seed players for an elimination qualification round. Previously, players were seeded into an elimination round based on how their countries had done at previous World Championships, and then a second team competition was also played.

Round robin

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Pool A

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Rhonda Rajsich2 2 0 4 0 60 12 4
Melania Sauma Masis 2 1 1 2 3 41 65 3
Mariana Paredes 2 0 2 1 4 43 67 2

Pool B

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2 2 0 4 0 60 13 4
Mariana Tobon 2 1 1 2 2 41 52 3
Sofia Soley Saborio 2 0 2 0 4 24 60 2

Pool C

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Maria Paz Muñoz2 2 0 4 1 69 41 4
Aubrey Kirch 2 1 1 3 2 58 58 3
Aisling Hickey 2 0 2 0 4 32 60 2

Pool D

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3 3 0 6 1 98 38 6
Jenny Daza 3 2 1 5 2 86 58 5
Maria Cespedes 3 1 2 2 4 53 77 4
Disney Linares Barreras 3 0 3 0 6 26 90 3

Pool E

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Veronica Sotomayor 3 3 0 6 0 90 14 6
Christine Richardson 3 2 1 4 2 70 38 5
Donna Ryder 3 1 2 2 4 39 79 4
Anna Ventura 3 0 3 0 6 22 90 3

Pool F

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Véronique Guillemette 3 3 0 6 0 90 59 6
Natalia Mendez3 2 1 4 2 84 53 5
Harumi Kajino3 1 2 2 4 65 67 4
Merynanyelly Delgado Araujo3 0 0 0 6 30 90 3

Pool G

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Maria Renee Rodriguez3 3 0 6 0 90 30 6
Michéle Morissette3 2 1 4 2 81 57 5
Bet Consegal 3 1 2 2 5 60 87 4
Maria Paz Riquelme 3 0 3 1 6 40 97 3

Pool H

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Cristina Amaya3 3 0 6 0 90 53 6
Maria Jose Vargas3 2 1 4 2 78 50 5
Jung Eun Ane3 1 2 2 4 57 78 4
Maiko Satoh3 0 3 0 6 46 90 3

Pool I

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Carla Muñoz3 3 0 6 1 91 55 6
Jin Seok3 2 1 4 2 84 57 5
Gabriela Martinez3 1 2 3 4 70 69 4
Claudia Andrade3 0 3 0 6 26 90 3

Elimination round

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width=100% Women's singles Winner
Paola Longoria

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IRF:: International Racquetball Federation - IRF XVII World Racquetball Championship Burlington 2014 . 2014-07-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140315013614/http://www.internationalracquetball.com/news/2014/2/irf-xvii-world-racquetball-championship-burlington-2014.aspx . 2014-03-15 . dead .
  2. Web site: IRF 2014 World Championships - Women's Singles - Round Robin. Dropbox. 2022-12-29.
  3. Web site: IRF 2014 World Championships - Women's Singles. Dropbox. 2022-12-29.