2018 Racquetball World Championships – Women's singles explained

XIX Racquetball World Championships - Costa Rica 2018 -
Host	San José, Costa Rica
Dates	August 10–18
Men's singles
Women's singles
Gold
Silver	Paola Longoria
Bronze	Natalia Mendez Maria Jose Vargas
Men's doubles
Women's doubles

The International Racquetball Federation's 19th Racquetball World Championships were held in San José, Costa Rica from August 10 to 18. This was the first time Worlds had been in Costa Rica, and the first time a Central American country hosted the event.

In 2016, Mexican Paola Longoria won her third World Championship in women's singles, which tied her with Cheryl Gudinas and Michelle Gould for most World Championships in women's singles. Gabriela Martinez of Guatemala was Longoria's opponent in the final, and she was a surprise finalist, as she was only 16 years old, although she was the World Junior Champion in girl's U16.^[1] Also, neither American player - Michelle Key or Rhonda Rajsich - made the podium, which was the first time an American woman had not finished in the top three in World Championship history.^[2]

Tournament format

The 2018 World Championships used a two-stage format with an initial group stage that was a round robin with the results used to seed players for a medal round.

Group stage

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Pool A

width=220	Player	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=50	Points
	2	2	0	4	0	60	14	4
Jin Seok	2	1	1	2	2	33	38	3
Harumi Kajino	2	0	2	0	4	12	53	2

Pool B

width=220	Player	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=50	Points
Rhonda Rajsich	2	2	0	4	0	60	11	4
Naomi Wakimoto	2	1	1	2	3	43	51	3
Young Ock Lee	2	0	2	1	4	27	68	2

Pool C

width=220	Player	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=50	Points
	3	3	0	6	1	98	32	6
	3	2	1	4	3	78	73	5
Jenny Daza	3	1	2	4	4	77	89	4
Donna Ryder	3	0	3	0	6	31	90	3

Pool D

width=220	Player	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=50	Points
Maria Renee Rodriguez	3	3	0	6	2	101	64	6
Sheryl Lotts	3	2	1	5	2	85	65	5
Aisling Hickey	3	1	2	3	4	77	81	4
Lilian Zea	3	0	3	0	6	29	90	3

Pool E

width=220	Player	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=50	Points
Yasmine Sabja	3	3	0	6	0	90	30	6
	3	2	1	4	2	82	54	5
Alejandra Jimenez	3	1	2	2	4	59	68	4
Josefa Parada	3	0	3	0	6	11	90	3

Pool F

width=220	Player	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=50	Points
Gabriela Martinez	3	3	0	6	0	90	25	6
Adriana Riveros	3	2	1	4	2	70	59	5
	3	1	2	2	4	60	64	4
Maricruz Ortiz	3	0	3	0	6	18	90	3

Pool G

width=220	Player	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=50	Points
Natalia Mendez	3	3	0	6	0	90	28	6
	3	2	1	4	2	54	47	5
Merynanyelly Delgado Araujo	3	1	2	2	5	49	90	4
	3	0	3	1	6	44	77	3

Medal round

width=100%	Women's singles Winner
Gabriela Martinez

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Dropbox - File Deleted.
2. Web site: Mexico wins 1st Overall Team title at 18th IRF World Championships. 25 July 2016.
3. Web site: Home . internationalracquetball.com.
4. Web site: International Racquetball Federation – Official website . 2019-09-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190806211641/http://www.internationalracquetball.com/ . 2019-08-06 . dead .