2021 Racquetball World Championships – Women's singles explained

XIX Racquetball World Championships
Costa Rica 2018
Host Guatemala City, Guatemala
DatesNovember 29 – December 6
Men's singles
Women's singles
Gold Paola Longoria
Silver Kelani Lawrence
Bronze Natalia Mendez
Rhonda Rajsich
Men's doubles
Women's doubles

The International Racquetball Federation's 20th Racquetball World Championships were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala from November 26 to December 6. This is the first time Worlds have been in Guatemala, and the second consecutive time a Central American country has hosted the event after Costa Rica in 2018.

In 2021, Mexican Paola Longoria won her fourth World Championship in women's singles,[1] which set the record for most titles - one more than Americans Cheryl Gudinas and Michelle Gould. Longoria defeated American Kelani Lawrence in the final, and Lawrence, as the 11th seed, was a surprise finalist.[2]

Tournament format

The 2021 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

Pool A

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2 2 0 4 0 60 22 4
Maria Paz Muñoz2 1 1 2 2 38 45 3
Micaela Meneses2 0 2 0 4 29 60 2

Pool B

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Maria Jose Vargas2 2 0 4 1 67 29 4
Kelani Lawrence2 1 1 3 2 57 48 3
Lee Sumin2 0 2 0 4 13 68 2

Pool C

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Angelica Barrios3 3 0 6 0 90 29 6
3 2 1 4 2 76 41 5
Maria Jose Muñoz3 1 2 2 4 47 72 4
Majella Haverty 3 0 3 0 6 19 90 3

Pool D

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Natalia Mendez3 3 0 6 0 90 39 6
Cristina Amaya3 2 1 4 3 80 71 5
Aisling Hickey 3 1 2 3 4 76 83 4
Lilian Zea3 0 3 0 6 37 90 3

Pool E

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Carla Muñoz3 3 0 6 0 90 41 6
Maria Renee Rodriguez 3 2 1 4 2 76 56 5
Merynanyelly Delgado 3 1 2 2 4 61 75 4
Juliette Parent3 0 3 0 6 35 90 3

Pool F

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Gabriela Martinez3 3 0 6 0 90 8 6
Michèle Morissette3 2 1 4 3 72 66 5
Maria Paz Riquelme3 1 2 2 5 49 90 4
Ayako Hanashi3 0 3 2 6 55 102 3

Medal round

width=100% Women's singles winner
Paola Longoria

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mens Singles . International Racquetball Federation . International Racquetball Federation . 13 December 2021.
  2. Web site: Kirk . Cheryl . 2021 IRF World Racquetball Championships Blog . https://web.archive.org/web/20211214205751/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Racquetball/Features/2021/November/28/2021-IRF-World-Racquetball-Championships-Blog . dead . December 14, 2021 . USA Racquetball . Team USA . 14 December 2021.