2024 Racquetball World Championships – Women's doubles explained

Event:Women's doubles
Competition:XXII Racquetball World Championships
Location: San Antonio, Texas, United States
Dates:August 24–31, 2024
Gold: Alexandra Herrera & Montserrat Mejia
Silver: Natalia Mendez & Maria Jose Vargas
Bronze: Gabriela Martinez & Maria Renee Rodriguez
Frédérique Lambert & Juliette Parent

The International Racquetball Federation's 22nd Racquetball World Championships were held in San Antonio, Texas, USA from August 24–31, 2024.[1] This was the first time Worlds was in the USA since 1996, when it was held in Phoenix, Arizona.

The 2024 World Championships used a best of five games match format with each game to 11 points, win by 2, with rally scoring.

Mexicans Alexandra Herrera and Montserrat Mejia won Women's Doubles for the first time. They were in the final in 2018, but lost to Bolivians Valeria Centellas and Yasmine Sabja. Mexico defeated Argentina in the final, as Herrera and Mejia needed five games to defeat Maria Jose Vargas and Natalia Mendez, 11–3, 9–11, 15–13, 7–11, 11–7.[2] It was the 6th time a Mexican team has won the title.

Tournament format

The 2022 World Championships used a two-stage format to determine the World Champions. Initially, players competed in separate groups over three days. The results were used to seed players for the medal round with only the top two players from each group advancing to the medal round.

Women’s doubles

Preliminary round

Source:[3]

Group 1
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Alexandra Herrera & Montserrat Mejia2 2 0 6 0 66 21 1
Carla Muñoz & Paula Mansilla2 1 1 3 4 55 61 2
Ayako Hanashi & Saki Kokido3 0 2 1 6 36 75 3
Group 2
width=300Playerswidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20GWwidth=20GLwidth=20PWwidth=20PLwidth=50Place
Natalia Méndez & Maria Jose Vargas2 2 0 6 0 66 42 1
Maria José Muñoz & Ana Lucia Sarmiento2 1 1 3 3 58 56 2
Elaine Murphy & Antonia Neary2 0 2 0 6 40 66 3
Group 3
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Kelani Lawrence & Hollie Scott2 2 0 6 1 76 48 1
Angélica Barrios & Jenny Daza2 1 1 4 4 82 69 2
Paula Mansilla & Carla Muñoz2 0 2 1 6 35 76 3
Group 4
width=300Playerswidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20GWwidth=20GLwidth=20PWwidth=20PLwidth=50Place
Frédérique Lambert & Juliette Parent3 3 0 9 2 119 86 1
Gabriela Martinez & Maria Renee Rodriguez2 2 1 7 4 110 88 2
Maria Cespedes & Merynanyelly Delgado2 1 2 9 1 106 94 3
Larissa Faeth & Jimena Gomez2 0 3 0 9 57 101 4

Medal round

Source:[4]

References

  1. Web site: XXII IRF World Racquetball Championships San Antonio 2024 . International Racquetball Federation . 3 September 2024.
  2. Web site: Paola Longoria gana su sexto campeonato mundial en raquetbol . La Jornada . 4 September 2024.
  3. Web site: XXII IRF World Championships - Women's doubles - Group stage . 3 September 2024.
  4. Web site: XXII IRF World Championships - Women's doubles - Medal round . 3 September 2024.

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