2024 Racquetball World Championships – Women's singles

Women’s singles
at the XXII Racquetball World Championships
LocationUnited States San Antonio, Texas, United States
DatesAugust 24–31, 2024
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 

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.

Mexican Paola Longoria won Women's Singles for a record extending 6th time by defeating Guatemalan Gabriela Martinez in the final, 12–10, 11–7, 11–7.[2] It was the 4th time in the last five World Championships that Longoria and Martinez met in the Women's Singles final. Longoria previously winning in 2016, 2021, 2022 and Martinez in 2018.

Tournament format

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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 singles

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Preliminary round

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Source:[3]

Group 1
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Place
Mexico Paola Longoria 2 2 0 6 0 66 25 1
Canada Christine Keay 2 1 1 3 4 56 65 2
Chile Paula Mansilla 2 0 2 1 6 44 76 3
Group 2
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Place
Chile Carla Muñoz 3 3 0 8 3 148 129 1
United States Kelani Lawrence 3 2 1 8 3 120 84 2
Canada Danielle Ramsay 3 1 2 5 6 109 109 3
Costa Rica Jimena Gomez 3 0 3 1 9 54 108 4
Group 3
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Place
Mexico Montserrat Mejia 3 3 0 9 0 99 41 1
Italy Cristina Amaya 3 2 1 6 4 93 75 2
Japan Harumi Kajino 3 1 2 4 8 78 117 3
Ecuador Ana Lucia Sarmiento 3 0 3 2 9 73 110 4
Group 4
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Place
Bolivia Angélica Barrios 3 3 0 9 2 118 78 1
United States Michelle Key 3 2 1 8 4 123 105 2
South Korea Sumin Lee 3 1 2 4 6 86 100 3
Costa Rica Larissa Faeth 3 0 3 0 9 60 104 4
Group 5
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Place
Argentina Maria Jose Vargas 3 3 0 9 2 115 82 1
Dominican Republic Merynanyelly Delgado 3 2 1 6 3 89 65 2
Ecuador Maria José Muñoz 3 1 2 3 6 65 87 3
Japan Ayako Hanashi 3 0 3 2 9 81 116 4
Group 6
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Place
Guatemala Gabriela Martinez 3 3 0 9 0 99 33 1
Bolivia Camila Rivero 3 2 1 6 4 94 72 2
South Korea Haeok Jeong 3 1 2 4 6 63 88 3
Chile Paula Mansilla 3 0 3 0 9 36 99 4
Group 7
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Place
Argentina Natalia Mendez 3 3 0 9 3 122 79 1
Dominican Republic Maria Cespedes 3 2 1 8 6 129 128 2
Guatemala Maria Renee Rodriguez 3 1 2 6 6 113 123 3
Republic of Ireland Aisling Hickey 3 0 3 1 9 78 112 4

Medal round

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Source:[4]

First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Mexico Paola Longoria 11 11 11
9 Bolivia Camila Rivero 7 5 11 13 11 9 Bolivia Camilla Rivero 4 9 9
8 Dominican Republic Maria Cespedes 7 5 9 11 0 9 Mexico Paola Longoria 11 16 9 11
5 Argentina Maria Jose Vargas 13 11 11 5 Argentina Maria Jose Vargas 9 14 11 5
12 Italy Cristina Amaya 11 6 4 5 Argentina Maria Jose Vargas 11 12 14 11 11
13 United States Kelani Lawrence 11 12 3 15 13 United States Kelani Lawrence 11 14 12 7 8
4 Bolivia Angélica Barrios 6 10 11 13 1 Mexico Paola Longoria 11 6 11 12
3 Mexico Montserrat Mejia 11 11 11 6 Guatemala Gabriela Martinez 5 11 9 10
14 Canada Christie Keay 4 8 3 3 Mexico Montserrat Mejia 3 2 21
11 United States Michelle Key 5 11 7 2 6 Guatemala Gabriela Martinez 11 11 23
6 Guatemala Gabriela Martinez 11 9 11 11 6 Guatemala Gabriela Martinez 9 11 11 11
7 Argentina Natalia Mendez 11 11 11 2 Chile Carla Muñoz 11 7 5 4
10 Dominican Republic Merynanyelly Delgado 3 8 5 7 Argentina Natalia Mendez 11 9 11 8 8
2 Chile Carla Muñoz 7 11 6 11 11

References

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  1. ^ "XXII IRF World Racquetball Championships San Antonio 2024". International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Paola Longoria gana su sexto campeonato mundial en raquetbol". La Jornada. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  3. ^ "XXII IRF World Championships - Women's Open - Group stage". R2 Sports. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  4. ^ "XXII IRF World Championships - Women's Open - Medal round". R2 Sports. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
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