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2021 Racquetball World Championships – Women's singles

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XIX Racquetball World Championships
Costa Rica 2018
Host Guatemala Guatemala City, Guatemala
Dates November 29 – December 6
Men's singles
Women's singles
Gold Mexico Paola Longoria
Silver United States Kelani Lawrence
Bronze Argentina Natalia Mendez
United States 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

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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

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Pool A

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Mexico Paola Longoria 2 2 0 4 0 60 22 4
Ecuador Maria Paz Muñoz 2 1 1 2 2 38 45 3
Bolivia Micaela Meneses 2 0 2 0 4 29 60 2

Pool B

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Argentina Maria Jose Vargas 2 2 0 4 1 67 29 4
United States Kelani Lawrence 2 1 1 3 2 57 48 3
South Korea Lee Sumin 2 0 2 0 4 13 68 2

Pool C

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Bolivia Angelica Barrios 3 3 0 6 0 90 29 6
Mexico Samantha Salas 3 2 1 4 2 76 41 5
Ecuador Maria Jose Muñoz 3 1 2 2 4 47 72 4
Republic of Ireland Majella Haverty 3 0 3 0 6 19 90 3

Pool D

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Argentina Natalia Mendez 3 3 0 6 0 90 39 6
Colombia Cristina Amaya 3 2 1 4 3 80 71 5
Republic of Ireland Aisling Hickey 3 1 2 3 4 76 83 4
Venezuela Lilian Zea 3 0 3 0 6 37 90 3

Pool E

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Chile Carla Muñoz 3 3 0 6 0 90 41 6
Guatemala Maria Renee Rodriguez 3 2 1 4 2 76 56 5
Dominican Republic Merynanyelly Delgado 3 1 2 2 4 61 75 4
Canada Juliette Parent 3 0 3 0 6 35 90 3

Pool F

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Guatemala Gabriela Martinez 3 3 0 6 0 90 8 6
Canada Michèle Morissette 3 2 1 4 3 72 66 5
Colombia Maria Paz Riquelme 3 1 2 2 5 49 90 4
Japan Ayako Hanashi 3 0 3 2 6 55 102 3

Medal round

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semi finals Finals
               
1 Mexico Paola Longoria
32 BYE
1 Mexico Paola Longoria 15, 15
17 Ecuador Maria Jose Muñoz 0, 1
17 Colombia Maria Paz Riquelme 8, 5
16 Ecuador Maria Jose Muñoz 15, 15
1 Mexico Paola Longoria 15, 15
9 Mexico Samantha Salas 13, 5
9 Mexico Samantha Salas
24 BYE
9 Mexico Samantha Salas 15, 15
8 Canada Michèle Morissette 0, 2
25 BYE
8 Canada Michèle Morissette
1 Mexico Paola Longoria 15, 15
4 Argentina Natalia Mendez 10, 1
5 Guatemala Gabriela Martinez
BYE
5 Guatemala Gabriela Martinez 15, 15
12 Ecuador Maria Paz Muñoz 1, 14
21 Republic of Ireland Majella Haverty 3, 5
12 Ecuador Maria Paz Muñoz 15, 15
5 Guatemala Gabriela Martinez 15, 10, 7
4 Argentina Natalia Mendez 9, 15, 11
13 South Korea Lee Sumin 15, 15
20 Japan Ayako Hanashi 9, 4
13 South Korea Lee Sumin 3, 3
4 Argentina Natalia Mendez 15, 15
29 BYE
4 Argentina Natalia Mendez
1 Mexico Paola Longoria 15, 15
11 United States Kelani Lawrence 6, 1
3 Bolivia Angelica Barrios
30 BYE
3 Bolivia Angelica Barrios 13, 15, 11
14 Bolivia Micaela Meneses 15, 7, 3
19 Canada Juliette Parent 9, 1
14 Bolivia Micaela Meneses 15, 15
3 Bolivia Angelica Barrios 13, 11
11 United States Kelani Lawrence 15, 15
11 United States Kelani Lawrence 7, 15, 11
22 Republic of Ireland Aisling Hickey 15, 12, 5
11 United States Kelani Lawrence 15, 15
6 Chile Carla Muñoz 8, 13
27 BYE
6 Chile Carla Muñoz
11 United States Kelani Lawrence 15, 15
15 United States Rhonda Rajsich 12, 7
7 Guatemala Maria Renee Rodriguez
26 BYE
7 Guatemala Maria Renee Rodgriguez 15, 15
10 Colombia Cristina Amaya 13, 10
23 BYE
10 Colombia Cristina Amaya
7 Guatemala Maria Renee Rodriguez 7, 1
15 United States Rhonda Rajsich 15, 15
15 United States Rhonda Rajsich 14, 15, 11
18 Dominican Republic Merynanyelly Delgado 15, 3, 5
15 United States Rhonda Rajsich 5, 15, 11
2 Argentina Maria Jose Vargas 15, 5, 10
31 BYE
2 Argentina Maria Jose Vargas
Women's singles winner
Mexico Paola Longoria

References

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  1. ^ "Mens Singles". International Racquetball Federation. International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. ^ Kirk, Cheryl. "2021 IRF World Racquetball Championships Blog". USA Racquetball. Team USA. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.