2014 Racquetball World Championships – Women's doubles

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XVII Racquetball World Championships
- Canada 2014 -
Host Burlington, Ontario
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
DatesJune 14–21
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Gold Gold medal.svg Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
Silver Silver medal.svg Flag of the United States.svg Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger
Bronze Bronze medal.svg Flag of Chile.svg Angela Grisar & Carla Muñoz
Flag of Ecuador.svg Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz

The International Racquetball Federation's 17th Racquetball World Championships were held in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, from June 14 to 21, 2014. [1] This was the second time Worlds were in Canada. Previously, they were in Montreal in 1992.

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The women's doubles defending champions were Mexicans Paola Longoria and Samantha Salas and they won gold for a third straight time. In the final, they defeated American Aimee Ruiz, a former World Champion doubles player, and Janel Tisinger in two straight games. Longoria and Salas beat the Chilean team of Angela Grisar and Carla Muñoz in the semi-finals, which was a rematch of the 2012 final.

In the other semi-final, Ruiz and Tisinger needed to come back after losing the first game against the Ecuador team of Veronica Sotomayor and Maria Paz Muñoz, winning the match in a tie-breaker.

Tournament format

The 2014 World Championships was the first competition with an initial round robin stage that was used to seed players for an elimination qualification round. Previously, players were seeded into an elimination round based on how their countries had done at previous World Championships, and then a second team competition was also played. This year there was no team competition.

Round robin

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Pool A

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas 3306090186
Flag of Venezuela.svg Mariana Paredes & Mariana Tobon3214252575
Flag of South Korea.svg Jin Young Seok & Jung Eun Ane3122453604
Flag of Catalonia.svg Anna Ventura & Bet Consegal2020613902

Pool B

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of the United States.svg Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger 3306090186
Flag of Argentina.svg Véronique Guillemette & Maria Jose Vargas 3214252575
Flag of Ecuador.svg Maria Paz Muñoz & Veronica Sotomayor3122453604
Flag of Guatemala.svg Maria Renee Rodriguez & Gabriela Martinez 2020613902

Pool C

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Frédérique Lambert & Jennifer Saunders 3306198506
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Natalia Mendez & Adriana Riveros3214292605
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Maria Cespedes & Merynanyelly Delgado3122444724
Flag of Ireland.svg Majella Haverty & Katie Kenny2020638902

Pool D

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Chile.svg Angela Grisar & Carla Muñoz 3306096596
Flag of Japan.svg Maiko Sato & Naomi Wakimoto3124286774
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Melania Sauma & Sofia Soley3122456754
Flag of Colombia.svg Cristina Amaya & Claudia Andrade3120663784

Elimination round

Source [3]

Round of 16 Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
            
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas 15, 15
16 Flag of Guatemala.svg Maria Renee Rodriguez & Gabriela Martinez 6, 4
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico15, 15
8 Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Bolivia 5, 12
9 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Melania Sauma & Sofia Soley 10, 7
8 Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Natalia Mendez & Adriana Riveros15, 15
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico'15, 15
4 Flag of Chile.svg Chile 1, 3
5 Flag of Argentina.svg Véronique Guillemette & Maria Jose Vargas 15, 1, 11
12 Flag of South Korea.svg Jin Young Seok & Jung Eun Ane 9, 15, 7
5 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 15, 3, 8
4 Flag of Chile.svg Chile8, 15, 11
13 Flag of Ireland.svg Majella Haverty & Katie Kenny 7, 3
4 Flag of Chile.svg Angela Grisar & Carla Muñoz 15, 15
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico15, 15
2 Flag of the United States.svg USA 4, 12
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Frédérique Lambert & Jennifer Saunders 14, 15, 11
14 Flag of Colombia.svg Cristina Amaya & Claudia Andrade 15, 6, 6
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 6, 15, 8
11 Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador15, 7, 11
11 Flag of Ecuador.svg Maria Paz Muñoz & Veronica Sotomayor15, 15
6 Flag of Venezuela.svg Mariana Paredes & Mariana Tobon 2, 9
11 Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 15, 4, 4
2 Flag of the United States.svg USA6, 15, 11
7 Flag of Japan.svg Maiko Sato & Naomi Wakimoto15, 15
10 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Maria Cespedes & Merynanyelly Delgado 9, 8
7 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 7, 3
2 Flag of the United States.svg USA15, 15
15 Flag of Catalonia.svg Anna Ventura & Bet Consegal 0, 1
2 Flag of the United States.svg Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger 15, 15
Winners
Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas

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