2014 Racquetball World Championships – Women's singles

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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
Gold Gold medal.svg Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria
Silver Silver medal.svg Flag of the United States.svg Rhonda Rajsich
Bronze Bronze medal.svg Flag of Argentina.svg Maria Jose Vargas
Flag of Mexico.svg Samantha Salas
Men's doubles
Women's doubles

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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In women's singles, Mexican Paola Longoria was the defending champion, and she successfully defended her title by defeating Rhonda Rajsich of the US in the final, 15–6, 15–8. Longoria didn't lose any games en route to the title, including a straight games win in the semi-finals against Maria Jose Vargas, who was playing for Argentina after previously competing for Bolivia.

Unlike Longoria, Rajsich was pushed to tie-breakers twice in the early rounds, as she needed three games to defeat both fellow American Aubrey Kirch (in the second round) and Colombian Cristina Amaya in the quarterfinals. Indeed, Amaya had match points on Rajsich in both games two and three, but couldn't convert them, as Rajsich won 12–15, 15–14, 11–10. But in the semi-final, Rajsich beat Samantha Salas of Mexico in two straight games, 15–11, 15–9.

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.

Round robin

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Pool A

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of the United States.svg Rhonda Rajsich 2204060124
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Melania Sauma Masis2112341653
Flag of Venezuela.svg Mariana Paredes2021443672

Pool B

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria 2204060134
Flag of Venezuela.svg Mariana Tobon2112241523
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Sofia Soley Saborio2020424602

Pool C

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Ecuador.svg Maria Paz Muñoz2204169414
Flag of the United States.svg Aubrey Kirch2113258583
Flag of Ireland.svg Aisling Hickey2020432602

Pool D

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Mexico.svg Samantha Salas 3306198386
Flag of Bolivia.svg Jenny Daza3215286585
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg María Céspedes3122453774
Flag of Cuba.svg Disney Linares Barreras3030626903

Pool E

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Ecuador.svg Veronica Sotomayor3306090146
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Christine Richardson3214270385
Flag of Ireland.svg Donna Ryder3122439794
Flag of Catalonia.svg Anna Ventura3030622903

Pool F

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Argentina.svg Véronique Guillemette3306090596
Flag of Bolivia.svg Natalia Mendez 3214284535
Flag of Japan.svg Harumi Kajino3122465674
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Merynanyelly Delgado3000630903

Pool G

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Guatemala.svg Maria Renee Rodriguez3306090306
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michéle Morissette3214281575
Flag of Catalonia.svg Bet Consegal3122560874
Flag of Chile.svg Maria Paz Riquelme3031640973

Pool H

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Colombia.svg Cristina Amaya 3306090536
Flag of Argentina.svg Maria Jose Vargas 3214278505
Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Eun Ane3122457784
Flag of Japan.svg Maiko Satoh3030646903

Pool I

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Chile.svg Carla Muñoz 3306191556
Flag of South Korea.svg Jin Seok3214284575
Flag of Guatemala.svg Gabriela Martinez 3123470694
Flag of Colombia.svg Claudia Andrade3030626903

Elimination round

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                  
 
 
1 Flag of the United States.svg Rhonda Rajsich 15, 15
33 Flag of Cuba.svg Disney Linares Barreras 7, 3
33 Flag of Cuba.svg Disney Linares Barreras15, 15
32 Flag of Catalonia.svg Anna Ventura 11, 5
1 Flag of the United States.svg Rhonda Rajsich 11, 15, 15
17 Flag of the United States.svg Aubrey Kirch 15, 11, 4
 
 
17 Flag of Venezuela.svg Mariana Tobon 11, 9
16 Flag of the United States.svg Aubrey Kirch15, 15
 
 
1 Flag of the United States.svg Rhonda Rajsich 12, 15, 11
8 Flag of Colombia.svg Cristina Amaya 15, 14, 10
 
 
9 Flag of Chile.svg Carla Muñoz 15, 15
24 Flag of Japan.svg Harumi Kajino 10, 4
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9 Flag of Chile.svg Carla Muñoz 0, 15, 8
8 Flag of Colombia.svg Cristina Amaya 15, 9, 11
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25 Flag of Catalonia.svg Bat Consegal 3, 8
8 Flag of Colombia.svg Cristina Amaya 15, 15
 
 
1 Flag of the United States.svg Rhonda Rajsich 15, 15
13 Flag of Mexico.svg Samantha Salas 11, 9
 
 
5 Flag of Ecuador.svg Veronica Sotomayor15, 15
37 Flag of Colombia.svg Claudia Andrade 1, 1
 
 
37 Flag of Ecuador.svg Veronica Sotomayor15, 15
12 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michèle Morissette 11, 6
21  
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21 Flag of Ireland.svg Aisling Hickey 14, 13
12 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michèle Morissette15, 15
 
 
12 Flag of Ecuador.svg Veronica Sotomayor 4, 15, 8
13 Flag of Mexico.svg Samantha Salas 15, 9, 11
 
 
13 Flag of Bolivia.svg Natalia Mendez 13, 13
20 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Sofia Soley15, 15
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20  
20 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Sofia Soley 1, 3
29 Flag of Mexico.svg Samantha Salas 15, 15
 
 
29 Flag of Japan.svg Maiko Sato 2, 2
4 Flag of Mexico.svg Samantha Salas 15, 15
 
 
1 Flag of the United States.svg Rhonda Rajsich 6, 8
2 Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria 15, 15
 
 
3 Flag of Ecuador.svg Maria Paz Muñoz15, 15
30 Flag of Chile.svg Maria Paz Riquelme 4, 3
 
 
35 Flag of Ecuador.svg Maria Paz Muñoz 15, 11, 10
14 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Christine Richardson14, 15, 11
 
 
19 Flag of Venezuela.svg Mariana Paredes 6, 3
14 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Christine Richardson15, 15
 
 
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Christine Richardson 6, 1
6 Flag of Argentina.svg Maria Jose Vargas 15, 15
 
 
11 Flag of Argentina.svg María Jose Vargas15, 15
22 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg María Céspedes 4, 5
 
 
11 Flag of Argentina.svg Maria Jose Vargas 15, 15
6 Flag of Guatemala.svg Gabriela Martinez 5, 5
 
 
27 Flag of Guatemala.svg Gabriela Martinez 15, 10, 11
6 Flag of Argentina.svg Véronique Guillemette 9, 15, 6
 
 
6 Flag of Argentina.svg Maria Jose Vargas 5, 9
2 Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria 15, 15
 
 
7 Flag of Guatemala.svg María Renee Rodríguez 15, 7, 6
26 Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Eun Ane14, 15, 11
 
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26 Flag of Korea (1899).svg Jung Eun Ane 11, 13
10 Flag of Korea (1899).svg Jin Young Seok15, 15
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23 Flag of Ireland.svg Donna Ryder 2, 2
10 Flag of South Korea.svg Jin Young Seon15, 15
 
 
10 Flag of South Korea.svg Jin Young Seok 4, 5
2 Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria 15, 15
 
 
15 Flag of Bolivia.svg Jenny Daza15, 15
18 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Melania Sauma 4, 4
 
 
18 Flag of Bolivia.svg Jenny Daza 9, 1
2 Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria 15, 15
 
 
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Merynanyelly Delgado 0, 2
2 Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria 15, 15
 
 
Women's singles Winner
Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria

References

  1. "IRF:: International Racquetball Federation - IRF XVII World Racquetball Championship Burlington 2014". Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  2. "IRF 2014 World Championships - Women's Singles - Round Robin". Dropbox. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  3. "IRF 2014 World Championships - Women's Singles". Dropbox. Retrieved 2022-12-29.