2016 Racquetball World Championships – Women's singles

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XVIII Racquetball World Championships
- Colombia 2016 -
Host Cali, Colombia Flag of Colombia.svg
DatesJuly 15–23
Men's singles
Women's singles
Gold Gold medal.svg Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria
Silver Silver medal.svg Flag of Guatemala.svg Ana Gabriela Martinez
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 18th Racquetball World Championships were held in Cali, Colombia, from July 15 to 23, 2016. This was the first time Worlds were in Colombia, and the first time a South American country hosted the event since 1998, when Cochabamba, Bolivia, was the host city.

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Mexican Paola Longoria won her third World Championship in women's singles, which ties her with Cheryl Gudinas and Michelle Gould for most World Championships in women's singles. Ana Gabriela Martinez of Guatemala was Longoria's opponent in the final, and she was a surprise finalist, as she was only 16 years old, although she was the World Junior Champion in girl's U16. [1] Also, neither American player – Michelle Key nor Rhonda Rajsich – made the podium, which was the first time a USA woman had not finished in the top three in World Championship history.

Tournament format

The 2016 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.

Round robin

[2]

Pool A

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria 2204060134
Flag of Guatemala.svg Ana Gabriela Martinez 2112235433
Flag of Venezuela.svg Mariana Tobon2020421602

Pool B

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of the United States.svg Rhonda Rajsich 2204277604
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Jenny Daza2113357713
Flag of Guatemala.svg Maria Renee Rodriguez2022466692

Pool C

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Mexico.svg Samantha Salas 2204060214
Flag of Chile.svg Carla Muñoz 2112242283
Flag of Venezuela.svg Mariana Paredes2020417602

Pool D

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Adriana Riveros3306187376
Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Key 3215285365
Flag of Honduras.svg Pamela Sierra3122437724
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Naomi Sasso Kessler3030617903

Pool E

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Argentina.svg Maria Jose Vargas 3306090346
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michéle Morissette3214270725
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ivonne Carpio3122465694
Flag of Ireland.svg Majella Haverty3030639903

Pool F

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Colombia.svg Cristina Amaya 33061100576
Flag of South Korea.svg Jin Young Seok321525
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Merynanyelly Delgado Araujo3122444794
Flag of Japan.svg Harumi Kajino3000653903

Pool G

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Ecuador.svg Veronica Sotomayor3306090196
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Christine Richardson3214266545
Flag of Argentina.svg Cecilia Cerquetti3122564934
Flag of Ireland.svg Donna Ryder3031644983

Pool H

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Maria Cespedes330621051016
Flag of Japan.svg Maiko Sato3214390775
Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Eun Ane31235100974
Flag of Colombia.svg Carolina Gomez30336116963

Medal round

Source [3]

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semi finals Finals
               
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria
32  
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria 15, 15
16 Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Jenny Daza 5, 2
17 Flag of Venezuela.svg Mariana Paredes 7, 12
16 Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Jenny Daza15, 15
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria 15, 15
9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Christine Richardson 1, 0
9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Christine Richardson 15, 5, 11
24 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Merynanyelly Degado Araujo 7, 15, 7
9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Christine Richardson10, 15, 11
8 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Maria Cespedes 15, 9, 10
25 Flag of Ireland.svg Majella Haventry 4, 3
8 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Maria Cespedes15, 15
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria 15, 15
5 Flag of Argentina.svg Maria Jose Vargas 5, 5
5 Flag of Argentina.svg Maria Jose Vargas 15, 15
28 Flag of Colombia.svg Carolina Gomez 4, 4
5 Flag of Argentina.svg Maria Jose Vargas 9, 15, 11
12 Flag of South Korea.svg Jin Seok 15, 7, 4
21 Flag of Argentina.svg Pia Dati 3, 1
12 Flag of South Korea.svg Jin Seok15, 15
5 Flag of Argentina.svg Maria Jose Vargas 15, 6, 11
13 Flag of Chile.svg Carla Muñoz 9, 15, 9
13 Flag of Chile.svg Carla Muñoz 15, 15
20 Flag of Guatemala.svg Maria Renee Rodriguez 8, 7
13 Flag of Chile.svg Carla Muñoz 15, 15
4 Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Adriana Riveros 10, 11
29 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Naomi Sasso Kessler 3, 1
4 Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Adriana Riveros15, 15
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria 15, 15
15 Flag of Guatemala.svg Ana Gabriela Martinez 12, 5
3 Flag of Mexico.svg Samantha Salas
30  
3 Flag of Mexico.svg Samantha Salas 15, 15
19 Flag of Venezuela.svg Mariana Tobon 3, 0
19 Flag of Venezuela.svg Mariana Tobon4, 15, 11
14 Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Key 15, 9, 4
3 Flag of Mexico.svg Samantha Salas 15, 6, 11
6 Flag of Colombia.svg Cristina Amaya 3, 15, 6
11 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michèle Morissette15, 15
22 Flag of South Korea.svg June Eun Ane 7, 14
11 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michèle Morissette 1, 0
6 Flag of Colombia.svg Cristina Amaya 15, 15
27 Flag of Ireland.svg Donna Ryder 6, 7
6 Flag of Colombia.svg Cristina Amaya 15, 15
3 Flag of Mexico.svg Samantha Salas 11, 15, 9
15 Flag of Guatemala.svg Ana Gabriela Martinez 15, 14, 11
7 Flag of Ecuador.svg Veronica Sotomayor 15, 15
26 Flag of Japan.svg Harumi Kajino 7, 6
10 Flag of Japan.svg Maiko Sato 6, 3
7 Flag of Ecuador.svg Veronica Sotomayor 15, 15
23 Flag of Ecuador.svg Ivonne Carpio 10, 9
10 Flag of Japan.svg Maiko Sato15, 15
7 Flag of Ecuador.svg Veronica Sotomayor 9, 9
15 Flag of Guatemala.svg Ana Gabriela Martinez 15, 15
15 Flag of Guatemala.svg Ana Gabriela Martinez 15, 15
18 Flag of Honduras.svg Pamela Sierra 6, 6
15 Flag of Guatemala.svg Ana Gabriela Martinez 15, 14, 11
2 Flag of the United States.svg Rhonda Rajsich 14, 15, 7
31  
2 Flag of the United States.svg Rhonda Rajsich
Women's singles Winner
Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria

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