2021 Racquetball World Championships – Men's singles

XIX Racquetball World Championships - Costa Rica 2018 -
Host	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Dates	November 29-December 6
Men's singles
Gold	Alejandro Landa
Silver	Andrés Acuña
Bronze	Conrrado Moscoso Mario Mercado
Women's singles
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.

American Alejandro Landa won men's singles in Guatemala by defeating Costa Rican Andrés Acuña in the final. ^{[1] [2]} Mexico born Landa was representing the USA for the first time at Worlds. Acuña was surprising finalist, and the first Costa Rican to reach the final. He claimed the 2nd seed position by winning pool B in the group stage of matches, including a win over defending champion Mexican Rodrigo Montoya.

Tournament format

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. ^[3]

Group stage

Pool A

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Alejandro Landa	2	2	0	4	0	60	21	4
Ramon De Leon	2	1	1	2	3	41	64	3
Felipe Camacho	2	0	2	1	4	43	59	2

Pool B

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Andrés Acuña	2	2	0	4	0	60	20	4
Rodrigo Montoya	2	1	1	2	2	39	43	4
Shai Manzuri	2	0	2	0	4	24	60	2

Pool C

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Jake Bredenbeck	2	2	0	4	1	67	25	4
Juan Francisco Cueva	2	1	1	3	2	49	60	3
Kim Mingyu	2	0	2	0	4	29	60	2

Pool D

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Andree Parrilla	3	3	0	6	1	94	39	6
Diego Garcia	3	2	1	5	3	97	57	5
Francis Guillemette	3	1	2	3	4	58	76	4
Eoin Tynan	3	0	3	0	6	13	90	3

Pool E

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Conrrado Moscoso	3	3	0	6	0	90	29	6
Jose Daniel Ugalde	3	2	1	4	2	73	43	5
Lee Gunhee	3	1	2	2	4	49	87	4
Ken Cottrell	3	0	3	0	6	34	90	3

Pool F

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Mario Mercado	3	3	0	6	0	90	36	6
Juan Jose Salvatierra	3	2	1	4	3	68	71	5
Lee Connell	3	1	2	3	4	78	85	4
Rodrigo Salgado	3	0	3	0	6	36	90	3

Pool G

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Luis Aguilar	3	3	0	6	1	96	71	6
Javier Martinez	3	2	1	2	3	62	81	5
Set Cubillos	3	1	2	4	4	87	80	4
Rafael Gatica	3	0	3	1	4	60	73	3

Note: Rafael Gatica replaced Pedro Castro, who was injured in the first match of the group against Javier Martinez after winning game one.

Medal round

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semi finals					Finals
	1	Alejandro Landa
	32	BYE
						1	Alejandro Landa	15, 15
						16	Shai Manzuri	6, 9
	17	Francis Guillemette	6, 2
	16	Shai Manzuri	15, 15
											1	Alejandro Landa	15, 15
											9	Juan Jose Salvatierra	8, 12
	9	Juan Jose Salvatierra	15, 15
	24	Rodrigo Salgado	5, 9
						9	Juan Jose Salvatierra	15, 12, 11
						8	Javier Martinez	13, 15, 7
	25	Eoin Tynan	7, 2
	8	Javier Martinez	15, 15
																1	Alejandro Landa	3, 15, 11
																5	Conrrado Moscoso	15, 8, 6
	5	Conrrado Moscoso
	28	BYE
						5	Conrrado Moscoso	7, 15, 11
						12	Diego Garcia	15, 4, 6
	21	Set Cubillos	2, 4
	12	Diego Garcia	15, 15
											5	Conrrado Moscoso	15, 15
											4	Andree Parrilla	12, 14
	13	Ramon De Leon	15, 15
	20	Lee Gunghee	6, 7
						13	Ramon De Leon	6, 4
						4	Andree Parrilla	15, 15
	29	BYE
	4	Andree Parrilla
																					1	Alejandro Landa	15, 15
																					2	Andrés Acuña	6, 6
	3	Jake Bredenbeck
		BYE
						3	Jake Bredenbeck	15, 15
						14	Rodrigo Montoya	10, 14
	19	Lee Connell	2, 4
	14	Rodrigo Montoya	15, 15
											3	Jake Bredenbeck	13, 15, 4
											6	Mario Mercado	15, 11, 11
	11	Juan Francisco Cueva	15, 15
	22	Rafael Gatica	3, 11
						11	Juan Francisco Cueva	15, 6, 2
						6	Mario Mercado	14, 15, 11
	27	BYE
	6	Mario Mercado
																6	Mario Mercado	15, 12, 9
																2	Andrés Acuña	12, 15, 11
	7	Luis Aguilar
	26
						7	Luis Aguilar	8, 9
						10	Jose Daniel Ugalde	15, 15
	23	Ken Cottrell	2, 1
	10	Jose Daniel Ugalde	15, 15
											10	Jose Daniel Ugalde	6, 2
											2	Andrés Acuña	15, 15
	15	Harumi Kajino	15, 15
	18	Mingyu Kim	12, 14
						15	Felipe Camacho	5, 2
						2	Andrés Acuña	15, 15
	31	BYE
	2	Andrés Acuña

Winner
Alejandro Landa [4]

References

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.
3. "Mens Singles". International Racquetball Federation. International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
4. "Mens Singles". International Racquetball Federation. International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2021.