2021 Racquetball World Championships – Women's singles

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XIX Racquetball World Championships
Costa Rica 2018
Host Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala City, Guatemala
DatesNovember 29 – December 6
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 Kelani Lawrence
Bronze Bronze medal.svg Flag of Argentina.svg Natalia Mendez
Flag of the United States.svg 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.

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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

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

Pool A

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria 2204060224
Flag of Ecuador.svg Maria Paz Muñoz2112238453
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Micaela Meneses2020429602

Pool B

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Argentina.svg Maria Jose Vargas 2204167294
Flag of the United States.svg Kelani Lawrence2113257483
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sumin2020413682

Pool C

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Angelica Barrios3306090296
Flag of Mexico.svg Samantha Salas 3214276415
Flag of Ecuador.svg Maria Jose Muñoz3122447724
Flag of Ireland.svg Majella Haverty3030619903

Pool D

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Argentina.svg Natalia Mendez 3306090396
Flag of Colombia.svg Cristina Amaya 3214380715
Flag of Ireland.svg Aisling Hickey3123476834
Flag of Venezuela.svg Lilian Zea3030637903

Pool E

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Chile.svg Carla Muñoz 3306090416
Flag of Guatemala.svg Maria Renee Rodriguez3214276565
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Merynanyelly Delgado3122461754
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Juliette Parent3030635903

Pool F

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Guatemala.svg Gabriela Martinez 330609086
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michèle Morissette3214372665
Flag of Colombia.svg Maria Paz Riquelme3122549904
Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Hanashi30326551023

Medal round

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semi finals Finals
               
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria
32 BYE
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria 15, 15
17 Flag of Ecuador.svg Maria Jose Muñoz 0, 1
17 Flag of Colombia.svg Maria Paz Riquelme 8, 5
16 Flag of Ecuador.svg Maria Jose Muñoz15, 15
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria 15, 15
9 Flag of Mexico.svg Samantha Salas 13, 5
9 Flag of Mexico.svg Samantha Salas
24 BYE
9 Flag of Mexico.svg Samantha Salas 15, 15
8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michèle Morissette 0, 2
25 BYE
8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michèle Morissette
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria 15, 15
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Natalia Mendez 10, 1
5 Flag of Guatemala.svg Gabriela Martinez
BYE
5 Flag of Guatemala.svg Gabriela Martinez 15, 15
12 Flag of Ecuador.svg Maria Paz Muñoz 1, 14
21 Flag of Ireland.svg Majella Haverty 3, 5
12 Flag of Ecuador.svg Maria Paz Muñoz15, 15
5 Flag of Guatemala.svg Gabriela Martinez 15, 10, 7
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Natalia Mendez 9, 15, 11
13 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sumin15, 15
20 Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Hanashi 9, 4
13 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sumin 3, 3
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Natalia Mendez 15, 15
29 BYE
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Natalia Mendez
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria 15, 15
11 Flag of the United States.svg Kelani Lawrence 6, 1
3 Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Angelica Barrios
30 BYE
3 Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Angelica Barrios13, 15, 11
14 Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Micaela Meneses 15, 7, 3
19 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Juliette Parent 9, 1
14 Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Micaela Meneses15, 15
3 Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Angelica Barrios 13, 11
11 Flag of the United States.svg Kelani Lawrence15, 15
11 Flag of the United States.svg Kelani Lawrence 7, 15, 11
22 Flag of Ireland.svg Aisling Hickey 15, 12, 5
11 Flag of the United States.svg Kelani Lawrence15, 15
6 Flag of Chile.svg Carla Muñoz 8, 13
27 BYE
6 Flag of Chile.svg Carla Muñoz
11 Flag of the United States.svg Kelani Lawrence15, 15
15 Flag of the United States.svg Rhonda Rajsich 12, 7
7 Flag of Guatemala.svg Maria Renee Rodriguez
26 BYE
7 Flag of Guatemala.svg Maria Renee Rodgriguez15, 15
10 Flag of Colombia.svg Cristina Amaya 13, 10
23 BYE
10 Flag of Colombia.svg Cristina Amaya
7 Flag of Guatemala.svg Maria Renee Rodriguez 7, 1
15 Flag of the United States.svg Rhonda Rajsich 15, 15
15 Flag of the United States.svg Rhonda Rajsich 14, 15, 11
18 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Merynanyelly Delgado 15, 3, 5
15 Flag of the United States.svg Rhonda Rajsich 5, 15, 11
2 Flag of Argentina.svg Maria Jose Vargas 15, 5, 10
31 BYE
2 Flag of Argentina.svg Maria Jose Vargas
Women's singles winner
Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria

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References

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  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.