2022 Racquetball World Championships – Men's Singles

Men's singles at the XXI Racquetball World Championships
Location	San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Dates	August 20–27
Medalists
Conrrado Moscoso   Rocky Carson   Rodrigo Montoya Andrés Acuña

The International Racquetball Federation's 21st Racquetball World Championships were held in San Luis Potosi, Mexico from August 20-27, 2022. ^[1] This was the first time Worlds was in Mexico since 2000, when it was also held in San Luis Potosi.

The 2022 World Championships used a best of five games match format with each game to 11 points, win by 2, with rally scoring, as used in other sports like squash and volleyball. Previously, racquetball games used side-out scoring, where players scored points only when they had won a rally which began with that player serving. Rallies won when not serving were simply side-outs: the rally losing player lost the serve and the rally winning player won the opportunity to serve, but did not win a point.

Bolivian Conrrado Moscoso won Men's Singles for the first time by defeating American Rocky Carson in the final, 8-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-8. Moscoso is the first Bolivian (and first South American) to win Men's Singles at Worlds. The final was a rematch of the Men's Singles final at the 2014 Racquetball World Championships, when Carson defeated Moscoso to win the 4th of his record 5 Men's Singles World Championships. 2022 was the first time Carson had lost in a Men's Singles final at Worlds.

Tournament format

The 2022 World Championships used a two-stage format to determine the World Champions. Initially, players competed in separate groups over three days. The results were used to seed players for the medal round with only the top two players from each group advancing to the medal round.

Men’s singles

Preliminary round

Group 1

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Rocky Carson	2	2	0	6	0	66	36	4
Juan Francisco Cueva	2	1	1	3	4	60	61	3
Diego Garcia	2	0	2	1	6	45	74	2

Group 2

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
José Daniel Ugalde	2	2	0	6	3	94	71	4
Andrés Acuña	2	1	1	5	3	83	61	3
Tomás Oyhanart	2	0	2	1	6	31	76	2

Group 3

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Alejandro Landa	3	3	0	9	2	112	70	6
Edwin Galicia	3	2	1	7	3	96	75	5
Ramón de León	3	1	2	3	7	77	96	4
Fabian Balmori	3	0	3	2	9	72	116	3

Group 4

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Kurtis Cullen	3	3	0	9	3	120	62	6
Michimune Kono	3	2	1	7	3	95	84	5
Sergio Acuña	3	1	2	5	6	94	84	4
Yandy Espinosa	3	0	3	0	9	39	99	3

Group 5

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Daniel De La Rosa	3	3	0	9	0	99	37	6
Juan Salvatierra	3	2	1	6	5	93	91	5
Jaime Mansilla	3	1	2	5	6	96	93	4
Arun Bhaskaran	3	0	3	0	9	32	99	3

Group 6

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Conrrado Moscoso	3	3	0	9	0	99	42	6
Lee Connell	3	2	1	6	3	81	77	5
Maikel Moyet	3	1	2	3	6	66	83	4
Ryoki Kamahara	3	0	3	0	9	55	99	3

Group 7

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Rodrigo Montoya	3	3	0	9	1	108	53	6
Carlos Keller	3	2	1	7	3	98	91	5
Rafael Gatica	3	1	2	3	7	85	98	4
Vineet Singh	3	0	3	1	9	61	110	3

Medal round

	Round of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
										1	Rocky Carson	11	11	10	11
	9	Lee Connell	8	8	5					8	Carlos Keller	8	5	12	4
	8	Carlos Keller	11	11	11														1	Rocky Carson	8	7	11	12	11
	5	Daniel De La Rosa	12	16	11	8	7												13	Andrés Acuña	11	11	7	10	4
	12	Edwin Galicia	10	14	9	11	11			12	Edwin Galicia	11	4	11	5	3
	13	Andrés Acuña	11	11	11					13	Andrés Acuña	8	11	7	11	11
	4	Kurtis Cullen	6	6	2																							1	Rocky Carson	11	7	4	8
	3	Alejandro Landa	11	11	4	11																						6	Conrrado Moscoso	8	11	11	11
	6	Juan Francisco Cueva	8	5	11	5				3	Alejandro Landa	11	6	12
	11	Michimune Kono	4	4	9					6	Conrrado Moscoso	15	15	15
	6	Conrrado Moscoso	11	11	11														6	Conrrado Moscoso	11	11	11
	7	Rodrigo Montoya	11	11	11														7	Rodrigo Montoya	4	2	6
	10	Juan Salvatierra	5	8	6					7	Rodrigo Montoya	11	13	11
										2	José Daniel Ugalde	4	11	2

Source: ^[2]

References

1. "XXI World Racquetball Championships". International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
2. "XXI World Racquetball Championships - Men's Singles". R2 Sports. Retrieved 29 August 2022.

External links

• IRF website