International Racquetball Tour

International Racquetball Tour

Sport	Racquetball
Founded	1991
Countries	International
Headquarters	Alexandria, Virginia
Official website	www.irttour.com

The International Racquetball Tour (IRT) is the leading professional racquetball organization for men's competition. It was founded in 1991 and is the successor to previous iterations of the tour by different names. Professional Men's racquetball events have been offered since 1973. ^[1] Events are played mostly in the USA.

Mike Grisz became chief executive officer of the IRT in January 2019. ^[2] He succeeded John Scott, who became chief executive officer in June 2017, when the IRT was taken over by E.J. Promotions Inc. ^[3] Previously, Jason Mannino, a former pro player, served as IRT President., ^[4] who succeeded Dave Negrete in 2009. Negrete was Commissioner from 2001 to 2009. Initially, Mannino continued to play on the tour during the 2009–2010 season as well as serve as the IRT's leader, but retired at the end of that season to concentrate on being IRT President.

Rules of play

IRT matches primarily use the rules as set out by USA Racquetball. ^[5] IRT matches were best of five games to 11 points each beginning in 1981 with each game won by a minimum of two points ^[6] (e.g., a 12–10 score can end a game, but 11-10 cannot). But in the middle of the 2017–18 season, the IRT changed its match scoring from best of 5 games to 11 points to a best of 3 games with the first 2 games to 15 points and the tie-breaker to 11. ^[7] Moreover, each of the three games was win by 1 point rather than 2 points, as it was under the previous rule with games to 11 points. The rule came into effect at the start of the 2018 calendar year.

Beginning in the 2010–2011 season, the IRT has changed its service rule so that players get two opportunities to put the ball into play (two serve rule), ^[8] as in tennis where players are allowed two faults before losing a point. Since the 1990s, the IRT had been using a one serve rule, so a fault serve resulted in an immediate loss of serve.

Current season

2025 (Tier 1 and Grand Slam Events)

Event	Winner	Runner Up	Semi Finalists	Quarterfinalists	Doubles Champions	Finalists
45th Annual Lewis Drug Pro-Am [9] Sioux Falls, South Dakota, January 30-February 2, 2025	Kane Waselenchuk 15-5, 15–8	Eduardo Portillo	Conrrado Moscoso Andrés Acuña	Jake Bredenbeck Jaime Martll Jordy Alsonso Javier Mar	Kadim Carrasco Conrrado Moscoso 15-8, 13-15, 11-9 [10]	Javier Mar Rodrigo Montoya
2025 Minnesota Hall of Fame [11] Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 6-9, 2025	Kane Waselenchuk 15–7, 12-15, 11-4	Alan Natera	Andrés Acuña Rodrigo Montoya	Diego Garcia David Horn Andree Parrilla Gerson Miranda Martinez	Jordy Alonso Erick Trujillo injury forfeit [12]	Javier Mar Rodrigo Montoya
2025 Papa Nicholas Shamrock Lombard, Illinois, March 13–16, 2025
2025 IRT World Singles and Doubles Highland Park, Colorado, September 4-7, 2025
2025 IRT Inland Empire Spokane, Washington, September 18–21, 2025

Season summaries (Tier I and Grand Slam Events)

Season	Tournament Wins [13]	US Open winner
2025	Kane Waselenchuk (2)	-
2024	Kane Waselenchuk (4), Conrrado Moscoso, Samuel Murray	-
2023	Conrrado Moscoso (4), Daniel De La Rosa (3), Jake Bredenbeck, Rodrigo Montoya, Andree Parrilla	-
2022	Daniel De La Rosa (2), Conrrado Moscoso (2), Jake Bredenbeck, Andree Parrilla, Eduardo Portillo, Kane Waselenchuk	Conrrado Moscoso
2021	Daniel De La Rosa (3), Mario Mercado, Conrrado Moscoso, Samuel Murray	Daniel De La Rosa
2019–20	Kane Waselenchuk (7), Rocky Carson, Daniel De La Rosa, Alejandro Landa	Kane Waselenchuk
2018–19	Kane Waselenchuk (6), Rocky Carson (1), Alejandro Landa (1), Conrrado Moscoso (1)	Kane Waselenchuk
2017–18	Kane Waselenchuk (5), Alejandro Landa (2) Daniel De La Rosa (1), Charlie Pratt (1), Sebastian Franco (1), Andree Parrilla (1)	Kane Waselenchuk
2016–17	Kane Waselenchuk (7), Rocky Carson (1), Daniel De La Rosa (1)	Kane Waselenchuk
2015–16	Kane Waselenchuk (10), Rocky Carson (3), Álvaro Beltrán (1)	Kane Waselenchuk
2014–15	Kane Waselenchuk (10), Rocky Carson (3), Daniel De La Rosa (1)	Kane Waselenchuk
2013–14	Kane Waselenchuk (8), Álvaro Beltrán (1), Rocky Carson (1), Jose Rojas (1)	Kane Waselenchuk
2012–13	Kane Waselenchuk (9), Rocky Carson (3)	Kane Waselenchuk
2011–12	Kane Waselenchuk (9), Rocky Carson (1), Ben Croft (1), Jose Rojas (1)	Kane Waselenchuk
2010–11	Kane Waselenchuk (12), Rocky Carson (1), Jack Huczek (1)	Kane Waselenchuk
2009–10	Kane Waselenchuk (8), Jason Mannino (1)	Kane Waselenchuk
2008–09	Kane Waselenchuk (10), Rocky Carson (2), Jack Huczek (1)	Kane Waselenchuk
2007–08	Rocky Carson (7), Jack Huczek (6), Jason Mannino (1)	Rocky Carson
2006–07	Jack Huczek (9), Jason Mannino (3), Rocky Carson (1)	Jason Mannino
2005–06	Jack Huczek (5), Kane Waselenchuk (4)	Kane Waselenchuk
2004–05	Kane Waselenchuk (8), Cliff Swain (2), Jack Huczek (2)	Kane Waselenchuk
2003–04	Kane Waselenchuk (6), Jack Huczek (3), Jason Mannino (3), Rocky Carson (1)	Kane Waselenchuk
2002–03	Jason Mannino (6), Sudsy Monchik (3), Kane Waselenchuk (3) Jack Huczek (1), Rocky Carson (1), Mike Guidry, John Ellis, Álvaro Beltrán	Sudsy Monchik
2001–02	Cliff Swain (4), Jason Mannino (3), Kane Waselenchuk (1) Jack Huczek (1), John Ellis (1)	Cliff Swain
2000–01	Sudsy Monchik (7), Cliff Swain (3), Jason Mannino (2), John Ellis (1)	Sudsy Monchik
1999–2000	Sudsy Monchik (6), Cliff Swain (4), Jason Mannino (1), John Ellis (1)	Jason Mannino
1998–1999	Sudsy Monchik (8), Cliff Swain (2), Jason Mannino (1), John Ellis (1)	Sudsy Monchik
1997–1998	Cliff Swain (10), Sudsy Monchik (3), John Ellis (2), Andy Roberts (1)	Cliff Swain
1996–1997	Sudsy Monchik (7), Cliff Swain (7), Andy Roberts (2), Jason Mannino (1)	Sudsy Monchik
1995–1996	Sudsy Monchik (6), Cliff Swain (5), Andy Roberts (2), John Ellis (1), Drew Kachtik (1)	–
1994–1995	Cliff Swain (9), Andy Roberts (3), Sudsy Monchik (2), Tim Doyle (2)	–
1993–1994	Cliff Swain (13), Sudsy Monchik (1), Andy Roberts (1), Tim Doyle (1) Mike Ray (1), Drew Kachtik (1), Jack Newman (1)	–
1992–1993	Cliff Swain (6), Ruben Gonzalez (3), Andy Roberts (3), Mike Ray (3)	–
1991–1992	Andy Roberts (3), Drew Kachtik (2), Mike Yellen (2), Mike Ray (1) Tim Doyle (1), Marty Hogan (1), Dan Obremski (1), Brian Hawkes (1), Bret Harnett (1)	–
1990–1991	Andy Roberts (2), Drew Kachtik (2), Mike Ray (1) Tim Doyle (1), Jack Newman (1), Dan Obremski (1), Tim Sweeney (1)	–
1989–1990	Ruben Gonzalez (1)	–
1988–1989	Bret Harnett (2), Mike Ray (1)	–
1987–1988	Bret Harnett (3), Ruben Gonzalez (2), Cliff Swain (2), Egan Inoue (1)	–
1986–1987	Bret Harnett (3), Ed Andrews (2), Marty Hogan (2) Cliff Swain (1), Egan Inoue (1), Mike Yellen (1)	–
1985–1986	Marty Hogan (4), Bret Harnett (4), Mike Yellen (2), Gregg Peck (2), Cliff Swain (1)	–
1984–1985	Marty Hogan (4), Mike Yellen (3), Cliff Swain (1), Gregg Peck (2), Jerry Hilecher (1)	–
1983–1984	Marty Hogan (3), Mike Yellen (2), Ed Andrews (1), Dave Peck (1), Brett Harnett (1)	–
1982–1983	Mike Yellen (8), Marty Hogan (3), Dave Peck (1), Brett Harnett (1)	–
1981–1982	Dave Peck (4), Marty Hogan (4), Jerry Hilecher (2), Brett Harnett (1)	–

Note: The US Open Racquetball Championships began in November 1996. There was no US Open in 2023.

Rankings at season's end

Sources ^[14]

Position	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	Daniel De La Rosa	Daniel De La Rosa	Daniel De La Rosa	Kane Waselenchuk
2	Alejandro Landa	Andree Parrilla	Conrrado Moscoso	Rodrigo Montoya
3	Samuel Murray	Conrrado Moscoso	Jake Bredenbeck	Adam Manilla
4	Andree Parrilla	Eduardo Portillo	Rodrigo Montoya	Conrrado Moscoso
5	Eduardo Portillo	Alejandro Landa	Andree Parrilla	Andree Parrilla
6	Kane Waselenchuk	Samuel Murray	Adam Manilla	Andrés Acuña
7	Conrrado Moscoso	Jake Bredenbeck	Eduardo Portillo	Erick Trujillo
8	Rocky Carson	Kane Waselenchuk	Andrés Acuña	Alan Natera
9	Jake Bredenbeck	Rocky Carson	Alan Natera	Jake Bredenbeck
10	Mario Mercado	Mario Mercado	Samuel Murray	Jaime Martell Thomas Carter

Sources ^{[15] [16]}

Position	2015–2016 [17]	2016–2017	2017–2018	2018–2019	2019–2020
1	Kane Waselenchuk	Kane Waselenchuk	Rocky Carson	Kane Waselenchuk	Kane Waselenchuk
2	Rocky Carson	Rocky Carson	Kane Waselenchuk	Rocky Carson	Alejandro Landa
3	Daniel De La Rosa	Daniel De La Rosa	Alejandro Landa	Alejandro Landa	Rocky Carson
4	Álvaro Beltrán	Álvaro Beltrán	Daniel De La Rosa	Andree Parrilla	Andree Parrilla
5	Jose Rojas	Jose Rojas	Álvaro Beltrán	Álvaro Beltrán	Álvaro Beltrán
6	Jansen Allen	Jansen Allen	Sebastian Franco	Daniel De La Rosa	Daniel De La Rosa
7	Marco Rojas	Marco Rojas	Mario Mercado	Samuel Murray	Samuel Murray
8	Felipe Camacho	Sebastian Franco	Samuel Murray	Sebastian Franco	Eduardo Portillo
9	Sebastian Franco	Mario Mercado	Jansen Allen	Rodrigo Montoya	Conrrado Moscoso
10	Mario Mercado	Alejandro Landa	David Horn	Mario Mercado	Jake Bredenbeck

Position	2010–2011	2011–2012	2012–2013	2013–2014	2014–2015
1	Kane Waselenchuk	Kane Waselenchuk	Kane Waselenchuk	Kane Waselenchuk	Kane Waselenchuk
2	Rocky Carson	Rocky Carson	Rocky Carson	Rocky Carson	Rocky Carson
3	Ben Croft	Jose Rojas	Álvaro Beltrán	Álvaro Beltrán	Álvaro Beltrán
4	Jack Huczek	Ben Croft	Jose Rojas	Jose Rojas	Daniel De La Rosa
5	Chris Crowther	Álvaro Beltrán	Chris Crowther	Daniel De La Rosa	Jose Rojas
6	Andy Hawthorne	Chris Crowther	Ben Croft	Chris Crowther	Ben Croft
7	Jose Rojas	Shane Vanderson	Tony Carson	Ben Croft	Jansen Allen
8	Shane Vanderson	Andy Hawthorne	Shane Vanderson	Jansen Allen	Marco Rojas
9	Charlie Pratt	Tony Carson	Daniel De La Rosa	Tony Carson	Charlie Pratt
10	Anthony Herrera	Charlie Pratt	Javier Moreno	Marco Rojas	Tony Carson

Position	2005–2006	2006–2007	2007–2008	2008–2009	2009–2010
1	Kane Waselenchuk	Jack Huczek	Rocky Carson	Kane Waselenchuk	Kane Waselenchuk
2	Jack Huczek	Jason Mannino	Jack Huczek	Rocky Carson	Jack Huczek
3	Cliff Swain	Rocky Carson	Álvaro Beltrán	Jack Huczek	Rocky Carson
4	Álvaro Beltrán	Álvaro Beltrán	Jason Mannino	Álvaro Beltrán	Jason Mannino
5	Jason Mannino	Shane Vanderson	Shane Vanderson	Jason Mannino	Shane Vanderson
6	Rocky Carson	Mitch Williams	Mitch Williams	Shane Vanderson	Ben Croft
7	Shane Vanderson	Ben Croft	Ben Croft	Mitch Williams	Chris Crowther
8	Jason Thoerner	Chris Crowther	Chris Crowther	Ben Croft	Mitch Williams
9	Mitch Williams	Jason Thoerner	Jason Thoerner	Chris Crowther	Andy Hawthorne
10	Chris Crowther	Andy Hawthorne	Javier Moreno	Andy Hawthorne	Jose Rojas

Position	2000–2001	2001–2002	2002–2003	2003–2004	2004–2005
1	Sudsy Monchik	Cliff Swain	Jason Mannino	Kane Waselenchuk	Kane Waselenchuk
2	Cliff Swain	Jason Mannino	Kane Waselenchuk	Jack Huczek	Jack Huczek
3	John Ellis	John Ellis	Cliff Swain	Jason Mannino	Cliff Swain
4	Jason Mannino	Kane Waselenchuk	Jack Huczek	Rocky Carson	Jason Mannino
5	Rocky Carson	Jack Huczek	Álvaro Beltrán	Álvaro Beltrán	Rocky Carson
6	Álvaro Beltrán	Álvaro Beltrán	Rocky Carson	Cliff Swain	Álvaro Beltrán
7	Derek Robinson	Rocky Carson	John Ellis	Derek Robinson	Shane Vanderson
8	Tim Doyle	Derek Robinson	Sudsy Monchik	Mike Green	Mike Guidry
9	Mike Guidry	Tim Doyle	Derek Robinson	Sudsy Monchik	Derek Robinson
10	Dan Fowler	Mike Guidry	Mike Guidry	Shane Vanderson	Josh Tucker

Position	1995–1996	1996–1997	1997–1998	1998–1999	1999–2000
1	Sudsy Monchik	Sudsy Monchik	Cliff Swain	Sudsy Monchik	Sudsy Monchik
2	Cliff Swain	Cliff Swain	Sudsy Monchik	Cliff Swain	Cliff Swain
3	Andy Roberts	Andy Roberts	John Ellis	John Ellis	John Ellis
4	Mike Ray	Jason Mannino	Andy Roberts	Jason Mannino	Jason Mannino
5	John Ellis	John Ellis	Jason Mannino	Mike Guidry	Tim Doyle
6	Mike Guidry	Mike Guidry	Dan Fowler	Tim Doyle	Mike Guidry
7	Jason Mannino	Mike Ray	Mike Guidry	Derek Robinson	Rocky Carson
8	Drew Kachtik	Drew Kachtik	Mike Ray	Adam Karp	Adam Karp
9	Tony Jelso	Woody Clouse	Kelly Gelhaus	Andy Roberts	Derek Robinson
10	Dan Fowler	Dan Fowler	Adam Karp	Dan Fowler	Dan Fowler

Position	1990–1991	1991–1992	1992–1993	1993–1994	1994–1995
1	Mike Ray	Drew Kachtik	Cliff Swain	Cliff Swain	Cliff Swain
2	Tim Doyle	Andy Roberts	Andy Roberts	Tim Doyle	Andy Roberts
3	Andy Roberts	Tim Doyle	Mike Ray	Andy Roberts	Tim Doyle
4	Dan Obremski	Mike Yellen	Ruben Gonzalez	Drew Kachtik	Mike Guidry
5	Drew Kachtik	Mike Ray	Drew Kachtik	Mike Guidry	Drew Kachtik
6	Egan Inoue	Dan Obremski	Tim Doyle	Mike Ray	Mike Ray
7	Ruben Gonzalez	Jack Newman	Bret Harnett	Ruben Gonzalez	Aaron Katz
8	Mike Yellen	Ruben Gonzalez	Dave Johnson	Jack Newman	Sudsy Monchik
9	Marty Hogan	Dave Johnson	Jack Newman	John Ellis	John Ellis
10	Brian Hawkes	Brian Hawkes	Mike Guidry	Woody Clouse	Woody Clouse

Position	1985–1986	1986–1987	1987–1988	1988–1989	1989–1990
1	Mike Yellen	Mike Yellen	Ruben Gonzalez	Marty Hogan	Cliff Swain
2	Brett Harnett	Brett Harnett	Bret Harnett	Ruben Gonzalez	Mike Ray
3	Marty Hogan	Marty Hogan	Cliff Swain	Brett Harnett
4	Gregg Peck	Ed Andrews	Egan Inoue	Cliff Swain
5	Cliff Swain	Egan Inoue	Ed Andrews	Mike Ray
6	Mike Ray	Cliff Swain	Marty Hogan	Mike Yellen
7	Dave Peck	Ruben Gonzalez	Mike Yellen	Egan Inoue
8	Ruben Gonzalez	Steve Lerner	Gregg Peck	Doug Johnson
9	Ed Andrews	Gregg Peck	Gerry Price	Jack Newman / Corey Brysman / Dan Obremski
10	Scott Oliver	Gerry Price	Mike Ray

Position	1981–1982	1982–1983	1983–1984	1984–1985
1	Dave Peck	Mike Yellen	Mike Yellen	Mike Yellen
2	Marty Hogan	Marty Hogan	Marty Hogan	Marty Hogan
3	Jerry Hilecher	Dave Peck	Dave Peck	Gregg Peck
4	Bret Harnett	Bret Harnett	Gregg Peck	Jerry Hilecher
5	Mike Yellen	Gregg Peck	Bret Harnett	Cliff Swain
6	Rich Wagner	Ruben Gonzalez	Ruben Gonzalez	Ruben Gonzalez
7	Craig McCoy	Jerry Hilecher	Jerry Hilecher	Bret Harnett
8	Don Thomas	Gerry Price	Gerry Price	Gerry Price / Scott Oliver / Dave Peck (tie)
9	Gregg Peck	Steve Lerner	Scott Oliver
10	John Egerman	Rich Wagner	Ed Andrews

Most seasons in top 10

^[18]

	Player	Years in Top 10
1.	Rocky Carson	23
2.	Kane Waselenchuk	20
2.	Cliff Swain	20
4.	Álvaro Beltrán	18
5.	Jason Mannino	15
6.	Mike Ray	12
7.	Daniel De La Rosa	11
7.	Mike Guidry	11
9.	Shane Vanderson	10
9.	Mike Yellen	10
9.	John Ellis	10
9.	Jack Huczek	10

Year-end number 1

	Years ended No. 1
1.	Kane Waselenchuk	15
2.	Cliff Swain	6
3.	Sudsy Monchik	5
3.	Mike Yellen	5
5.	Daniel De La Rosa	3
6.	Rocky Carson	2
7.	Ruben Gonzalez	1
7.	Marty Hogan	1
7.	Jack Huczek	1
7.	Drew Katchtik	1
7.	Jason Mannino	1
7.	Dave Peck	1
7.	Mike Ray	1

• 1981–82: Dave Peck
• 1982–83: Mike Yellen
• 1983–84: Mike Yellen (2)
• 1984–85: Mike Yellen (3)
• 1985–86: Mike Yellen (4)
• 1986–87: Mike Yellen (5)
• 1987–88: Ruben Gonzalez
• 1988–89: Marty Hogan
• 1989–90: Cliff Swain
• 1990–91: Mike Ray
• 1991–92: Drew Katchtik
• 1992–93: Cliff Swain (2)
• 1993–94: Cliff Swain (3)
• 1994–95: Cliff Swain (4)
• 1995–96: Sudsy Monchik
• 1996–97: Sudsy Monchik (2)
• 1997–98: Cliff Swain (5)
• 1998–99: Sudsy Monchik (3)
• 1999–2000: Sudsy Monchik (4)
• 2000–01: Sudsy Monchik (5)
• 2001–02: Cliff Swain (6)
• 2002–03: Jason Mannino
• 2003–04: Kane Waselenchuk
• 2004–05: Kane Waselenchuk (2)
• 2005–06: Kane Waselenchuk (3)
• 2006–07: Jack Huczek
• 2007–08: Rocky Carson
• 2008–09: Kane Waselenchuk (4)
• 2009–10: Kane Waselenchuk (5)
• 2010–11: Kane Waselenchuk (6)
• 2011–12: Kane Waselenchuk (7)
• 2012–13: Kane Waselenchuk (8)
• 2013–14: Kane Waselenchuk (9)
• 2014–15: Kane Waselenchuk (10)
• 2015–16: Kane Waselenchuk (11)
• 2016–17: Kane Waselenchuk (12)
• 2017–18: Rocky Carson (2)
• 2018–19: Kane Waselenchuk (13)
• 2019–20: Kane Waselenchuk (14)
• 2021: Daniel De La Rosa
• 2022: Daniel De La Rosa (2)
• 2023: Daniel De La Rosa (3)
• 2024: Kane Waselenchuk (15)

References

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External links

• "Official Website" . Retrieved 2009-04-26.
• Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour