2014 Racquetball World Championships – Women's Singles

XVII Racquetball World Championships
- Canada 2014 -
Host Burlington, Ontario
Canada Canada
Dates June 14 - June 21
Men's singles
Women's singles
Gold Mexico Paola Longoria
Silver United States Rhonda Rajsich
Bronze Argentina Maria Jose Vargas
Mexico Samantha Salas
Men's doubles
Women's doubles

The International Racquetball Federation's 17th Racquetball World Championships were held in Burlington, Ontario, Canada from June 14 to 21, 2014.[1] This was the second time Worlds were in Canada. Previously, they were in Montreal in 1992.

In Women's Singles, Mexican Paola Longoria was the defending champion, and she successfully defended her title by defeating Rhonda Rajsich of the USA in the final. Longoria didn't lose any games en route to the title, including a straight games win in the semi-finals against Maria Jose Vargas, who was playing for Argentina after previously competing for Bolivia.

Unlike Longoria, Rajsich was pushed to tie-breakers twice in the early rounds, as she needed three games to defeat both fellow American Aubrey Kirch (in the second round) and Colombian Cristina Amaya in the quarterfinals. Indeed, Amaya had match point on Rajsich, but couldn't convert it. But in the semi-final, Rajsich beat Samantha Salas of Mexico in two straight games.

Tournament format

The 2014 World Championships was the first competition with an initial round robin stage that was used to seed players for an elimination qualification round. Previously, players were seeded into an elimination round based on how their countries had done at previous World Championships, and then a second team competition was also played.

Round robin[2]

Pool A

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
United States Rhonda Rajsich 2 2 0 4 0 60 12 4
Costa Rica Melania Sauma Masis 2 1 1 2 3 41 65 3
Venezuela Mariana Paredes 2 0 2 1 4 43 67 2

Pool B

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Mexico Paola Longoria 2 2 0 4 0 60 13 4
Venezuela Mariana Tobon 2 1 1 2 2 41 52 3
Costa Rica Sofia Soley Saborio 2 0 2 0 4 24 60 2

Pool C

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Ecuador Maria Paz Muñoz 2 2 0 4 1 69 41 4
United States Aubrey Kirch 2 1 1 3 2 58 58 3
Republic of Ireland Aisling Hickey 2 0 2 0 4 32 60 2

Pool D

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Mexico Samantha Salas 3 3 0 6 1 98 38 6
Bolivia Jenny Daza 3 2 1 5 2 86 58 5
Dominican Republic Maria Cespedes 3 1 2 2 4 53 77 4
Cuba Disney Linares Barreras 3 0 3 0 6 26 90 3

Pool E

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Ecuador Veronica Sotomayor 3 3 0 6 0 90 14 6
Canada Christine Richardson 3 2 1 4 2 70 38 5
Republic of Ireland Donna Ryder 3 1 2 2 4 39 79 4
Catalonia Anna Ventura 3 0 3 0 6 22 90 3

Pool F

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Argentina Véronique Guillemette 3 3 0 6 0 90 59 6
Bolivia Natalia Mendez 3 2 1 4 2 84 53 5
Japan Harumi Kajino 3 1 2 2 4 65 67 4
Dominican Republic Merynanyelly Delgado Araujo 3 0 0 0 6 30 90 3

Pool G

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Guatemala Maria Rene Rodriguez 3 3 0 6 0 90 30 6
Canada Michéle Morissette 3 2 1 4 2 81 57 5
Catalonia Bet Consegal 3 1 2 2 5 60 87 4
Chile Maria Paz Riquelme 3 0 3 1 6 40 97 3

Pool H

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Colombia Cristina Amaya 3 3 0 6 0 90 53 6
Argentina Maria Jose Vargas 3 2 1 4 2 78 50 5
South Korea Jung Eun Ane 3 1 2 2 4 57 78 4
Japan Maiko Satoh 3 0 3 0 6 46 90 3

Pool I

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Chile Carla Muñoz 3 3 0 6 1 91 55 6
South Korea Jin Seok 3 2 1 4 2 84 57 5
Guatemala Ana Gabriela Martinez 3 1 2 3 4 70 69 4
Colombia Claudia Andrade 3 0 3 0 6 26 90 3

Elimination round[3]

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                  
 
 
1 United States Rhonda Rajsich 15, 15
33 Cuba Disney Linares Barreras 7, 3
33 Cuba Disney Linares Barreras 15, 15
32 Catalonia Anna Ventura 11, 5
1 United States Rhonda Rajsich 11, 15, 15
17 United States Aubrey Kirch 15, 11, 4
 
 
17 Venezuela Mariana Tobon 11, 9
16 United States Aubrey Kirch 15, 15
 
 
1 United States Rhonda Rajsich 12, 15, 11
8 Colombia Cristina Amaya 15, 14, 10
 
 
9 Chile Carla Muñoz 15, 15
24 Japan Harumi Kajino 10, 4
9 Chile Carla Muñoz 0, 15, 8
8 Colombia Cristina Amaya 15, 9, 11
25 Catalonia Bat Consegal 3, 8
8 Colombia Cristina Amaya 15, 15
 
 
1 United States Rhonda Rajsich 15, 15
13 Mexico Samantha Salas 11, 9
 
 
5 Argentina Véronique Guillemette 15, 15
37 Colombia Claudia Andrade 1, 1
 
 
37 Ecuador Veronica Sotomayor 15, 15
12 Canada Michèle Morissette 11, 6
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21 Republic of Ireland Aisling Hickey 14, 13
12 Colombia Michèle Morissette 15, 15
 
 
12 Ecuador Veronica Sotomayor 4, 15, 8
13 Mexico Samantha Salas 15, 9, 11
 
 
13 Bolivia Natalia Mendez 13, 13
20 Costa Rica Sofia Soley 15, 15
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20 Costa Rica Sofia Soley 1, 3
29 Mexico Samantha Salas 15, 15
 
 
29 Japan Maiko Sato 2, 2
4 Mexico Samantha Salas 15, 15
 
 
1 United States Rhonda Rajsich 6, 8
2 Mexico Paola Longoria 15, 15
 
 
3 Ecuador Maria Paz Muñoz 15, 15
30 Chile Maria Paz Riquelme 4, 3
 
 
35 Ecuador Maria Paz Muñoz 15, 11, 10
14 Canada Christine Richardson 14, 15, 11
 
 
19 Venezuela Mariana Paredes 6, 3
14 Canada Christine Richardson 15, 15
 
 
3 Canada Christine Richardson 6, 1
6 Argentina Maria Jose Vargas 15, 15
 
 
11 Argentina Maria Jose Vargas 15, 15
22 Dominican Republic Maria Cespedes 4, 5
 
 
11 Argentina Maria Jose Vargas 15, 15
6 Guatemala Ana Gabriela Martinez 5, 5
 
 
27 Guatemala Ana Gabriela Martinez 15, 10, 11
6 Argentina Véronique Guillemette 9, 15, 6
 
 
6 Argentina Maria Jose Vargas 5, 9
2 Mexico Paola Longoria 15, 15
 
 
7 Guatemala Maria Renee Rodriguez 15, 7, 6
26 South Korea Jung Eun Ane 14, 15, 11
 
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26 Korea Jung Eun Ane 11, 13
10 Korea Jin Young Seok 15, 15
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23 Republic of Ireland Donna Ryder 2, 2
10 South Korea Jin Young Seon 15, 15
 
 
10 South Korea Jin Young Seok 4, 5
2 Mexico Paola Longoria 15, 15
 
 
15 Bolivia Jenny Daza 15, 15
18 Costa Rica Melania Sauma 4, 4
 
 
18 Bolivia Jenny Daza 9, 1
2 Mexico Paola Longoria 15, 15
 
 
Dominican Republic Merynanyelly Delgado 0, 2
2 Mexico Paola Longoria 15, 15
 
 
Women's Singles Winner
Mexico Paola Longoria

References

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