2014 Racquetball World Championships – Women's doubles

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

XVII Racquetball World Championships - Canada 2014 -
Host	Burlington, Ontario Canada
Dates	June 14–21
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Gold	Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
Silver	Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger
Bronze	Angela Grisar & Carla Muñoz Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz

The women's doubles defending champions were Mexicans Paola Longoria and Samantha Salas and they won gold for a third straight time. In the final, they defeated American Aimee Ruiz, a former World Champion doubles player, and Janel Tisinger in two straight games. Longoria and Salas beat the Chilean team of Angela Grisar and Carla Muñoz in the semi-finals, which was a rematch of the 2012 final.

In the other semi-final, Ruiz and Tisinger needed to come back after losing the first game against the Ecuador team of Veronica Sotomayor and Maria Paz Muñoz, winning the match in a tie-breaker.

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. This year there was no team competition.

Round robin

Pool A

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas	3	3	0	6	0	90	18	6
Mariana Paredes & Mariana Tobon	3	2	1	4	2	52	57	5
Jin Young Seok & Jung Eun Ane	3	1	2	2	4	53	60	4
Anna Ventura & Bet Consegal	2	0	2	0	6	13	90	2

Pool B

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger	3	3	0	6	0	90	18	6
Véronique Guillemette & Maria Jose Vargas	3	2	1	4	2	52	57	5
Maria Paz Muñoz & Veronica Sotomayor	3	1	2	2	4	53	60	4
Maria Renee Rodriguez & Gabriela Martinez	2	0	2	0	6	13	90	2

Pool C

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Frédérique Lambert & Jennifer Saunders	3	3	0	6	1	98	50	6
Natalia Mendez & Adriana Riveros	3	2	1	4	2	92	60	5
Maria Cespedes & Merynanyelly Delgado	3	1	2	2	4	44	72	4
Majella Haverty & Katie Kenny	2	0	2	0	6	38	90	2

Pool D

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Angela Grisar & Carla Muñoz	3	3	0	6	0	96	59	6
Maiko Sato & Naomi Wakimoto	3	1	2	4	2	86	77	4
Melania Sauma & Sofia Soley	3	1	2	2	4	56	75	4
Cristina Amaya & Claudia Andrade	3	1	2	0	6	63	78	4

Elimination round

Source

	Round of 16					Quarter finals					Semi finals					Finals
	1	Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas	15, 15
	16	Maria Renee Rodriguez & Gabriela Martinez	6, 4
						1	Mexico	15, 15
						8	Bolivia	5, 12
	9	Melania Sauma & Sofia Soley	10, 7
	8	Natalia Mendez & Adriana Riveros	15, 15
											1	Mexico'	15, 15
											4	Chile	1, 3
	5	Véronique Guillemette & Maria Jose Vargas	15, 1, 11
	12	Jin Young Seok & Jung Eun Ane	9, 15, 7
						5	Argentina	15, 3, 8
						4	Chile	8, 15, 11
	13	Majella Haverty & Katie Kenny	7, 3
	4	Angela Grisar & Carla Muñoz	15, 15
																1	Mexico	15, 15
																2	USA	4, 12
	3	Frédérique Lambert & Jennifer Saunders	14, 15, 11
	14	Cristina Amaya & Claudia Andrade	15, 6, 6
						3	Canada	6, 15, 8
						11	Ecuador	15, 7, 11
	11	Maria Paz Muñoz & Veronica Sotomayor	15, 15
	6	Mariana Paredes & Mariana Tobon	2, 9
											11	Ecuador	15, 4, 4
											2	USA	6, 15, 11
	7	Maiko Sato & Naomi Wakimoto	15, 15
	10	Maria Cespedes & Merynanyelly Delgado	9, 8
						7	Japan	7, 3
						2	USA	15, 15
	15	Anna Ventura & Bet Consegal	0, 1
	2	Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger	15, 15

Winners
Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas