2014 Racquetball World Championships – Women's singles

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.

XVII Racquetball World Championships
- Canada 2014 -
Host Burlington, Ontario
Canada Canada
Dates June 14–21
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

In women's singles, Mexican Paola Longoria was the defending champion, and she successfully defended her title by defeating Rhonda Rajsich of the US in the final, 15–6, 15–8. 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 points on Rajsich in both games two and three, but couldn't convert them, as Rajsich won 12–15, 15–14, 11–10. But in the semi-final, Rajsich beat Samantha Salas of Mexico in two straight games, 15–11, 15–9.

Tournament format

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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

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Pool A

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

Pool B

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

Pool C

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

Pool D

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

Pool E

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

Pool F

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

Pool G

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

Pool H

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

Pool I

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

Elimination round

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                  
 
 
1   Rhonda Rajsich 15, 15
33   Disney Linares Barreras 7, 3
33   Disney Linares Barreras 15, 15
32   Anna Ventura 11, 5
1   Rhonda Rajsich 11, 15, 15
17   Aubrey Kirch 15, 11, 4
 
 
17   Mariana Tobon 11, 9
16   Aubrey Kirch 15, 15
 
 
1   Rhonda Rajsich 12, 15, 11
8   Cristina Amaya 15, 14, 10
 
 
9   Carla Muñoz 15, 15
24   Harumi Kajino 10, 4
 
 
9   Carla Muñoz 0, 15, 8
8   Cristina Amaya 15, 9, 11
 
 
25   Bat Consegal 3, 8
8   Cristina Amaya 15, 15
 
 
1   Rhonda Rajsich 15, 15
13   Samantha Salas 11, 9
 
 
5   Veronica Sotomayor 15, 15
37   Claudia Andrade 1, 1
 
 
37   Veronica Sotomayor 15, 15
12   Michèle Morissette 11, 6
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21   Aisling Hickey 14, 13
12   Michèle Morissette 15, 15
 
 
12   Veronica Sotomayor 4, 15, 8
13   Samantha Salas 15, 9, 11
 
 
13   Natalia Mendez 13, 13
20   Sofia Soley 15, 15
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20   Sofia Soley 1, 3
29   Samantha Salas 15, 15
 
 
29   Maiko Sato 2, 2
4   Samantha Salas 15, 15
 
 
1   Rhonda Rajsich 6, 8
2   Paola Longoria 15, 15
 
 
3   Maria Paz Muñoz 15, 15
30   Maria Paz Riquelme 4, 3
 
 
35   Maria Paz Muñoz 15, 11, 10
14   Christine Richardson 14, 15, 11
 
 
19   Mariana Paredes 6, 3
14   Christine Richardson 15, 15
 
 
3   Christine Richardson 6, 1
6   Maria Jose Vargas 15, 15
 
 
11   Maria Jose Vargas 15, 15
22   Maria Cespedes 4, 5
 
 
11   Maria Jose Vargas 15, 15
6   Gabriela Martinez 5, 5
 
 
27   Gabriela Martinez 15, 10, 11
6   Véronique Guillemette 9, 15, 6
 
 
6   Maria Jose Vargas 5, 9
2   Paola Longoria 15, 15
 
 
7   Maria Renee Rodriguez 15, 7, 6
26   Jung Eun Ane 14, 15, 11
 
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26   Jung Eun Ane 11, 13
10   Jin Young Seok 15, 15
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42  
23   Donna Ryder 2, 2
10   Jin Young Seon 15, 15
 
 
10   Jin Young Seok 4, 5
2   Paola Longoria 15, 15
 
 
15   Jenny Daza 15, 15
18   Melania Sauma 4, 4
 
 
18   Jenny Daza 9, 1
2   Paola Longoria 15, 15
 
 
  Merynanyelly Delgado 0, 2
2   Paola Longoria 15, 15
 
 
Women's singles Winner
  Paola Longoria

References

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  1. ^ "IRF:: International Racquetball Federation - IRF XVII World Racquetball Championship Burlington 2014". Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  2. ^ "IRF 2014 World Championships - Women's Singles - Round Robin". Dropbox. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  3. ^ "IRF 2014 World Championships - Women's Singles". Dropbox. Retrieved 2022-12-29.