2021 Racquetball World Championships – Women's singles

The International Racquetball Federation's 20th Racquetball World Championships were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala from November 26 to December 6. This is the first time Worlds have been in Guatemala, and the second consecutive time a Central American country has hosted the event after Costa Rica in 2018.

XIX Racquetball World Championships
Costa Rica 2018
Host Guatemala Guatemala City, Guatemala
Dates November 29 – December 6
Men's singles
Women's singles
Gold Mexico Paola Longoria
Silver United States Kelani Lawrence
Bronze Argentina Natalia Mendez
United States Rhonda Rajsich
Men's doubles
Women's doubles

In 2021, Mexican Paola Longoria won her fourth World Championship in women's singles,[1] which set the record for most titles - one more than Americans Cheryl Gudinas and Michelle Gould. Longoria defeated American Kelani Lawrence in the final, and Lawrence, as the 11th seed, was a surprise finalist.[2]

Tournament format

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The 2021 World Championships used a two-stage format with an initial group stage that was a round robin with the results used to seed players for a medal round.

Group stage

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Pool A

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Paola Longoria 2 2 0 4 0 60 22 4
  Maria Paz Muñoz 2 1 1 2 2 38 45 3
  Micaela Meneses 2 0 2 0 4 29 60 2

Pool B

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Maria Jose Vargas 2 2 0 4 1 67 29 4
  Kelani Lawrence 2 1 1 3 2 57 48 3
  Lee Sumin 2 0 2 0 4 13 68 2

Pool C

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Angelica Barrios 3 3 0 6 0 90 29 6
  Samantha Salas 3 2 1 4 2 76 41 5
  Maria Jose Muñoz 3 1 2 2 4 47 72 4
  Majella Haverty 3 0 3 0 6 19 90 3

Pool D

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Natalia Mendez 3 3 0 6 0 90 39 6
  Cristina Amaya 3 2 1 4 3 80 71 5
  Aisling Hickey 3 1 2 3 4 76 83 4
  Lilian Zea 3 0 3 0 6 37 90 3

Pool E

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Carla Muñoz 3 3 0 6 0 90 41 6
  Maria Renee Rodriguez 3 2 1 4 2 76 56 5
  Merynanyelly Delgado 3 1 2 2 4 61 75 4
  Juliette Parent 3 0 3 0 6 35 90 3

Pool F

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Gabriela Martinez 3 3 0 6 0 90 8 6
  Michèle Morissette 3 2 1 4 3 72 66 5
  Maria Paz Riquelme 3 1 2 2 5 49 90 4
  Ayako Hanashi 3 0 3 2 6 55 102 3

Medal round

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semi finals Finals
               
1   Paola Longoria
32 BYE
1   Paola Longoria 15, 15
17   Maria Jose Muñoz 0, 1
17   Maria Paz Riquelme 8, 5
16   Maria Jose Muñoz 15, 15
1   Paola Longoria 15, 15
9   Samantha Salas 13, 5
9   Samantha Salas
24 BYE
9   Samantha Salas 15, 15
8   Michèle Morissette 0, 2
25 BYE
8   Michèle Morissette
1   Paola Longoria 15, 15
4   Natalia Mendez 10, 1
5   Gabriela Martinez
BYE
5   Gabriela Martinez 15, 15
12   Maria Paz Muñoz 1, 14
21   Majella Haverty 3, 5
12   Maria Paz Muñoz 15, 15
5   Gabriela Martinez 15, 10, 7
4   Natalia Mendez 9, 15, 11
13   Lee Sumin 15, 15
20   Ayako Hanashi 9, 4
13   Lee Sumin 3, 3
4   Natalia Mendez 15, 15
29 BYE
4   Natalia Mendez
1   Paola Longoria 15, 15
11   Kelani Lawrence 6, 1
3   Angelica Barrios
30 BYE
3   Angelica Barrios 13, 15, 11
14   Micaela Meneses 15, 7, 3
19   Juliette Parent 9, 1
14   Micaela Meneses 15, 15
3   Angelica Barrios 13, 11
11   Kelani Lawrence 15, 15
11   Kelani Lawrence 7, 15, 11
22   Aisling Hickey 15, 12, 5
11   Kelani Lawrence 15, 15
6   Carla Muñoz 8, 13
27 BYE
6   Carla Muñoz
11   Kelani Lawrence 15, 15
15   Rhonda Rajsich 12, 7
7   Maria Renee Rodriguez
26 BYE
7   Maria Renee Rodgriguez 15, 15
10   Cristina Amaya 13, 10
23 BYE
10   Cristina Amaya
7   Maria Renee Rodriguez 7, 1
15   Rhonda Rajsich 15, 15
15   Rhonda Rajsich 14, 15, 11
18   Merynanyelly Delgado 15, 3, 5
15   Rhonda Rajsich 5, 15, 11
2   Maria Jose Vargas 15, 5, 10
31 BYE
2   Maria Jose Vargas
Women's singles winner
  Paola Longoria

References

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  1. ^ "Mens Singles". International Racquetball Federation. International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. ^ Kirk, Cheryl. "2021 IRF World Racquetball Championships Blog". USA Racquetball. Team USA. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.