III Racquetball World Championships- USA 1986- Host Orlando, Florida United States Dates August 4 - August 10 Men's singles Gold Egan Inoue Silver Roger Harripersad Bronze Ross Harvey 4th Ruben Gonzalez Women's singles Gold Cindy Baxter Silver Toni Bevelock Bronze Crystal Fried 4th Heather Stupp Men's doubles Gold Jack Nolan & Todd O'Neil Silver Ruben Gonzalez & Willie Rodriguez Bronze Glen Collard & Joe Kirkwood 4th Raul Canales & Federico Alvarez Women's doubles Gold Carol McFetridge & Marion Sicotte Silver Connie Peterson & Michelle Gilman Bronze Yumiko Shimaura & Eriko Watanabe 4th Diana Almeida & Marta Nance
The International Racquetball Federation's 3rd Racquetball World Championships was held in Orlando, Florida from August 4 to 10, 1986.National Racquetball v. 15, no. 10, October 1986, p. 30 This was the third time Worlds was held in the USA.
The competition began with the team competition with the US and Canada facing off in both the men's and women's finals. On the men's side, Canada defeated the Americans, In men's singles, Roger Harripersad of Canada beat American Ed Andrews, 15–9, 10–15, 15–11, Ross Harvey (Canada) beat Andy Roberts (USA), 15–10, 15–14, but Egan Inoue (USA) swept Lindsay Meyers (Canada), 15–4, 15–11.National Racquetball v. 15, no. 10, October 1986, p. 29-30 In doubles, Americans Jack Nolan and Todd O'Neil defeated the Canadians Glenn Collard and Joe Kirkwood, 13–15, 15–6, 15–6, but the total games were 5-5. The tie-breaker rule was the result of the #1 singles game, which was between Harripersad's defeat of Andrews, so Canada won the men's team title 7–5. It was the first men's team title for Canada.
The American women won the team title by defeating Canada in the final by a total of seven games to five. In the singles matches, Cindy Baxter (USA) defeated Crystal Fried (Canada), 15–11, 11–15, 15–13, Heather Stupp (Canada) beat Toni Bevelock (USA), 2–15, 15–8, 15–1, Malia Kamahoahoa (USA) defeated Lisa Devine (Canada), 11–15, 15–10, 15–8, and in doubles Americans Connie Peterson and Michelle Gilman beat the Canadian team of Carol McFetridge and Manon Sicotte, 13–15, 15–6, 15–2.National Racquetball v. 15, no. 10, October 1986, p. 29
With the Canadians winning the men's competition 7-5 and the Americans winning the women's competition 7–5, the two countries tied for the overall title.
Americans won three of the four individual competitions, led by Egan Inoue, winning what would be his first of two World Championships in men's singles. Cindy Baxter won the second of her two career titles in women's singles, and Jack Nolan and Todd O'Neill won men's doubles. Canadians Carol McFetridge and Manon Sicotte prevented the American sweep by winning women's doubles.
Men's events
Singles event
Doubles event
Women's events
Singles event
Doubles event
Team results
Final team standingsMen's teamWomen's team Overall/combined 1 Canada USA USA & Canada 2 USA Canada - 3 Puerto Rico Japan Japan 4 Mexico Costa Rica Mexico 5 Japan Ireland Costa Rica & Ireland 6 Netherlands Mexico 7 Ireland Netherlands Netherlands 8 Costa Rica France Puerto Rico 9 Germany Colombia Colombia & France 10 Colombia Belgium 11 France Puerto Rico Germany 12 Ecuador Germany Belgium 13 Dominican Republic Great Britain Great Britain 14 Belgium - Ecuador 15 Switzerland - Dominican Republic 16 Greece - Switzerland 17 Venezuela - Greece 18 Panama - Venezuela 19 Great Britain - Panama 20 Bolivia - Bolivia
References
External links IRF website