2021 Racquetball World Championships – Women's singles

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

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

In 2021, Mexican Paola Longoria won her fourth World Championship in women's singles, 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.

Tournament format 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 Pool A PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Paola Longoria 2 2 0 4 0 60 22 4 María Paz Muñoz 2 1 1 2 2 38 45 3 Micaela Meneses 2 0 2 0 4 29 60 2

Pool B PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints 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 PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Angelica Barrios 3 3 0 6 0 90 29 6 Samantha Salas 3 2 1 4 2 76 41 5 María José Muñoz 3 1 2 2 4 47 72 4 Majella Haverty 3 0 3 0 6 19 90 3

Pool D PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints 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 PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Carla Muñoz 3 3 0 6 0 90 41 6 María Renee Rodríguez 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 PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Gabriela Martinez 3 3 0 6 0 90 8 6 Michèle Morissette 3 2 1 4 3 72 66 5 María Paz Riquelme 3 1 2 2 5 49 90 4 Ayako Hanashi 3 0 3 2 6 55 102 3

Medal round

Women's singles winner Paola Longoria

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