The International Racquetball Federation's 22nd Racquetball World Championships were held in San Antonio, Texas, United States from August 24–31, 2024. This was the first time that Worlds was held in the USA since 1996, when it was held in Phoenix, Arizona.
The 2024 World Championships used a best-of-five games match format, with each game played to 11 points, win by 2, with rally scoring.
Mexican Paola Longoria won women's singles for a record-extending sixth time by defeating Guatemalan Gabriela Martinez in the final, 12–10, 11–7, 11–7. This was the fourth time in the last five World Championships that Longoria and Martinez met in the women's singles final. Longoria previously won in 2016, 2021, and 2022, and Martinez in 2018.
Tournament format The 2022 World Championships used a two-stage format to determine the World Champions. Initially, players competed in separate groups over three days. The results were used to seed players for the medal round, with only the top two players from each group advancing to the medal round.
Women's singles Preliminary round Source:
Group 1 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPlace Paola Longoria 2 2 0 6 0 66 25 1 Christine Keay 2 1 1 3 4 56 65 2 Paula Mansilla 2 0 2 1 6 44 76 3
Group 2 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPlace Carla Muñoz 3 3 0 8 3 148 129 1 Kelani Lawrence 3 2 1 8 3 120 84 2 Danielle Ramsay 3 1 2 5 6 109 109 3 Jimena Gómez 3 0 3 1 9 54 108 4
Group 3 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPlace Montserrat Mejia 3 3 0 9 0 99 41 1 Cristina Amaya 3 2 1 6 4 93 75 2 Harumi Kajino 3 1 2 4 8 78 117 3 Ana Lucía Sarmiento 3 0 3 2 9 73 110 4
Group 4 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPlace Angélica Barrios 3 3 0 9 2 118 78 1 Michelle Key 3 2 1 8 4 123 105 2 Sumin Lee 3 1 2 4 6 86 100 3 Larissa Faeth 3 0 3 0 9 60 104 4
Group 5 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPlace Maria Jose Vargas 3 3 0 9 2 115 82 1 Merynanyelly Delgado 3 2 1 6 3 89 65 2 María José Muñoz 3 1 2 3 6 65 87 3 Ayako Hanashi 3 0 3 2 9 81 116 4
Group 6 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPlace Gabriela Martinez 3 3 0 9 0 99 33 1 Camila Rivero 3 2 1 6 4 94 72 2 Haeok Jeong 3 1 2 4 6 63 88 3 Paula Mansilla 3 0 3 0 9 36 99 4
Group 7 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPlace Natalia Mendez 3 3 0 9 3 122 79 1 María Céspedes 3 2 1 8 6 129 128 2 María Renee Rodríguez 3 1 2 6 6 113 123 3 Aisling Hickey 3 0 3 1 9 78 112 4
Medal round Source:
References
External links IRF website