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.
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
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
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Pool E
| Player
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Pld
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W
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L
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GF
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GA
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PF
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PA
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Points
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| Ecuador Veronica Sotomayor
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3 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
90 |
14 |
6
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| Canada Christine Richardson
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3 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
70 |
38 |
5
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| Republic of Ireland Donna Ryder
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3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
39 |
79 |
4
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| Catalonia Anna Ventura
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3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
22 |
90 |
3
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Pool F
Pool G
| Player
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Pld
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W
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L
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GF
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GA
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PF
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PA
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Points
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| Guatemala Maria Renee Rodriguez
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3 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
90 |
30 |
6
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| Canada Michéle Morissette
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3 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
81 |
57 |
5
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| Catalonia Bet Consegal
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3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
60 |
87 |
4
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| Chile Maria Paz Riquelme
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3 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
40 |
97 |
3
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Pool H
Pool I
Elimination round
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| First round
| | | Second round
| | | Third round
| | | Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Final
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| United States Rhonda Rajsich
| 15, 15
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| Cuba Disney Linares Barreras
| 7, 3
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| 33
| Cuba Disney Linares Barreras
| 15, 15
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| 32
| Catalonia Anna Ventura
| 11, 5
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| United States Rhonda Rajsich
| 11, 15, 15
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| United States Aubrey Kirch
| 15, 11, 4
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| Venezuela Mariana Tobon
| 11, 9
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| United States Aubrey Kirch
| 15, 15
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| United States Rhonda Rajsich
| 12, 15, 11
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| Colombia Cristina Amaya
| 15, 14, 10
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| Chile Carla Muñoz
| 15, 15
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| Japan Harumi Kajino
| 10, 4
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| | 9
| Chile Carla Muñoz
| 0, 15, 8
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| Colombia Cristina Amaya
| 15, 9, 11
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| | 25
| Catalonia Bat Consegal
| 3, 8
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| Colombia Cristina Amaya
| 15, 15
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| United States Rhonda Rajsich
| 15, 15
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| Mexico Samantha Salas
| 11, 9
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| | 5
| Ecuador Veronica Sotomayor
| 15, 15
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| | | 37
| Colombia Claudia Andrade
| 1, 1
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| | 37
| Ecuador Veronica Sotomayor
| 15, 15
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| Canada Michèle Morissette
| 11, 6
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| 21
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| 44
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| | 21
| Republic of Ireland Aisling Hickey
| 14, 13
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| Canada Michèle Morissette
| 15, 15
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| Ecuador Veronica Sotomayor
| 4, 15, 8
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| Mexico Samantha Salas
| 15, 9, 11
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| Bolivia Natalia Mendez
| 13, 13
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| Costa Rica Sofia Soley
| 15, 15
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| 45
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| 20
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| Costa Rica Sofia Soley
| 1, 3
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| Mexico Samantha Salas
| 15, 15
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| Japan Maiko Sato
| 2, 2
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| Mexico Samantha Salas
| 15, 15
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| United States Rhonda Rajsich
| 6, 8
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| Mexico Paola Longoria
| 15, 15
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| Ecuador Maria Paz Muñoz
| 15, 15
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| | | 30
| Chile Maria Paz Riquelme
| 4, 3
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| | 35
| Ecuador Maria Paz Muñoz
| 15, 11, 10
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| Canada Christine Richardson
| 14, 15, 11
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| Venezuela Mariana Paredes
| 6, 3
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| Canada Christine Richardson
| 15, 15
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| Canada Christine Richardson
| 6, 1
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| Argentina Maria Jose Vargas
| 15, 15
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| Argentina Maria Jose Vargas
| 15, 15
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| Dominican Republic Maria Cespedes
| 4, 5
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| Argentina Maria Jose Vargas
| 15, 15
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| Guatemala Gabriela Martinez
| 5, 5
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| | 27
| Guatemala Gabriela Martinez
| 15, 10, 11
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| Argentina Véronique Guillemette
| 9, 15, 6
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| Argentina Maria Jose Vargas
| 5, 9
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| Mexico Paola Longoria
| 15, 15
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| | 7
| Guatemala Maria Renee Rodriguez
| 15, 7, 6
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| | | 26
| South Korea Jung Eun Ane
| 14, 15, 11
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| 26
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| Korea Jung Eun Ane
| 11, 13
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| | | 10
| Korea Jin Young Seok
| 15, 15
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| 23
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| Republic of Ireland Donna Ryder
| 2, 2
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| | | 10
| South Korea Jin Young Seon
| 15, 15
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| | 10
| South Korea Jin Young Seok
| 4, 5
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| Mexico Paola Longoria
| 15, 15
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| Bolivia Jenny Daza
| 15, 15
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| Costa Rica Melania Sauma
| 4, 4
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| Bolivia Jenny Daza
| 9, 1
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| Mexico Paola Longoria
| 15, 15
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| Dominican Republic Merynanyelly Delgado
| 0, 2
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| Mexico Paola Longoria
| 15, 15
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