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Women’s singles at the XXII Racquetball World Championships
Location	San Antonio, Texas, United States
Dates	August 24–31, 2024
Medalists
Paola Longoria   Gabriela Martinez   Maria Jose Vargas Carla Muñoz

The International Racquetball Federation's 22nd Racquetball World Championships were held in San Antonio, Texas, USA from August 24–31, 2024. This was the first time Worlds was 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 to 11 points, win by 2, with rally scoring.

Mexican Paola Longoria won Women's Singles for a record extending 6th time by defeating Guatemalan Gabriela Martinez in the final, 12–10, 11–7, 11–7. It was the 4th time in the last five World Championships that Longoria and Martinez met in the Women's Singles final. Longoria previously winning in 2016, 2021, 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

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Place
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

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Place
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 Gomez	3	0	3	1	9	54	108	4

Group 3

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Place
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 Lucia Sarmiento	3	0	3	2	9	73	110	4

Group 4

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Place
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

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Place
Maria Jose Vargas	3	3	0	9	2	115	82	1
Merynanyelly Delgado	3	2	1	6	3	89	65	2
Maria José Muñoz	3	1	2	3	6	65	87	3
Ayako Hanashi	3	0	3	2	9	81	116	4

Group 6

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Place
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

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Place
Natalia Mendez	3	3	0	9	3	122	79	1
Maria Cespedes	3	2	1	8	6	129	128	2
Maria Renee Rodriguez	3	1	2	6	6	113	123	3
Aisling Hickey	3	0	3	1	9	78	112	4

Medal round

Source:

	First Round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
										1	Paola Longoria	11	11	11
	9	Camila Rivero	7	5	11	13	11			9	Camilla Rivero	4	9	9
	8	Maria Cespedes	7	5	9	11	0												9	Paola Longoria	11	16	9	11
	5	Maria Jose Vargas	13	11	11														5	Maria Jose Vargas	9	14	11	5
	12	Cristina Amaya	11	6	4					5	Maria Jose Vargas	11	12	14	11	11
	13	Kelani Lawrence	11	12	3	15				13	Kelani Lawrence	11	14	12	7	8
	4	Angélica Barrios	6	10	11	13																						1	Paola Longoria	11	6	11	12
	3	Montserrat Mejia	11	11	11																							6	Gabriela Martinez	5	11	9	10
	14	Christie Keay	4	8	3					3	Montserrat Mejia	3	2	21
	11	Michelle Key	5	11	7	2				6	Gabriela Martinez	11	11	23
	6	Gabriela Martinez	11	9	11	11													6	Gabriela Martinez	9	11	11	11
	7	Natalia Mendez	11	11	11														2	Carla Muñoz	11	7	5	4
	10	Merynanyelly Delgado	3	8	5					7	Natalia Mendez	11	9	11	8	8
										2	Carla Muñoz	7	11	6	11	11

References

1. "XXII IRF World Racquetball Championships San Antonio 2024". International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
2. "Paola Longoria gana su sexto campeonato mundial en raquetbol". La Jornada. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
3. "XXII IRF World Championships - Women's Open - Group stage". R2 Sports. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
4. "XXII IRF World Championships - Women's Open - Medal round". R2 Sports. Retrieved 3 September 2024.

External links

• IRF website

• Racquetball World Championships
• Racquetball in the United States