2018 Racquetball World Championships

The International Racquetball Federation's 19th Racquetball World Championships were held in San José, Costa Rica from August 10–18, 2018. Originally, the event was to be held in Haining, China,[1] but on March 17, 2018, the IRT announced via its Facebook page that the venue will be changed due to complications.[2] Cali, Colombia was the first alternative choice, but there were complications there as well, so on June 16, 2018, the IRF announced via Facebook that San José, Costa Rica will host Worlds.[3]

XIX Racquetball World Championships
2018
Host San José, Costa Rica
Dates August 10–18, 2018
Men's singles
Gold Mexico Rodrigo Montoya
Silver United States Charlie Pratt
Bronze United States David Horn
Colombia Sebastian Franco
Women's singles
Gold Guatemala Gabriela Martínez
Silver Mexico Paola Longoria
Bronze Argentina María José Vargas
Argentina Natalia Mendez
Men's doubles
Gold Mexico Álvaro Beltrán & Daniel de la Rosa
Silver United States Rocky Carson & Sudsy Monchik
Bronze Bolivia Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso
Canada Tim Landeryou & Samuel Murray
Women's doubles
Gold Bolivia Valeria Centellas & Yazmine Sabja
Silver Mexico Alexandra Herrera & Montserrat Mejía
Bronze Guatemala Gabriela Martínez & Maria Renee Rodriguez
Colombia Cristina Amaya & Adriana Riveros

Rodrigo Montoya of Mexico won men's singles for the first time, defeating the USA's Charlie Pratt in the final. In Women's singles, Gabriela Martínez of Guatemala upset the three-time defending champion Mexican Paola Longoria to win gold. In doubles, Álvaro Beltrán and Daniel de la Rosa won men's doubles in three games over Rocky Carson and Sudsy Monchik of the US, and Bolivians Valeria Centellas and Yasmine Sabja became the first women from South America to win Women's doubles after defeating Mexicans Alexandra Herrera and Monserrat Mejia in a three-game final.

2018 was the first year the USA did not win a gold medal at Worlds. On five occasions the USA swept the gold medals in men's and women's singles and doubles: 1981, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008. Also, 2018 was the third time that three countries won a gold medal at Worlds; that first happened in 2006 and 2014.

Tournament format

The 2018 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 an elimination round. Thus, there was no team competition. Team standings were based on points earned from the singles and doubles competitions.

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Mexico (MEX)2204
2 Bolivia (BOL)1012
 Guatemala (GUA)1012
4 United States (USA)0213
5 Argentina (ARG)0022
 Colombia (COL)0022
7 Canada (CAN)0011
Totals (7 entries)44816

Events

Men's singles
Main article: 2018 Racquetball World Championships – Men's singles
Semifinals Final
          
United States David Horn 9 8
Mexico Rodrigo Montoya 15 15
United States Charlie Pratt 14 9
Mexico Rodrigo Montoya 15 15
United States Charlie Pratt 15 15
Colombia Sebastian Franco 8 13

Women's singles
Main article: 2018 Racquetball World Championships – Women's singles
Semifinals Final
          
Mexico Paola Longoria 6 15 11
Argentina María José Vargas 15 2 7
Mexico Paola Longoria 15 6 6
Guatemala Gabriela Martínez 8 15 11
Guatemala Gabriela Martínez 15 15
Argentina Natalia Mendez 8 3

Men's doubles
Main article: 2018 Racquetball World Championships – Men's Doubles
Semifinals Final
          
Mexico Álvaro Beltrán & Daniel de la Rosa 15 15
Bolivia Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso 14 8
Mexico Álvaro Beltrán & Daniel de la Rosa 10 15 11
United States Rocky Carson & Sudsy Monchik 15 9 2
United States Rocky Carson & Sudsy Monchik 15 15
Canada Tim Landeryou & Samuel Murray 12 2

Women's doubles
Main article: 2018 Racquetball World Championships – Women's Doubles
Semifinals Final
          
Mexico Alexandra Herrera & Montserrat Mejía 15 15
Colombia Cristina Amaya & Adriana Riveros 8 4
Mexico Alexandra Herrera & Montserrat Mejía 15 14 2
Bolivia Valeria Centellas & Yasmine Sabja 8 15 11
Guatemala Gabriela Martínez & Maria Renee Rodriguez 15 7 4, injury forfeit
Bolivia Valeria Centellas & Yasmine Sabja 10 15 6

Team results
Final team standings[4]
Men's Team Points Women's Team Points Overall/Combined Points
1 Mexico Mexico 432 Mexico Mexico 352 Mexico Mexico 784
2 United States USA 392 Guatemala Guatemala 332  USA 546
3 Colombia Colombia 216 Bolivia Bolivia 268 Bolivia Bolivia 480
4 Bolivia Bolivia 212 Argentina Argentina 248 Guatemala Guatemala 414
5  Canada 196 Colombia Colombia 196 Colombia Colombia 412
6 Argentina Argentina 126  USA 154 Argentina Argentina 374
7 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 110  South Korea 110  Canada 280
8 Costa Rica Costa Rica 108  Canada 84 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 174
9 Ecuador Ecuador 90  Japan 82  Japan,  South Korea 166
10  Japan 84  Chile 74
11 Guatemala Guatemala 82 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 64 Ecuador Ecuador 146
12 Venezuela Venezuela 64 Ecuador Ecuador 56  Chile 122
13  South Korea 56  Ireland 48 Costa Rica Costa Rica 118
14  Chile 48 Venezuela Venezuela, Costa Rica Costa Rica 10 Republic of Ireland Ireland 88
15 Republic of Ireland Ireland 40 Venezuela Venezuela 74
16 India India 35 India India 35
17  Puerto Rico 18  Puerto Rico
18 Switzerland Switzerland 5   Switzerland Switzerland 5

References
  1. "Future Events – IRF". International Racquetball Federation. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. Baghurst, Timothy. "International Racquetball Federation". Facebook. Facebook. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. Maggi, Osvaldo. " "Message from IRF President". Facebook. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  4. "Home". internationalracquetball.com.
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