2014 Racquetball World Championships – Women's Singles

XVII Racquetball World Championships - Canada 2014 -
Host	Burlington, Ontario Canada
Dates	June 14 - June 21
Men's singles
Women's singles
Gold	Paola Longoria
Silver	Rhonda Rajsich
Bronze	Maria Jose Vargas Samantha Salas
Men's doubles
Women's doubles

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 USA in the final. 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 point on Rajsich, but couldn't convert it. But in the semi-final, Rajsich beat Samantha Salas of Mexico in two straight games.

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^[2]

Pool A

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Rhonda Rajsich	2	2	0	4	0	60	12	4
Melania Sauma Masis	2	1	1	2	3	41	65	3
Mariana Paredes	2	0	2	1	4	43	67	2

Pool B

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Paola Longoria	2	2	0	4	0	60	13	4
Mariana Tobon	2	1	1	2	2	41	52	3
Sofia Soley Saborio	2	0	2	0	4	24	60	2

Pool C

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Maria Paz Muñoz	2	2	0	4	1	69	41	4
Aubrey Kirch	2	1	1	3	2	58	58	3
Aisling Hickey	2	0	2	0	4	32	60	2

Pool D

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Samantha Salas	3	3	0	6	1	98	38	6
Jenny Daza	3	2	1	5	2	86	58	5
Maria Cespedes	3	1	2	2	4	53	77	4
Disney Linares Barreras	3	0	3	0	6	26	90	3

Pool E

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Veronica Sotomayor	3	3	0	6	0	90	14	6
Christine Richardson	3	2	1	4	2	70	38	5
Donna Ryder	3	1	2	2	4	39	79	4
Anna Ventura	3	0	3	0	6	22	90	3

Pool F

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Véronique Guillemette	3	3	0	6	0	90	59	6
Natalia Mendez	3	2	1	4	2	84	53	5
Harumi Kajino	3	1	2	2	4	65	67	4
Merynanyelly Delgado Araujo	3	0	0	0	6	30	90	3

Pool G

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Maria Rene Rodriguez	3	3	0	6	0	90	30	6
Michéle Morissette	3	2	1	4	2	81	57	5
Bet Consegal	3	1	2	2	5	60	87	4
Maria Paz Riquelme	3	0	3	1	6	40	97	3

Pool H

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Cristina Amaya	3	3	0	6	0	90	53	6
Maria Jose Vargas	3	2	1	4	2	78	50	5
Jung Eun Ane	3	1	2	2	4	57	78	4
Maiko Satoh	3	0	3	0	6	46	90	3

Pool I

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Carla Muñoz	3	3	0	6	1	91	55	6
Jin Seok	3	2	1	4	2	84	57	5
Ana Gabriela Martinez	3	1	2	3	4	70	69	4
Claudia Andrade	3	0	3	0	6	26	90	3

Elimination round^[3]

	First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						1	Rhonda Rajsich	15, 15
						33	Disney Linares Barreras	7, 3
	33	Disney Linares Barreras	15, 15
	32	Anna Ventura	11, 5
											1	Rhonda Rajsich	11, 15, 15
											17	Aubrey Kirch	15, 11, 4
						17	Mariana Tobon	11, 9
						16	Aubrey Kirch	15, 15
																1	Rhonda Rajsich	12, 15, 11
																8	Cristina Amaya	15, 14, 10
						9	Carla Muñoz	15, 15
						24	Harumi Kajino	10, 4
											9	Carla Muñoz	0, 15, 8
											8	Cristina Amaya	15, 9, 11
						25	Bat Consegal	3, 8
						8	Cristina Amaya	15, 15
																					1	Rhonda Rajsich	15, 15
																					13	Samantha Salas	11, 9
						5	Véronique Guillemette	15, 15
						37	Claudia Andrade	1, 1
											37	Veronica Sotomayor	15, 15
											12	Michèle Morissette	11, 6
	21
	44
						21	Aisling Hickey	14, 13
						12	Michèle Morissette	15, 15
																12	Veronica Sotomayor	4, 15, 8
																13	Samantha Salas	15, 9, 11
						13	Natalia Mendez	13, 13
						20	Sofia Soley	15, 15
	45
	20
											20	Sofia Soley	1, 3
											29	Samantha Salas	15, 15
						29	Maiko Sato	2, 2
						4	Samantha Salas	15, 15
																										1	Rhonda Rajsich	6, 8
																										2	Paola Longoria	15, 15
						3	Maria Paz Muñoz	15, 15
						30	Maria Paz Riquelme	4, 3
											35	Maria Paz Muñoz	15, 11, 10
											14	Christine Richardson	14, 15, 11
						19	Mariana Paredes	6, 3
						14	Christine Richardson	15, 15
																3	Christine Richardson	6, 1
																6	Maria Jose Vargas	15, 15
						11	Maria Jose Vargas	15, 15
						22	Maria Cespedes	4, 5
											11	Maria Jose Vargas	15, 15
											6	Ana Gabriela Martinez	5, 5
						27	Ana Gabriela Martinez	15, 10, 11
						6	Véronique Guillemette	9, 15, 6
																					6	Maria Jose Vargas	5, 9
																					2	Paola Longoria	15, 15
						7	Maria Renee Rodriguez	15, 7, 6
						26	Jung Eun Ane	14, 15, 11
	26
											26	Jung Eun Ane	11, 13
											10	Jin Young Seok	15, 15
	23
	42
						23	Donna Ryder	2, 2
						10	Jin Young Seon	15, 15
																10	Jin Young Seok	4, 5
																2	Paola Longoria	15, 15
						15	Jenny Daza	15, 15
						18	Melania Sauma	4, 4
											18	Jenny Daza	9, 1
											2	Paola Longoria	15, 15
							Merynanyelly Delgado	0, 2
						2	Paola Longoria	15, 15

Women's Singles Winner
Paola Longoria

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