2021 Racquetball World Championships – Women's doubles
The International Racquetball Federation's 20th Racquetball World Championships were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala from November 26 to December 6, 2021. This is the first time Worlds have been in Guatemala, and the second consecutive time a Central American country has hosted the event after Costa Rica in 2018.
| XIX Racquetball World Championships - Costa Rica 2018 - | |
| Host |  Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Dates | August 10-18 |
| Men's singles | |
| Women's singles | |
| Men's doubles | |
| Women's doubles | |
Gold  |
 Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas |
Silver  |
 Erika Manilla & Rhonda Rajsich |
Bronze  |
Maria Rene Rodriguez & Gabriela Martinez Valeria Centellas & Natalia Mendez |
In 2021, Mexicans Paola Longoria and Samantha Salas won their fourth World Championship in women's doubles,[1] which is the most by a partnership. They are now tied for 2nd most Worlds doubles titles with fellow Mexicans Alvaro Beltran and Javier Moreno. Longoria and Salas defeated Americans Kelani Lawrence and Rhonda Rajsich in the final, 15-14, 15-6.[2]
Tournament format
The 2021 World Championships was a two-stage competition. There was an initial group stage played as a round robin with the results used to seed teams for the medal round.
Group stage
Pool A
| Players | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | PF | PA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 26 | 4 |
| Gabriela Martinez & Maria Renee Rodriguez |
2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 34 | 3 |
 Paula Mansilla & Carla Muñoz |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 60 | 2 |
Pool B
| Players | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | PF | PA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valeria Centellas & Natalia Mendez |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 24 | 4 |
| Erika Manilla & Rhonda Rajsich |
2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 37 | 3 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Frédérique Lambert & Alexis Iwaasa |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 60 | 2 |
Pool C
| Players | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | PF | PA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriela Martinez & Maria Rene Rodriguez |
3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 90 | 34 | 6 |
 Maria Paz Muñoz & Ana Lucia Sarmiento |
3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 67 | 66 | 5 |
 Cristina Amaya & Maria Paz Riquelme |
3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 63 | 78 | 4 |
 Majella Haverty & Katie Kenny |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 48 | 90 | 3 |
Medal round
| Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
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| BYE | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mexico
| 15, 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Chile
| 1, 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Katie Kenny & Antonia Neary
| 8, 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Paula Mansilla & Carla Muñoz
| 15, 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mexico
| 15, 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Guatemala
| 9, 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Gabriela Martinez & Maria Renee Rodriguez
| 15, 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | BYE | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Guatemala
| 15, 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ecuador
| 0, 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | BYE | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Maria Paz Muñoz & Ana Lucia Sarmiento
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| 1 | Mexico
| 15, 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | USA
| 14, 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Angelica Barrios & Micaela Meneses
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| BYE | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Bolivia
| 10, 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | USA
| 15, 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | BYE | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Erika Manilla & Rhonda Rajsich
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| 6 | USA
| 6, 15, 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Argentina
| 15, 9, 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Frédérique Lambert & Alexis Iwaasa
| 15, 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Cristina Amaya & Maria Paz Riquelme
| 3, 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Canada
| 3, 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Argentina
| 15, 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | BYE | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Valeria Centellas & Natalia Mendez
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| Winners |
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| Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas |
References
- "Womens Doubles". International Racquetball Federation. International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- Kirk, Cheryl. "2021 IRF World Racquetball Championships Blog". USA Racquetball. Team USA. Retrieved 14 December 2021.