2016 Racquetball World Championships – Women's Singles

The International Racquetball Federation's 18th Racquetball World Championships were held in Cali, Colombia from July 15–23, 2016. This was the first time Worlds were in Colombia, and the first time a South American country hosted the event since 1998, when Cochabamba, Bolivia was the host city.

XVIII Racquetball World Championships - Colombia 2016 -
Host	Cali, Colombia
Dates	July 15 - July 23
Men's singles
Women's singles
Gold	Paola Longoria
Silver	Ana Gabriela Martinez
Bronze	Maria Jose Vargas Samantha Salas
Men's doubles
Women's doubles

Mexican Paola Longoria won her third World Championship in Women's Singles, which ties her with Cheryl Gudinas and Michelle Gould for most World Championships in Women's Singles. Ana Gabriela Martinez of Guatemala was Longoria's opponent in the final, and she was a surprise finalist, as she was only 16 years old, although she was the World Junior Champion in Girl's U16.[1] Also, neither American player - Michelle Key or Rhonda Rajsich - made the podium, which was the first time a USA woman had not finished in the top three in World Championship history.[2]

Tournament format

The 2016 World Championships used a two-stage format with an initial group stage that was a round robin with the results used to seed players for a medal round.

Round robin

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Pool A

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Paola Longoria	2	2	0	4	0	60	13	4
Ana Gabriela Martinez	2	1	1	2	2	35	43	3
Mariana Tobon	2	0	2	0	4	21	60	2

Pool B

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Rhonda Rajsich	2	2	0	4	2	77	60	4
Jenny Daza	2	1	1	3	3	57	71	3
Maria Rene Rodriguez	2	0	2	2	4	66	69	2

Pool C

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Samantha Salas	2	2	0	4	0	60	21	4
Carla Muñoz	2	1	1	2	2	42	28	3
Mariana Paredes	2	0	2	0	4	17	60	2

Pool D

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Adriana Riveros	3	3	0	6	1	87	37	6
Michelle Key	3	2	1	5	2	85	36	5
Pamela Sierra	3	1	2	2	4	37	72	4
Naomi Sasso Kessler	3	0	3	0	6	17	90	3

Pool E

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Maria Jose Vargas	3	3	0	6	0	90	34	6
Michéle Morissette	3	2	1	4	2	70	72	5
Ivonne Carpio	3	1	2	2	4	65	69	4
Majella Haverty	3	0	3	0	6	39	90	3

Pool F

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Cristina Amaya	3	3	0	6	1	100	57	6
Jin Young Seok	3	2	1	5	2			5
Merynanyelly Delgado Araujo	3	1	2	2	4	44	79	4
Harumi Kajino	3	0	0	0	6	53	90	3

Pool G

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Veronica Sotomayor	3	3	0	6	0	90	19	6
Christine Richardson	3	2	1	4	2	66	54	5
Cecilia Cerquetti	3	1	2	2	5	64	93	4
Donna Ryder	3	0	3	1	6	44	98	3

Pool H

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Maria Cespedes	3	3	0	6	2	105	101	6
Maiko Sato	3	2	1	4	3	90	77	5
Jung Eun Ane	3	1	2	3	5	100	97	4
Carolina Gomez	3	0	3	3	6	116	96	3

Medal round

Source[4]

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semi finals					Finals
	1	Paola Longoria
	32
						1	Paola Longoria	15, 15
						16	Jenny Daza	5, 2
	17	Mariana Paredes	7, 12
	16	Jenny Daza	15, 15
											1	Paola Longoria	15, 15
											9	Christine Richardson	1, 0
	9	Christine Richardson	15, 5, 11
	24	Merynanyelly Degado Araujo	7, 15, 7
						9	Christine Richardson	10, 15, 11
						8	Maria Cespedes	15, 9, 10
	25	Majella Haventry	4, 3
	8	Maria Cespedes	15, 15
																1	Paola Longoria	15, 15
																5	Maria Jose Vargas	5, 5
	5	Maria Jose Vargas	15, 15
	28	Carolina Gomez	4, 4
						5	Maria Jose Vargas	9, 15, 11
						12	Jin Seok	15, 7, 4
	21	Pia Dati	3, 1
	12	Jin Seok	15, 15
											5	Maria Jose Vargas	15, 6, 11
											13	Carla Muñoz	9, 15, 9
	13	Carla Muñoz	15, 15
	20	Maria Renee Rodriguez	8, 7
						13	Carla Muñoz	15, 15
						4	Adriana Riveros	10, 11
	29	Naomi Sasso Kessler	3, 1
	4	Adriana Riveros	15, 15
																					1	Paola Longoria	15, 15
																					15	Ana Gabriela Martinez	12, 5
	3	Samantha Salas
	30
						3	Samantha Salas	15, 15
						19	Mariana Tobon	3, 0
	19	Mariana Tobon	4, 15, 11
	14	Michelle Key	15, 9, 4
											3	Samantha Salas	15, 6, 11
											6	Cristina Amaya	3, 15, 6
	11	Michèle Morissette	15, 15
	22	June Eun Ane	7, 14
						11	Michèle Morissette	1, 0
						6	Cristina Amaya	15, 15
	27	Donna Ryder	6, 7
	6	Cristina Amaya	15, 15
																3	Samantha Salas	11, 15, 9
																15	Ana Gabriela Martinez	15, 14, 11
	7	Veronica Sotomayor	15, 15
	26	Harumi Kajino	7, 6
						10	Maiko Sato	6, 3
						7	Veronica Sotomayor	15, 15
	23	Ivonne Carpio	10, 9
	10	Maiko Sato	15, 15
											7	Veronica Sotomayor	9, 9
											15	Ana Gabriela Martinez	15, 15
	15	Ana Gabriela Martinez	15, 15
	18	Pamela Sierra	6, 6
						15	Ana Gabriela Martinez	15, 14, 11
						2	Rhonda Rajsich	14, 15, 7
	31
	2	Rhonda Rajsich

Women's Singles Winner
Paola Longoria

References

1. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cv7kwvq1yhy5sd0/AADbX0qSNS-PlEI0YkmWG5xva/2-World-Girls/Llave-W-Girls-16-Singles-2.pdf?dl=0
2. http://theracquetballblog.blogspot.ca/2016/07/mexico-wins-1st-overall-team-title-at.html
3. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/v2edcay5i6dhtub/AADxCWJjVSD933dd6OojH8j6a/R-robin-Gold---03-Women-Singles.pdf?dl=0
4. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6tknebvjcrbx2qt/AABPR-wAl0oGszmAcW0WWIB3a/Llave-Gold---03-Women-Singles-2.pdf?dl=0