The International Racquetball Federation's 22nd Racquetball World Championships were held in San Antonio, Texas, United States from August 24–31, 2024. This was the first time that Worlds was held in the USA since 1996, when it was held in Phoenix, Arizona.
The 2024 World Championships used a bestof-five games match format, with each game played to 11 points, win by 2, with rally scoring.
Mexicans Alexandra Herrera and Montserrat Mejia won women's doubles for the first time. They were in the final in 2018, but lost to Bolivians Valeria Centellas and Yasmine Sabja. Mexico defeated Argentina in the final, as Herrera and Mejia needed five games to defeat Maria Jose Vargas and Natalia Mendez, 11–3, 9–11, 15–13, 7–11, 11–7. This was the sixth time a Mexican team won the title.
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 doubles Preliminary round Source:
Group 1 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPlace Alexandra Herrera & Montserrat Mejia 2 2 0 6 0 66 21 1 Carla Muñoz & Paula Mansilla 2 1 1 3 4 55 61 2 Ayako Hanashi & Saki Kokido 3 0 2 1 6 36 75 3
Group 2 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPlace Natalia Méndez & Maria Jose Vargas 2 2 0 6 0 66 42 1 María José Muñoz & Ana Lucia Sarmiento 2 1 1 3 3 58 56 2 Elaine Murphy & Antonia Neary 2 0 2 0 6 40 66 3
Group 3 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPlace Kelani Lawrence & Hollie Scott 2 2 0 6 1 76 48 1 Angélica Barrios & Jenny Daza 2 1 1 4 4 82 69 2 Paula Mansilla & Carla Muñoz 2 0 2 1 6 35 76 3
Group 4 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPlace Frédérique Lambert & Juliette Parent 3 3 0 9 2 119 86 1 Gabriela Martinez & Maria Renee Rodriguez 2 2 1 7 4 110 88 2 María Céspedes & Merynanyelly Delgado 2 1 2 9 1 106 94 3 Larissa Faeth & Jimena Gómez 2 0 3 0 9 57 101 4
Medal round Source:
References
External links IRF website