2024 Racquetball World Championships – Women's doubles
| Women's doubles at the XXII Racquetball World Championships | |||||||
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| Location |  San Antonio, Texas, United States | ||||||
| Dates | August 24–31, 2024 | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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| XXI Racquetball World Championships | |||
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| Singles | men | women | |
| Doubles | men | women | mixed |
The International Racquetball Federation's 22nd Racquetball World Championships were held in San Antonio, Texas, USA from August 24–31, 2024.[1] This was the first time Worlds was in the USA since 1996, when it was held in Phoenix, Arizona.
The 2024 World Championships used a best of five games match format with each game 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.[2] It was the 6th time a Mexican team has won the title.
Tournament format
[edit]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
[edit]Preliminary round
[edit]Source:[3]
- Group 1
| Players | Pld | W | L | GW | GL | PW | PL | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alexandra Herrera & Montserrat Mejia
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2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 66 | 21 | 1 |
 Carla Muñoz & Paula Mansilla
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2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 61 | 2 |
 Ayako Hanashi & Saki Kokido
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 36 | 75 | 3 |
- Group 2
| Players | Pld | W | L | GW | GL | PW | PL | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Natalia Méndez & Maria Jose Vargas
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 66 | 42 | 1 |
 Maria José Muñoz & Ana Lucia Sarmiento
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2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 58 | 56 | 2 |
 Elaine Murphy & Antonia Neary
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 66 | 3 |
- Group 3
| Players | Pld | W | L | GW | GL | PW | PL | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelani Lawrence & Hollie Scott
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2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 76 | 48 | 1 |
 Angélica Barrios & Jenny Daza
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2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 82 | 69 | 2 |
| Paula Mansilla & Carla Muñoz
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2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 76 | 3 |
- Group 4
| Players | Pld | W | L | GW | GL | PW | PL | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Frédérique Lambert & Juliette Parent
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3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 119 | 86 | 1 |
 Gabriela Martinez & Maria Renee Rodriguez
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2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 110 | 88 | 2 |
 Maria Cespedes & Merynanyelly Delgado
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2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 106 | 94 | 3 |
 Larissa Faeth & Jimena Gomez
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2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 57 | 101 | 4 |
Medal round
[edit]Source:[4]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Alexandra Herrera & Montserrat Mejia
| 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Paula Mansilla & Carla Muñoz
| 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | Alexandra Herrera & Montserrat Mejia
| 11 | 12 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Gabriela Martinez & Maria Renee Rodriguez
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | Gabriela Martinez & Maria Renee Rodriguez
| 4 | 10 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Kelani Lawrence & Hollie Scott
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | Alexandra Herrera & Montserrat Mejia
| 11 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Frédérique Lambert & Juliette Parent
| 11 | 15 | 11 | 2 | Natalia Mendez & Maria Jose Vargas
| 3 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | Angélica Barrios & Jenny Daza
| 7 | 13 | 9 | 6 | Frédérique Lambert & Juliette Parent
| 11 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Maria Jose Muñoz & Ana Lucia Sarmiento
| 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | Natalia Mendez & Maria Jose Vargas
| 6 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Natalia Mendez & Maria Jose Vargas
| 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "XXII IRF World Racquetball Championships San Antonio 2024". International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Paola Longoria gana su sexto campeonato mundial en raquetbol". La Jornada. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "XXII IRF World Championships - Women's doubles - Group stage". Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "XXII IRF World Championships - Women's doubles - Medal round". Retrieved 3 September 2024.