2019 Pan American Racquetball Championships

The 2019 Pan American Racquetball Championships took place in Barranquilla, Colombia from April 12-20 at the Parque de Racquetas La Castellana, which was used for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. Boliva won both Men’s Singles and Doubles for the 1st time in tournament history, while Mexico won both Women’s Singles and Doubles for the 5th time.

Carlos Keller of Bolivia successfully defended the gold medal he won in 2018 by defeating the USA’s Charlie Pratt in the Men’s Singles final,^[1] and Keller’s brother Roland won gold in Men’s Doubles with Conrrado Moscoso, as they defeated Canadians Coby Iwaasa and Samuel Murray in the final.^[2] Roland Keller's gold was his 2nd in Men's Doubles at the Pan Am Championships, as he'd previously won gold with Ricardo Monroy in 2012.

Paola Longoria won Pan Am Championship gold in Women’s Singles for a record extending 8th time in Barranquilla, where she defeated Maria Jose Vargas in the final. Longoria and Samantha Salas won Women’s Doubles for a 6th time together. Their win over Colombians Cristina Amaya and Adriana Riveros in the final was the 6th consecutive title for Mexico. Mexico has won 9 of the last 10 Women’s Doubles titles at the Pan Am Championships, and either Longoria or Salas (or both) has been part of the winning team.

Tournament format

The competition had four events: Men’s and Women’s Singles and Doubles. Each event had a group stage followed by a medal round. The results of the group stage were used to seed players for the medal round. The group stage began April 13 and concluded April 15. The medal round began April 17.

Participating nations

A total of 15 countries have entered athletes: 42 men and 32 women.

Argentina (4)
Bolivia (6)
Canada (6)
Chile (6)
Colombia (5)
Costa Rica (3)
Cuba (4)
Dominican Republic (4)
Ecuador (6)
Guatemala (5)
Honduras (2)
Mexico (7)
Peru (3)
Venezuela (6)
United States (7)

Medal summary

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mexico (MEX)	2	0	2	4
2	Bolivia (BOL)	2	0	1	3
3	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	1	2
3	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
5	Colombia (COL)	0	1	0	1
5	United States (USA)	0	1	0	1
7	Costa Rica (CRC)	0	0	2	2
8	Ecuador (ECU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		4	4	8	16

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's events
Singles	Carlos Keller Bolivia	Charles Pratt United States	Andres Acuña Costa Rica Alvaro Beltran Mexico
Doubles	Roland Keller Conrrado Moscoso Bolivia	Coby Iwaasa Samuel Murray Canada	Javier Mar Rodrigo Montoya Mexico Andres Acuña Felipe Camacho Costa Rica
Women's events
Singles	Paola Longoria Mexico	María José Vargas Argentina	Maria Paz Muñoz Ecuador Natalia Mendez Argentina
Doubles	Paola Longoria Samantha Salas Mexico	Cristina Amaya Adriana Riveros Colombia	Valeria Centellas Yazmine Sabja Bolivia Danielle Drury Jen Saunders Canada

Men’s singles

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Preliminary round

Group A

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Alejandro Landa	2	2	0	4	0	60	17	4
Edwin Galicia	2	1	1	2	2	42	52	3
Johan Igor	2	0	2	0	4	27	60	2

Group B

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
David Horn	3	2	0	4	0	60	25	4
Mykel Mollet	3	1	1	2	3	49	54	3
Andres Gomez	3	0	2	2	4	33	63	2

Group C

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Alvaro Beltran	3	3	0	6	1	98	60	6
Juan Salvatierra	3	2	1	4	3	82	74	5
Francisco Troncoso	3	1	2	4	4	97	84	4
Sebastian Mendiguri	3	0	3	0	6	31	90	3

Group D

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Charles Pratt	3	3	0	6	1	90	39	6
Mario Mercado	3	2	1	5	2	84	60	5
Enier Chacon	3	1	2	2	4	55	69	4
Jonathan Luque	3	0	3	0	6	20	90	3

Group E

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Conrrado Moscoso	3	3	0	6	0	90	32	6
Jose Daniel Ugalde	3	2	1	4	3	72	69	5
Shai Manzuri	3	1	2	3	4	72	66	4
Jesus Icaza	3	0	3	0	6	23	90	3

Group F

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Luis Perez	3	2	1	5	4	113	89	5
Samuel Murray	3	2	1	5	2	93	63	5
Felipe Camacho	3	1	2	3	4	72	76	4
Roberto Leyes	3	1	2	0	6	12	90	4

Group G

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Carlos Keller	3	3	0	6	0	90	48	6
Fernando Rios	3	2	1	4	3	88	63	5
Fernando Kurzbard	3	1	2	3	4	74	81	4
Carlos Medrano	3	0	3	0	6	30	90	3

Group H

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Andres Acuña	3	3	0	6	0	90	42	6
Coby Iwaasa	3	2	1	4	2	75	63	5
Ramon De Leon	3	1	2	2	4	59	72	4
Felipe Luis Zea	3	0	3	0	6	43	90	3

Medal round

Round of 32			Round of 16			Quarterfinals			Semi finals			Finals

1	Alejandro Landa

32	BYE
			1	Alejandro Landa	15, 15

			17	Mykel Mollet	9, 3
17	Francisco Troncoso	10, 8

16	Mykel Mollet	15, 15
						1	Alejandro Landa	15, 14, 7

						9	Andres Acuña	6, 15, 11
9	Fernando Rios	15, 15

24	Felipe Camacho	14, 12
			9	Fernando Rios	14, 2

			8	Andres Acuña	15, 15
25	Jesus Icaza	5, 3

8	Andres Acuña	15, 15
									8	Andres Acuña	15, 11, 7

									4	Charles Pratt	13, 15, 11
5	Conrrado Moscoso	15, 15

28	Luis Felip Zea	10, 9
			5	Conrrado Moscoso	15, 15

			12	Samuel Murray	6, 6
21	Fernando Kurzbard	0, 5

12	Samuel Murray	15, 15
						5	Conrrado Moscoso	15, 12, 10

						4	Charles Pratt	3, 15, 11
13	Juan Salvatierra	15, 15

20	Andres Gomez	14, 14
			13	Juan Salvatierra	3, 6

			4	Charles Pratt	15, 15
29	Sebastian Mendiguri	2, 4

4	Charles Pratt	15, 15
												4	Charles Pratt	2, 15, 5

												7	Carlos Keller	15, 8, 11
3	Alvaro Beltran	15, 15

30	Jonathan Luque	0, 3
			3	Alvaro Beltran	12, 15, 11

			14	Mario Mercado	15, 8, 1
19	Johan Igor	6, 6

14	Mario Mercado	15, 15
						3	Alvaro Beltran	15, 15

						6	Luis Perez	9, 6
11	Jose Daniel Ugalde	15, 15

22	Ramon De Leon	11, 11
			11	Jose Daniel Ugalde	7, 15, 1

			6	Luis Perez	15, 13, 11
27	Carlos Medrano	2, 3

6	Luis Perez	15, 15
									3	Alvaro Beltran	13, 8

									7	Carlos Keller	15, 15
7	Carlos Keller	15, 15

26	Roberto Leyes	2, 6
			7	Carlos Keller	15, 15

			10	Coby Iwaasa	10, 9
23	Shai Manzuri	4, 8

10	Coby Iwaasa	15, 15
						7	Carlos Keller	15, 15

						2	David Horn	12, 10
15	Edwin Galicia	15, 15

18	Enier Chacon	7, 1
			15	Edwin Galicia	5, 7

			2	David Horn	15, 15
31	BYE

2	David Horn

Men’s doubles

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Group A

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Javier Mar / Rodrigo Montoya	2	2	0	4	0	60	41	4
Ramon De Leon / Luis Perez	2	1	1	2	2	49	53	3
Edwin Galicia / Christian Wer	2	0	2	0	4	45	60	2

Group B

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Jake Bredenbeck / Mauro Rojas	3	3	0	6	0	90	34	6
Andres Gomez / Mario Mercado	3	2	1	4	2	75	53	5
Fernando Kurzbard / Shai Manzuri	3	1	2	2	4	71	66	4
Sebastian Mendiguri / Oscar Navarro	3	0	3	0	6	7	90	3

Group C

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Andres Acuña / Felipe Camacho	3	2	1	5	4	108	85	5
Enier Chacon / Mykel Mollet	3	2	1	5	4	93	77	5
Juan Francisco Cueva / Jose Daniel Ugalde	3	2	1	4	3	91	86	5
Rafael Gatica / Francisco Troncoso	3	0	3	1	6	52	96	3

Group D

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Roland Keller / Conrrado Moscoso	3	3	0	6	1	99	62	6
Coby Iwaasa / Samuel Murray	3	2	1	5	2	97	54	5
Gregorio Machado / Luis Reveron	3	1	2	2	5	57	90	4
Jesus Icaza / Carlos Medrano	3	0	3	1	6	46	93	3

Medal Round

First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

					1	Javier Mar Rodrigo Montoya	15	15
9	Gregorio Machado Luis Reveron	14	1		8	Juan Francisco Cueva Juan Daniel Ugalde	2	6
8	Juan Francisco Cueva Juan Daniel Ugalde	15	15							1	Javier Mar Rodrigo Montoya	15	11	7
5	Andres Gomez Mario Mercado	15	15							4	Roland Keller Conrrado Moscoso	14	15	11
12	Edwin Galicia Christian Wer	9	6		5	Andres Gomez Mario Mercado	3	5
13	Rafael Gatica Francisco Troncoso	1	6		4	Roland Keller Conrrado Moscoso	15	15
4	Roland Keller Conrrado Moscoso	15	15												4	Roland Keller Conrrado Moscoso	2	15	11
3	Andres Acuña Felipe Camacho	15	15												7	Coby Iwaasa Samuel Murray	15	9	2
4	Jesus Icaza Carlos Medrano	4	2		3	Andres Acuña Felipe Camacho	15	12	11
11	Fernando Kurzbard Shai Manzuri	12	15	11	11	Fernando Kurzbard Shai Manzuri	5	15	1
6	Ramon De Leon Luis Perez	15	8	5						3	Andres Acuña Felipe Camacho	15	1	3
7	Coby Iwaasa Samuel Murray	15	15							7	Coby Iwaasa Samuel Murray	8	15	11
10	Enier Chacon Maykel Moyet	11	4		7	Coby Iwaasa Samuel Murray	13	15	11
15	Sebastian Mendiguri Oscar Navarro	0	0		2	Jake Bredenbeck Mauro Rojas	15	1	7
2	Jake Bredenbeck Mauro Rojas	15	15

Women’s singles

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Preliminary round

Group A

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Monserrat Mejia	2	2	0	4	1	67	47	4
Adriana Riveros	2	1	1	2	2	49	53	3
Maria Paz Muñoz	2	0	2	1	4	51	60	2

Group B

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Cristina Amaya	2	2	0	4	1	70	48	4
Rhonda Rajsich	2	1	1	3	2	67	56	3
Maria Jose Muñoz	2	0	2	0	4	27	60	2

Group C

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Paola Longoria	2	2	0	4	0	60	28	4
María José Vargas	2	1	1	2	2	55	39	3
Lilian Zea	2	0	2	0	4	12	60	2

Group D

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Carla Muñoz	3	3	0	6	1	91	48	6
Kelani Bailey Lawrence	3	2	1	5	2	84	49	5
Yurisleidis Alluie	3	1	2	2	5	72	95	4
Erin Geeraert	3	0	3	1	6	42	97	3

Group E

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Maria Renee Rodriguez	3	3	0	6	0	90	53	6
Mariana Tobon	3	2	1	4	2	76	56	5
Alejandra Jimenez	3	1	2	2	4	65	60	4
Natalia Mendez	3	0	3	0	6	42	90	2

Group F

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Valeria Centellas	3	3	0	6	0	90	22	6
María Regla Viera	3	2	1	4	3	77	69	5
Michèle Morissette	3	1	2	3	4	76	71	4
Josefina Toro	3	0	3	0	6	9	90	3

Group G

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Angelica Barrios	3	2	0	6	1	94	64	6
Merynanyelly Delgado	3	2	1	5	3	100	70	5
Maricruz Ortiz	3	1	2	3	4	77	68	4
Marie Gomar	3	0	3	0	6	21	90	3

Medal round

Round of 32			Round of 16			Quarterfinals			Semi finals			Finals

1	Monserrat Mejia

32	BYE
			1	Monserrat Mejia

			16	Maria Jose Muñoz	9, 4
17	Lilian Zea	14, 1

16	Maria Jose Muñoz	15, 15
						1	Monserrat Mejia	13, 13

						24	Natalia Mendez	15, 15
9	Maria Regla Viera	5, 2

24	Natalia Mendez	15, 15
			24	Natalia Mendez	15, 15

			8	Angelica Barrios	3, 11
25	Erin Geeraert	4, 4

8	Angelica Barrios	15, 15
									24	Natalia Mendez	9, 15, 7

									12	Maria Jose Vargas	15, 14, 11
5	Maria Renee Rodriguez

	BYE
			5	Maria Renee Rodriguez	2, 0

			12	Maria Jose Vargas	15, 15
21	Maricruz Ortiz	5, 9

12	Maria Jose Vargas	15, 15
						12	Maria Jose Vargas	15, 15

						13	Rhonda Rajsich	4, 8
13	Rhonda Rajsich	15, 15

20	Michele Morissette	11, 9
			13	Rhonda Rajsich	15, 15

			4	Carla Muñoz	10, 14
	BYE

4	Carla Muñoz
												12	Maria Jose Vargas	7, 2

												3	Paola Longoria	15, 15
3	Paola Longoria

	BYE
			3	Paola Longoria	15, 15

			14	Adriana Riveros	2, 7
19	Alejandra Jimenez	6, 4

14	Adriana Riveros	15, 15
						3	Paola Longoria	14, 15, 11

						6	Valeria Centellas	15, 4, 7
11	Kelani Bailey Lawrence	15, 15

22	Marie Gomar	7, 2
			11	Kelani Bailey Lawrence	7, 8

			6	Valeria Centellas	15, 15
	BYE

6	Valeria Centellas
									3	Paola Longoria	15, 15

									15	Maria Paz Muñoz	5, 3
7	Merynanyelly Delgado

	BYE
			7	Merynanyelly Delgado	12, 15, 11

			10	Marian Tobon	15, 12, 0
23	Josefina Toro	2, 4

10	Mariana Tobon	15, 15
						7	Merynanyelly Delgado	15, 13, 3

						15	Maria Paz Muñoz	14, 15, 11
15	Maria Paz Muñoz	15, 15

18	Yurisleidis Alluie	4, 2
			15	Maria Paz Muñoz	9, 15, 11

			2	Cristina Amaya	15, 7, 8
31	BYE

2	Cristina Amaya

Women’s doubles

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Preliminary round

Group A

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Paola Longoria / Samantha Salas	2	2	0	4	0	60	22	4
Yurisleidis Alluie / Maria Regla Viera	2	1	1	2	3	51	63	3
Danielle Drury / Jennifer Saunders	2	0	2	1	4	41	67	2

Group B

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Cristina Amaya / Adriana Riveros	2	2	0	4	1	68	40	4
Natalia Méndez / María José Vargas	2	1	1	3	2	54	56	3
Kelani Bailey Lawrence / Sheryl Lotts	2	0	2	0	4	34	60	2

Group C

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Maria Jose Muñoz / Ana Lucia Sarmiento	2	2	0	4	0	60	36	4
Merynanyelly Delgado / Alejandra Jimenez	2	1	1	2	2	43	52	3
Carla Muñoz / Josefa Parada	2	0	2	0	4	45	60	2

Group D

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Valeria Centella / Yazmine Sabja	2	2	0	4	0	60	20	4
Marie Gomar / María Renee Rodriguez	2	1	1	2	3	52	67	3
Mariana Tobon / Lilian Zea	2	0	2	1	4	43	68	2

Medal round

First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

					1	Paola Longoria Samantha Salas	15	15
9	Carla Muñoz Josefa Parada	7	8			Natalia Mendez Maria Jose Vargas	7	6
8	Natalia Mendez Maria Jose Vargas	15	15								Paola Longoria Samantha Salas	15	15
5	Merynanyelly Delgado Alejandra Jimenez	8	15	5							Valeria Centellas Yazmine Sabja	2	6
12	Kelani Bailey Lawrence Sheryl Lotts	15	11	11		Kelani Bailey Lawrence Sheryl Lotts	2	5
					4	Valeria Centellas Yazmine Sabja	15	15
																Paola Longoria Samantha Salas	15	15
																Cristina Amaya Adriana Riveros	8	6
					3	Maria Paz Muñoz Ana Lucia Sarmiento	15	9	8
11	Danielle Drury Jennifer Saunders	6	15	11		Danielle Drury Jennifer Saunders	8	15	11
6	Marie Gomar Maria Renee Rodriguez	15	9	4							Danielle Drury Jennifer Saunders	15	3	8
7	Yurisleidis Alluie Maria Regla Viera	15	15								Cristina Amaya Adriana Riveros	13	15	11
10	Mariana Tobon Lilian Zea	7	3			Yurisleidis Alluie Maria Regla Viera	3	4
					2	Cristina Amaya Adriana Riveros	15	15

References

^ Kirk, Cheryl. "2019 Pan American Championships Daily Blogs". USA Racquetball. USA Racquetball. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
^ "Team Canada on Podium at Pan Am Championships". SIRC. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
^ "2019 Pan American Championships - Men's Singles Results". IRF. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
^ "2019 Pan American Championships - Men's Doubles Results". IRF. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
^ "2019 Pan American Championships - Women's Singles Results". IRF. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
^ "2019 Pan American Championships - Women's Doubles Results". IRF. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

External links

International Racquetball Federation

[USARBlog-1] Kirk, Cheryl. "2019 Pan American Championships Daily Blogs". USA Racquetball. USA Racquetball. Retrieved 27 July 2019.

[2] "Team Canada on Podium at Pan Am Championships". SIRC. Retrieved 27 July 2019.

[3] "2019 Pan American Championships - Men's Singles Results". IRF. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

[4] "2019 Pan American Championships - Men's Doubles Results". IRF. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

[5] "2019 Pan American Championships - Women's Singles Results". IRF. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

[6] "2019 Pan American Championships - Women's Doubles Results". IRF. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

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