2022 Pan American Racquetball Championships

The 2022 Pan American Championships were held in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, April 9-16. Bolivian Angélica Barrios won Women's Singles and fellow Bolivian Conrrado Moscoso won Men's Singles, and both Barrios and Moscoso won for the first time. Barrios's victory was the first for a Bolivian woman at Pan Am Championships, while Moscoso's win was the third consecutive Bolivian gold in Men's Singles, as Carlos Keller won the previous two events.

In doubles, Canadians Coby Iwaasa and Samuel Murray won Men's Doubles,^[1] which was the 4th Canadian win in the event, but the first for both Iwaasa and Murray. Argentina won Women's Doubles for the first time, as Natalia Mendez and Maria Jose Vargas took the title. It was Mendez's first Pan Am Championship, but the second for Vargas, who won Women's Singles in 2014.

The 2022 Pan American Championships were the first to use rally scoring, which was adopted by the International Racquetball Federation in early 2022.^[2] Also, Mixed Doubles and Men's and Women's Team competitions were implemented for the first time. In the team competitions, countries compete head-to-head over three matches: two singles matches and a doubles match. Argentina and Bolivia were the first team champions: Argentina winning the Women's Team competition and Bolivia the Men's Team competition. Mexicans Rodrigo Montoya and Samantha Salas were the first Mixed Doubles Pan American Champions.^[3]

Tournament format

The competition had seven events: five individual events and two team events. The individual events were played first: Men’s and Women’s Singles and Doubles and Mixed Doubles. Each individual 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 9 and concluded April 11. The medal round began April 12 and concluded April 14. The team events were held on April 15 and 16.

Participating nations

A total of 54 athletes (30 men & 24 women) from 12 countries participated.

•  Argentina (5)
•  Bolivia (6)
•  Canada (7)
•  Chile (5)
•  Colombia (4)
•  Costa Rica (4)
•  Dominican Republic (2)
•  Ecuador (2)
•  Guatemala (6)
•  Mexico (6)
•  Puerto Rico (1)
•  United States (6)

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Bolivia (BOL)	3	1	2	6
2	Argentina (ARG)	2	1	1	4
3	Mexico (MEX)	1	3	1	5
4	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
5	Costa Rica (CRC)	0	1	2	3
6	Ecuador (ECU)	0	1	0	1
7	United States (USA)	0	0	6	6
8	Chile (CHI)	0	0	1	1
	Guatemala (GUA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		7	7	14	28

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's events
Singles[4]	Conrrado Moscoso  Bolivia	Andrés Acuña  Costa Rica	Rodrigo Montoya  Mexico Alejandro Landa  United States
Doubles[5]	Coby Iwaasa Samuel Murray  Canada	Juan Francisco Cueva Jose Daniel Ugalde  Ecuador	Jake Bredenbeck Sam Bredenbeck  United States Andrés Acuña Gabriel Garcia  Costa Rica
Team[6]	Conrrado Moscoso Carlos Keller Kadim Carrasco  Bolivia	Rodrigo Montoya Elias Nieto Erick Trujillo  Mexico	Andrés Acuña Felipe Camacho Gabriel Garcia  Costa Rica Jake Bredenbeck Sam Bredenbeck Alejandro Landa  United States
Women's events
Singles[7]	Angélica Barrios  Bolivia	María José Vargas  Argentina	Gabriela Martinez  Guatemala Carla Muñoz  Chile
Doubles[8]	Natalia Mendez Maria Jose Vargas  Argentina	Alexandra Herrera Samantha Salas  Mexico	Micaela Meneses Yazmine Sabja  Bolivia Erika Manilla Rhonda Rajsich  United States
Team[9]	Natalia Mendez Maria Jose Vargas  Argentina	Alexandra Herrera Samantha Salas  Mexico	Micaela Meneses Yazmine Sabja  Bolivia Kelani Lawrence Erika Manilla Rhonda Rajsich  United States
Mixed events
Doubles[10]	Rodrigo Montoya Samantha Salas  Mexico	Micaela Meneses Conrrado Moscoso  Bolivia	Valeria Centellas Diego Garcia  Argentina Erika Manilla Alejandro Landa  United States

Men’s singles

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Preliminary round

Group A

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Conrrado Moscoso	2	2	0	4	0	124	104	4
Andrés Acuña	2	1	1	5	3	106	95	3
Juan Salvatierra	2	0	2	1	6	72	103	2

Group B

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Alejandro Landa	2	2	0	6	1	100	68	4
Juan Francisco Cueva	2	1	1	4	4	103	92	3
Ramón De León	2	0	2	1	6	60	103	2

Group C

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Carlos Keller	3	3	0	9	0	135	86	6
Felipe Camacho	3	2	1	6	4	127	101	5
Edwin Galicia	3	1	2	4	6	117	111	4
Tomás Oyhanart	3	0	3	0	9	54	135	3

Group D

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Jake Bredenbeck	3	3	0	9	1	146	72	6
Jose Daniel Ugalde	3	2	1	6	3	120	83	5
Rodrigo Salgado Jr.	3	1	2	4	6	96	135	4
Abraham Mercado	3	0	3	0	9	63	135	3

Group E

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Rodrigo Montoya	3	3	0	9	2	154	109	6
Diego Garcia	3	2	1	8	5	175	137	5
Mario Mercado	3	1	2	5	6	129	137	4
Trevor Webb	3	0	3	0	9	60	135	3

Group F

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Elias Nieto	3	3	0	9	2	151	98	6
Samuel Murray	3	2	1	7	3	128	100	5
Set Cubillos	3	1	2	3	7	114	127	4
Diego Gatica	3	0	3	2	9	94	162	3

Medal round

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	First Round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
										1	Conrrado Moscoso	15	15	15
	9	Jose Daniel Ugalde	9	12	4					8	Diego Garcia	9	10	13
	8	Diego Garcia	15	15	15														1	Conrrado Moscoso	15	15	15
	5	Rodrigo Montoya	15	12	15	15													5	Rodrigo Montoya	14	10	13
	12	Juan Francisco Cueva	7	15	12	10				5	Rodrigo Montoya	15	15	15
										4	Jake Bredenbeck	9	8	11
																												1	Conrrado Moscoso	15	14	15	15
																												11	Andrés Acuña	14	15	6	13
										3	Carlos Keller	11	6	12
	11	Andrés Acuña	15	15	15					11	Andrés Acuña	15	15	15
	6	Elias Nieto	8	14	9														11	Andrés Acuña	15	14	15	15
	7	Samuel Murray	15	15	15														2	Alejandro Landa	14	15	12	14
	10	Felipe Camacho	2	2	11					7	Samuel Murray	15	9	12	10
										2	Alejandro Landa	15	9	15	15

Men’s doubles

^[13]

Group A

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Jake Bredenbeck & Sam Bredenbeck	2	2	0	6	2	115	101	4
Kadim Carrasco & Carlos Keller	2	1	1	4	3	100	82	3
Set Cubillos & Mario Mercado	2	0	2	1	6	72	104	2

Group B

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Andrés Acuña & Gabriel Garcia	3	2	0	6	3	127	89	4
Elias Nieto & Erick Trujillo	3	1	1	4	3	90	81	3
Diego Garcia & Tomás Oyhanart	3	0	2	2	6	66	113	2

Group C

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray	3	3	0	9	1	149	103	6
Juan Francisco Cueva & Jose Daniel Ugalde	3	2	1	6	3	118	100	5
Rafael Gatica & Rodrigo Salgado Jr.	3	1	2	4	8	141	169	4
Geovani Mendeoza & Juan Salvatierra	3	0	3	2	9	120	156	3

Medal Round

	First Round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
										1	Jake Bredenbeck & Sam Bredenbeck	15	15	15
	9	Rafael Gatica & Rodrigo Salgado Jr.	13	5	6					8	Colombia	14	9	8
	8	Set Cubillos & Mario Mercado	15	15	15														1	USA	13	13	12
																			4	CANADA	15	15	15
										5	Elias Nieto & Erick Trujillo	7	9	8
										4	Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray	15	15	15
																												4	CANADA	10	15	15	11	11
																												3	ECUADOR	15	13	5	15	5
										3	Juan Francisco Cueva & Jose Daniel Ugalde	15	15	15
										6	Kadim Carrasco & Carlos Keller	13	14	14
																			3	ECUADOR	15	15	15
	7	Diego Garcia & Tomás Oyhanart	15	7	15	10	11												2	COSTA RICA	14	8	14
	10	Geovani Mendoza & Juan Salvatierra	8	15	10	15	6			7	Argentina	12	10	6
										2	Andrés Acuña & Gabriel Garcia	15	15	15

Women’s singles

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Preliminary round

Group A

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
María José Vargas	2	2	0	6	1	104	71	4
Angélica Barrios	2	1	1	4	4	98	110	3
Cristina Amaya	2	0	2	1	6	81	102	2

Group B

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Alexandra Herrera	2	2	0	6	0	90	42	4
Micaela Meneses	2	1	1	3	3	79	68	3
Maria Paz Riquelme	2	0	2	0	6	31	90	2

Group C

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Natalia Mendez	2	2	0	6	0	90	33	4
Merynanyelly Delgado	2	1	1	3	5	80	111	3
Andrea Gabriela Reyes Perez	2	0	2	2	6	78	104	2

Group D

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Carla Muñoz	3	3	0	9	2	150	109	6
Kelani Lawrence	3	2	1	8	4	163	115	5
Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido	3	1	2	4	8	132	163	4
Juliette Parent	3	0	3	2	9	97	155	3

Group E

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Gabriela Martinez	3	3	0	9	3	172	121	6
Rhonda Rajsich	3	2	1	7	7	159	176	5
Maricruz Ortiz	3	1	2	6	6	149	154	4
Michèle Morissette	3	0	3	3	9	135	164	3

Medal round

	First Round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
										1	Maria Jose Vargas	15	15	15
	9	Micaela Meneses	15	15	15					8	Micaela Meneses	12	7	11
	8	Merynanyelly Delgado	7	12	11														1	Maria Jose Vargas	11	15	15	15
																			4	Carla Muñoz	15	11	7	13
										5	Rhonda Rajsich	13	15	11	13
										4	Carla Muñoz	15	10	15	15
																												1	Maria Jose Vargas	15	15	10	14	10
																												10	Angélica Barrios	14	10	15	15	12
										3	Natalia Mendez	15	15	11	13	8
										6	Gabriela Martinez	12	14	15	15	11
																			3	Gabriela Martinez	10	15	7	11
	7	Kelani Lawrence	7	15	14	10													10	Angélica Barrios	15	9	15	15
	10	Angélica Barrios	15	10	15	15				10	Angélica Barrios	15	10	15	15
										2	Alexandra Herrera	9	15	9	10

Women’s doubles

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Preliminary round

Group A

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Alexandra Herrera & Samantha Salas	3	3	0	9	2	159	109	6
Erika Manilla & Rhonda Rajsich	3	2	1	7	5	159	142	5
Micaela Meneses & Yazmine Sabja	3	1	2	6	6	139	138	4
Alexis Iwaasa & Cassie Prentice	3	0	3	0	9	67	135	3

Group B

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Natalia Méndez & María José Vargas	3	3	0	9	1	149	85	6
Carla Muñoz & Paula Javiera Mansilla Sid	3	2	1	7	4	132	144	5
Cristina Amaya & Maria Paz Riquelme	3	1	2	4	7	140	138	4
Anna Paul Aguilar Salvatierra & Andrea Gabriela Reyes Perez	3	0	3	1	9	95	149	3

Medal round

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	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	1	Alexandra Herrera & Samantha Salas	15	15	15
	8	Anna Paul Aguilar Salvatierra & Andrea Gabriela Reyes Perez	5	8	3					1	Mexico	15	7	15	15
	5	Micaela Meneses & Yazmine Sabja	15	15	15					5	Bolivia	13	15	14	12
	4	Carla Muñoz & Paula Javiera Mansilla Sid	9	5	11														1	Mexico	14	15	10	15	9
	3	Erika Manilla & Rhonda Rajsich	15	15	15														2	Argentina	15	14	15	8	11
	6	Cristina Amaya & Maria Paz Riquelme	9	5	11					3	USA	11	15	14	14
	7	Alexis Iwaasa & Cassie Prentice	8	6	11					2	Argentina	15	12	15	15
	2	Natalia Mendez & Maria Jose Vargas	15	15	15

Mixed doubles

^[17]

Group A

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Micaela Meneses & Conrrado Moscoso	2	2	0	6	1	103	65	4
Valeria Centellas & Diego Garcia	2	1	1	4	3	83	86	3
Merynanyelly Delgado & Ramón De León	2	0	2	0	6	55	90	2

Group B

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Alejandro Landa & Erika Manilla	2	2	0	6	3	126	110	4
Rodrigo Montoya & Samantha Salas	2	1	1	4	3	92	91	3
Edwin Garcia & Gabriela Martinez	2	0	2	2	6	97	114	2

Group C

Players	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	Points
Carla Muñoz & Rodrigo Salgado Jr.	3	3	0	9	5	183	156	6
Coby Iwaasa & Juliette Parent	3	2	1	8	7	188	184	5
Cristina Amaya & Mario Mercado	3	1	2	7	7	176	186	4
Felipe Camacho & Maricruz Ortiz	3	0	3	4	9	157	178	3

Medal Round

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	First Round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
										1	Micaela Meneses & Conrrado Moscoso	15	15	15
	9	Cristina Amaya & Mario Mercado	14	15	12	8				8	Guatemala	10	8	12
	8	Edwin Galicia & Gabriela Martinez	15	13	15	15													1	Bolivia	15	15	15
																			5	Argentina	5	4	5
										5	Valeria Centellas & Diego Garcia	15	15	15
										4	Carla Muñoz & Rodrigo Salgado Jr.	5	6	12
																												1	Bolivia	12	7	15	12
																												3	Mexico	15	15	14	15
										3	Coby Iwaasa & Juliette Parent	6	9	12
										6	Rodrigo Montoya & Samantha Salas	15	15	15
																			3	Mexico	15	12	15	15
	7	Merynanyelly Delgado & Ramón De León	15	15	14	11	5												2	USA	13	15	8	0 (3 Technicals)
	10	Felipe Camacho & Maricruz Ortiz	13	9	15	15	11			10	Costa Rica	6	10	6
										2	Alejandro Landa & Erika Manilla	15	15	15

Team Competitions

Men’s Team

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	First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
								Bolivia
	9	Chile						Colombia
	8	Colombia													Bolivia		3	3
															Costa Rica		1	1
								Canada
								Costa Rica
																						Bolivia		3	3
																						Mexico		0	0
								Mexico
								Ecuador
															Mexico		3	3
	7	Guatemala													USA		1	0
	10	Argentina						Guatemala
								USA

Semi-finals

15 April 2022

BOL

2–0

Costa Rica

Conrrado Moscoso		2–0	Andrés Acuña	11–5, 2-11, 11–2, 11-4
Kadim Carrasco / Conrrado Moscoso		2–0	Andrés Acuña / Felipe Camacho	11–5, 2-11, 11-2, 11–4

15 April 2022

USA

0–2

Mexico

Alejandro Landa		1–3	Rodrigo Montoya	11–3, 11–9, 3-11, 11-7
Jake Bredenbeck / Sam Bredenbeck		0–3	Rodrigo Montoya / Erick Trujillo	11-6, 11-8, 11-7

Final^[20]

16 April 2022

BOL

2–0

Mexico

Conrrado Moscoso		3–0	Rodrigo Montoya	11–3, 11–2, 11–8
Carlos Keller		3–0	Elias Nieto	11–6, 11–5, 11–6

Women’s Team

^[21]

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	Bolivia
	Colombia							Bolivia		1	1
	Guatemala							Mexico		3	3
	Mexico														Mexico		0	2
	USA														Argentina		3	3
	Chile							USA		3	1	1
	Canada							Argentina		2	3	3
	Argentina

Semi-finals

15 April 2022

BOL

0–2

Mexico

Micaela Meneses		1–3	Alexandra Herrera	11–5, 2-11, 11–2, 11-4
Micaela Meneses / Yazmine Sabja		1–3	Alexandra Herrera / Samantha Salas	11–5, 2-11, 11-2, 11–4

15 April 2022

ARG

2–1

United States

Natalia Mendez / Maria Jose Vargas		2–3	Erika Manilla / Rhonda Rajsich	11–3, 11–9, 3-11, 11-7
Natalia Mendez		3–1	Kelani Lawrence	11-6, 11-8, 11-7
Maria Jose Vargas		3–1	Rhonda Rajsich

Final^[22]

16 April 2022

MEX

0–2

Argentina

Alexandra Herrera		0–3	Maria Jose Vargas	11–9, 11–6, 11–5
Samantha Salas		2–3	Natalia Mendez	2-11, 11–10, 11–8, 8-11, 11–7

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