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.

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Bolivia (BOL)3126
2 Argentina (ARG)2114
3 Mexico (MEX)1315
4 Canada (CAN)1001
5 Costa Rica (CRC)0123
6 Ecuador (ECU)0101
7 United States (USA)0066
8 Chile (CHI)0011
 Guatemala (GUA)0011
Totals (9 entries)771428

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
Bolivia Conrrado Moscoso 2 2 0 4 0 124 104 4
Costa Rica Andrés Acuña 2 1 1 5 3 106 95 3
Guatemala Juan Salvatierra 2 0 2 1 6 72 103 2
Group B
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
United States Alejandro Landa 2 2 0 6 1 100 68 4
Ecuador Juan Francisco Cueva 2 1 1 4 4 103 92 3
Dominican Republic Ramón De León 2 0 2 1 6 60 103 2
Group C
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
Bolivia Carlos Keller 3 3 0 9 0 135 86 6
Costa Rica Felipe Camacho 3 2 1 6 4 127 101 5
Guatemala Edwin Galicia 3 1 2 4 6 117 111 4
Chile Tomás Oyhanart 3 0 3 0 9 54 135 3
Group D
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
United States Jake Bredenbeck 3 3 0 9 1 146 72 6
Ecuador Jose Daniel Ugalde 3 2 1 6 3 120 83 5
Chile Rodrigo Salgado Jr. 3 1 2 4 6 96 135 4
Puerto Rico Abraham Mercado 3 0 3 0 9 63 135 3
Group E
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
Mexico Rodrigo Montoya 3 3 0 9 2 154 109 6
Argentina Diego Garcia 3 2 1 8 5 175 137 5
Colombia Mario Mercado 3 1 2 5 6 129 137 4
Canada Trevor Webb 3 0 3 0 9 60 135 3
Group F
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
Mexico Elias Nieto 3 3 0 9 2 151 98 6
Canada Samuel Murray 3 2 1 7 3 128 100 5
Colombia Set Cubillos 3 1 2 3 7 114 127 4
Chile Diego Gatica 3 0 3 2 9 94 162 3

Medal round

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

Men’s doubles

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Group A
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
United States Jake Bredenbeck & Sam Bredenbeck 2 2 0 6 2 115 101 4
Bolivia Kadim Carrasco & Carlos Keller 2 1 1 4 3 100 82 3
Colombia Set Cubillos & Mario Mercado 2 0 2 1 6 72 104 2
Group B
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
Costa Rica Andrés Acuña & Gabriel Garcia 3 2 0 6 3 127 89 4
Mexico Elias Nieto & Erick Trujillo 3 1 1 4 3 90 81 3
Argentina Diego Garcia & Tomás Oyhanart 3 0 2 2 6 66 113 2
Group C
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
Canada Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray 3 3 0 9 1 149 103 6
Ecuador Juan Francisco Cueva & Jose Daniel Ugalde 3 2 1 6 3 118 100 5
Chile Rafael Gatica & Rodrigo Salgado Jr. 3 1 2 4 8 141 169 4
Guatemala Geovani Mendeoza & Juan Salvatierra 3 0 3 2 9 120 156 3

Medal Round

First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 United States Jake Bredenbeck & Sam Bredenbeck 15 15 15
9 Chile Rafael Gatica & Rodrigo Salgado Jr. 13 5 6 8 Colombia Colombia 14 9 8
8 Colombia Set Cubillos & Mario Mercado 15 15 15 1 United States USA 13 13 12
4 Canada CANADA 15 15 15
5 Mexico Elias Nieto & Erick Trujillo 7 9 8
4 Canada Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray 15 15 15
4 Canada CANADA 10 15 15 11 11
3 Ecuador ECUADOR 15 13 5 15 5
3 Ecuador Juan Francisco Cueva & Jose Daniel Ugalde 15 15 15
6 Bolivia Kadim Carrasco & Carlos Keller 13 14 14
3 Ecuador ECUADOR 15 15 15
7 Argentina Diego Garcia & Tomás Oyhanart 15 7 15 10 11 2 Costa Rica COSTA RICA 14 8 14
10 Guatemala Geovani Mendoza & Juan Salvatierra 8 15 10 15 6 7 Argentina Argentina 12 10 6
2 Costa Rica 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
Argentina María José Vargas 2 2 0 6 1 104 71 4
Bolivia Angélica Barrios 2 1 1 4 4 98 110 3
Colombia Cristina Amaya 2 0 2 1 6 81 102 2
Group B
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
Mexico Alexandra Herrera 2 2 0 6 0 90 42 4
United States Micaela Meneses 2 1 1 3 3 79 68 3
Colombia Maria Paz Riquelme 2 0 2 0 6 31 90 2
Group C
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
Argentina Natalia Mendez 2 2 0 6 0 90 33 4
Dominican Republic Merynanyelly Delgado 2 1 1 3 5 80 111 3
Guatemala Andrea Gabriela Reyes Perez 2 0 2 2 6 78 104 2
Group D
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
Chile Carla Muñoz 3 3 0 9 2 150 109 6
United States Kelani Lawrence 3 2 1 8 4 163 115 5
Mexico Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido 3 1 2 4 8 132 163 4
Canada Juliette Parent 3 0 3 2 9 97 155 3
Group E
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
Guatemala Gabriela Martinez 3 3 0 9 3 172 121 6
United States Rhonda Rajsich 3 2 1 7 7 159 176 5
Costa Rica Maricruz Ortiz 3 1 2 6 6 149 154 4
Canada Michèle Morissette 3 0 3 3 9 135 164 3

Medal round

First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Argentina Maria Jose Vargas 15 15 15
9 Bolivia Micaela Meneses 15 15 15 8 Bolivia Micaela Meneses 12 7 11
8 Dominican Republic Merynanyelly Delgado 7 12 11 1 Argentina Maria Jose Vargas 11 15 15 15
4 Chile Carla Muñoz 15 11 7 13
5 United States Rhonda Rajsich 13 15 11 13
4 Chile Carla Muñoz 15 10 15 15
1 Argentina Maria Jose Vargas 15 15 10 14 10
10 Bolivia Angélica Barrios 14 10 15 15 12
3 Argentina Natalia Mendez 15 15 11 13 8
6 Guatemala Gabriela Martinez 12 14 15 15 11
3 Guatemala Gabriela Martinez 10 15 7 11
7 United States Kelani Lawrence 7 15 14 10 10 Bolivia Angélica Barrios 15 9 15 15
10 Bolivia Angélica Barrios 15 10 15 15 10 Bolivia Angélica Barrios 15 10 15 15
2 Mexico 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
Mexico Alexandra Herrera & Samantha Salas 3 3 0 9 2 159 109 6
United States Erika Manilla & Rhonda Rajsich 3 2 1 7 5 159 142 5
Bolivia Micaela Meneses & Yazmine Sabja 3 1 2 6 6 139 138 4
Canada Alexis Iwaasa & Cassie Prentice 3 0 3 0 9 67 135 3
Group B
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
Argentina Natalia Méndez & María José Vargas 3 3 0 9 1 149 85 6
Chile Carla Muñoz & Paula Javiera Mansilla Sid 3 2 1 7 4 132 144 5
Colombia Cristina Amaya & Maria Paz Riquelme 3 1 2 4 7 140 138 4
Guatemala 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 Mexico Alexandra Herrera & Samantha Salas 15 15 15
8 Guatemala Anna Paul Aguilar Salvatierra & Andrea Gabriela Reyes Perez 5 8 3 1 Mexico Mexico 15 7 15 15
5 Bolivia Micaela Meneses & Yazmine Sabja 15 15 15 5 Bolivia Bolivia 13 15 14 12
4 Chile Carla Muñoz & Paula Javiera Mansilla Sid 9 5 11 1 Mexico Mexico 14 15 10 15 9
3 United States Erika Manilla & Rhonda Rajsich 15 15 15 2 Argentina Argentina 15 14 15 8 11
6 Colombia Cristina Amaya & Maria Paz Riquelme 9 5 11 3 United States USA 11 15 14 14
7 Canada Alexis Iwaasa & Cassie Prentice 8 6 11 2 Argentina Argentina 15 12 15 15
2 Argentina Natalia Mendez & Maria Jose Vargas 15 15 15

Mixed doubles

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Group A
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
Bolivia Micaela Meneses & Conrrado Moscoso 2 2 0 6 1 103 65 4
Argentina Valeria Centellas & Diego Garcia 2 1 1 4 3 83 86 3
Dominican Republic Merynanyelly Delgado & Ramón De León 2 0 2 0 6 55 90 2
Group B
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
United States Alejandro Landa & Erika Manilla 2 2 0 6 3 126 110 4
Mexico Rodrigo Montoya & Samantha Salas 2 1 1 4 3 92 91 3
Guatemala Edwin Garcia & Gabriela Martinez 2 0 2 2 6 97 114 2
Group C
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
Chile Carla Muñoz & Rodrigo Salgado Jr. 3 3 0 9 5 183 156 6
Canada Coby Iwaasa & Juliette Parent 3 2 1 8 7 188 184 5
Colombia Cristina Amaya & Mario Mercado 3 1 2 7 7 176 186 4
Costa Rica Felipe Camacho & Maricruz Ortiz 3 0 3 4 9 157 178 3

Medal Round

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

Team Competitions

Men’s Team

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

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