2021 Racquetball World Championships – Women's singles

The International Racquetball Federation's 20th Racquetball World Championships were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala from November 26 to December 6. This is the first time Worlds have been in Guatemala, and the second consecutive time a Central American country has hosted the event after Costa Rica in 2018.

XIX Racquetball World Championships Costa Rica 2018
Host	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Dates	November 29 – December 6
Men's singles
Women's singles
Gold	Paola Longoria
Silver	Kelani Lawrence
Bronze	Natalia Mendez Rhonda Rajsich
Men's doubles
Women's doubles

In 2021, Mexican Paola Longoria won her fourth World Championship in women's singles, which set the record for most titles - one more than Americans Cheryl Gudinas and Michelle Gould. Longoria defeated American Kelani Lawrence in the final, and Lawrence, as the 11th seed, was a surprise finalist.

Tournament format

The 2021 World Championships used a two-stage format with an initial group stage that was a round robin with the results used to seed players for a medal round.

Group stage

Pool A

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Paola Longoria	2	2	0	4	0	60	22	4
Maria Paz Muñoz	2	1	1	2	2	38	45	3
Micaela Meneses	2	0	2	0	4	29	60	2

Pool B

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Maria Jose Vargas	2	2	0	4	1	67	29	4
Kelani Lawrence	2	1	1	3	2	57	48	3
Lee Sumin	2	0	2	0	4	13	68	2

Pool C

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Angelica Barrios	3	3	0	6	0	90	29	6
Samantha Salas	3	2	1	4	2	76	41	5
Maria Jose Muñoz	3	1	2	2	4	47	72	4
Majella Haverty	3	0	3	0	6	19	90	3

Pool D

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Natalia Mendez	3	3	0	6	0	90	39	6
Cristina Amaya	3	2	1	4	3	80	71	5
Aisling Hickey	3	1	2	3	4	76	83	4
Lilian Zea	3	0	3	0	6	37	90	3

Pool E

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Carla Muñoz	3	3	0	6	0	90	41	6
Maria Renee Rodriguez	3	2	1	4	2	76	56	5
Merynanyelly Delgado	3	1	2	2	4	61	75	4
Juliette Parent	3	0	3	0	6	35	90	3

Pool F

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Gabriela Martinez	3	3	0	6	0	90	8	6
Michèle Morissette	3	2	1	4	3	72	66	5
Maria Paz Riquelme	3	1	2	2	5	49	90	4
Ayako Hanashi	3	0	3	2	6	55	102	3

Medal round

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semi finals					Finals
	1	Paola Longoria
	32	BYE
						1	Paola Longoria	15, 15
						17	Maria Jose Muñoz	0, 1
	17	Maria Paz Riquelme	8, 5
	16	Maria Jose Muñoz	15, 15
											1	Paola Longoria	15, 15
											9	Samantha Salas	13, 5
	9	Samantha Salas
	24	BYE
						9	Samantha Salas	15, 15
						8	Michèle Morissette	0, 2
	25	BYE
	8	Michèle Morissette
																1	Paola Longoria	15, 15
																4	Natalia Mendez	10, 1
	5	Gabriela Martinez
		BYE
						5	Gabriela Martinez	15, 15
						12	Maria Paz Muñoz	1, 14
	21	Majella Haverty	3, 5
	12	Maria Paz Muñoz	15, 15
											5	Gabriela Martinez	15, 10, 7
											4	Natalia Mendez	9, 15, 11
	13	Lee Sumin	15, 15
	20	Ayako Hanashi	9, 4
						13	Lee Sumin	3, 3
						4	Natalia Mendez	15, 15
	29	BYE
	4	Natalia Mendez
																					1	Paola Longoria	15, 15
																					11	Kelani Lawrence	6, 1
	3	Angelica Barrios
	30	BYE
						3	Angelica Barrios	13, 15, 11
						14	Micaela Meneses	15, 7, 3
	19	Juliette Parent	9, 1
	14	Micaela Meneses	15, 15
											3	Angelica Barrios	13, 11
											11	Kelani Lawrence	15, 15
	11	Kelani Lawrence	7, 15, 11
	22	Aisling Hickey	15, 12, 5
						11	Kelani Lawrence	15, 15
						6	Carla Muñoz	8, 13
	27	BYE
	6	Carla Muñoz
																11	Kelani Lawrence	15, 15
																15	Rhonda Rajsich	12, 7
	7	Maria Renee Rodriguez
	26	BYE
						7	Maria Renee Rodgriguez	15, 15
						10	Cristina Amaya	13, 10
	23	BYE
	10	Cristina Amaya
											7	Maria Renee Rodriguez	7, 1
											15	Rhonda Rajsich	15, 15
	15	Rhonda Rajsich	14, 15, 11
	18	Merynanyelly Delgado	15, 3, 5
						15	Rhonda Rajsich	5, 15, 11
						2	Maria Jose Vargas	15, 5, 10
	31	BYE
	2	Maria Jose Vargas

Women's singles winner
Paola Longoria