2022 Racquetball World Championships – Men's Singles

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Mixed doubles
at the XXI Racquetball World Championships
LocationMexico San Luis Potosi, Mexico
DatesAugust 20–27
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 

The International Racquetball Federation's 21st Racquetball World Championships were held in San Luis Potosi, Mexico from August 20-27, 2022.[1] This was the first time Worlds was in Mexico since 2000, when it was also held in San Luis Potosi.

The 2022 World Championships used a best of five games match format with each game to 11 points, win by 2, with rally scoring, as used in other sports like squash and volleyball. Previously, racquetball games used side-out scoring, where players scored points only when they had won a rally which began with that player serving. Rallies won when not serving were simply side-outs: the rally losing player lost the serve and the rally winning player won the opportunity to serve, but did not win a point.

Bolivian Conrrado Moscoso won Men's Singles for the first time by defeating American Rocky Carson in the final, 8-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-8. Moscoso is the first Bolivian (and first South American) to win Men's Singles at Worlds. The final was a rematch of the Men's Singles final at the 2014 Racquetball World Championships, when Carson defeated Moscoso to win the 4th of his record 5 Men's Singles World Championships. 2022 was the first time Carson had lost in a Men's Singles final at Worlds.

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.

Men’s singles[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Group 1
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
United States Rocky Carson 2 2 0 6 0 66 36 4
Ecuador Juan Francisco Cueva 2 1 1 3 4 60 61 3
Argentina Diego Garcia 2 0 2 1 6 45 74 2
Group 2
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
Ecuador Jose Daniel Ugalde 2 2 0 6 3 94 71 4
Costa Rica Andrés Acuña 2 1 1 5 3 83 61 3
Chile Tomás Oyhanart 2 0 2 1 6 31 76 2
Group 3
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
United States Alejandro Landa 3 3 0 9 2 112 70 6
Guatemala Edwin Galicia 3 2 1 7 3 96 75 5
Dominican Republic Ramón De León 3 1 2 3 7 77 96 4
Spain Fabian Balmori 3 0 3 2 9 72 116 3
Group 4
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
Canada Kurtis Cullen 3 3 0 9 3 120 62 6
Japan Michimune Kono 3 2 1 7 3 95 84 5
Costa Rica Sergio Acuña 3 1 2 5 6 94 84 4
Cuba Yandy Espinosa 3 0 3 0 9 39 99 3
Group 5
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
Mexico Daniel De La Rosa 3 3 0 9 0 99 37 6
Guatemala Juan Salvatierra 3 2 1 6 5 93 91 5
Chile Jaime Mansilla 3 1 2 5 6 96 93 4
India Arun Bhaskaran 3 0 3 0 9 32 99 3
Group 6
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
Bolivia Conrrado Moscoso 3 3 0 9 0 99 42 6
Canada Lee Connell 3 2 1 6 3 81 77 5
Cuba Maikel Moyet 3 1 2 3 6 66 83 4
Chile Ryoki Kamahara 3 0 3 0 9 55 99 3
Group 7
Players Pld W L GW GL PW PL Points
Mexico Rodrigo Montoya 3 3 0 9 1 108 53 6
Bolivia Carlos Keller 3 2 1 7 3 98 91 5
Chile Rafael Gatica 3 1 2 3 7 85 98 4
India Vineet Singh 3 0 3 1 9 61 110 3

Medal round[edit]

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 United States Rocky Carson 11 11 10 11
9 Canada Lee Connell 8 8 5 8 Bolivia Carlos Keller 8 5 12 4
8 Bolivia Carlos Keller 11 11 11 1 United States Rocky Carson 8 7 11 12 11
5 Mexico Daniel De La Rosa 12 16 11 8 7 13 Costa Rica Andrés Acuña 11 11 7 10 4
12 Guatemala Edwin Galicia 10 14 9 11 11 12 Guatemala Edwin Galicia 11 4 11 5 3
13 Costa Rica Andrés Acuña 11 11 11 13 Costa Rica Andrés Acuña 8 11 7 11 11
4 Canada Kurtis Cullen 6 6 2 1 United States Rocky Carson 11 7 4 8
3 United States Alejandro Landa 11 11 4 11 6 Bolivia Conrrado Moscoso 8 11 11 11
6 Ecuador Juan Francisco Cueva 8 5 11 5 3 United States Alejandro Landa 11 6 12
11 Japan Michimune Kono 4 4 9 6 Bolivia Conrrado Moscoso 15 15 15
6 Bolivia Conrrado Moscoso 11 11 11 6 Bolivia Conrrado Moscoso 11 11 11
7 Mexico Rodrigo Montoya 11 11 11 7 Mexico Rodrigo Montoya 4 2 6
10 Guatemala Juan Salvatierra 5 8 6 7 Mexico Rodrigo Montoya 11 13 11
2 Ecuador Jose Daniel Ugalde 4 11 2

Source:[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "XXI World Racquetball Championships". International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  2. ^ "XXI World Racquetball Championships - Men's Singles". R2 Sports. Retrieved 29 August 2022.

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