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The Pan American Racquetball Championships are held annually in the spring with play ending on the day before Easter. Originally called the Tournament of the Americas, the Pan American Championships are hosted by the Pan American Racquetball Confederation.

The 2024 Pan American Championships were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, March 23 to March 30, 2024. Mexican Rodrigo Montoya won men's singles, and Argentina's Maria Jose Vargas won women's singles. Costa Ricans Andrés Acuña and Gabriel Garica won men's doubles while Vargas and Natalia Mendez won women's doubles. The 2024 championships also had a team event, which was won by Mexico on the men's side and Argentina on the women's side.

The 2022 Pan American Championships were the first to use rally scoring, which was adopted by the International Racquetball Federation in early 2022. 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.

The 2022 competition was the first in three years, as the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of the 2020 and 2021 tournaments. The competition was not held in two years previously. In 1995, the Pan Am Games were held in the spring, so that year's Tournament of the Americas (as the competition was then known) was not held. In 2000, the competition was cancelled due to the civil unrest in Bolivia, which was to host the event.

Champions

Champions by event and year

Year	Site	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
2024	Guatemala City	Rodrigo Montoya	Maria Jose Vargas	Andrés Acuña & Gabriel Garcia	Natalia Mendez & Maria Jose Vargas	Sam Bredenbeck & Michelle Key
2023	Guatemala City	Conrrado Moscoso	Montserrat Mejia	Rodrigo Montoya & Eduardo Portillo	Alexandra Herrera & Montserrat Mejia	Angélica Barrios & Conrrado Moscoso
2022	Santa Cruz	Conrrado Moscoso	Angélica Barrios	Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray	Natalia Mendez & María José Vargas	Rodrigo Montoya & Samantha Salas
2021	Not held – COVID-19
2020	Not held – COVID-19
2019	Barranquilla	Carlos Keller	Paola Longoria	Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso	Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
2018	Temuco	Carlos Keller	Rhonda Rajsich	Álvaro Beltrán & Rodrigo Montoya	Alexandra Herrera & Paola Longoria
2017	San Jose	Alejandro Landa	Rhonda Rajsich	Polo Gutierrez & Alejandro Landa	Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
2016	San Luis Potosí	Daniel de la Rosa	Paola Longoria	Javier Moreno & Alejandro Landa	Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
2015	Santo Domingo	José Díaz	Paola Longoria	Álvaro Beltrán & Javier Moreno	Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
2014	Santa Cruz	Jose Rojas	María José Vargas	Daniel de la Rosa & Edson Martinez	Susana Acosta & Samantha Salas
2013	Cali	Polo Gutierrez	Paola Longoria	Javier Moreno & Polo Gutierrez	Sharon Jackson & Rhonda Rajsich
2012	Temuco	Mike Green	Paola Longoria	Roland Keller & Ricardo Monroy	Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
2011	Managua	Daniel de la Rosa	Rhonda Rajsich	Javier Moreno & Polo Gutierrez	Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
2010	San Pedro Sula	Ricardo Monroy	Paola Longoria	Mike Green & Tim Landeryou	Susana Acosta & Samantha Salas
2009	Cali	Álvaro Beltrán	Cheryl Gudinas Holmes	Ben Croft & Mitch Williams	Aimee Ruiz & Jackie Paraiso
2008	San Jose	Álvaro Beltrán	Paola Longoria	Javier Moreno & Gilberto Mejia	Aimee Ruiz & Jackie Paraiso
2007	Santiago	Álvaro Beltrán	Rhonda Rajsich	Vincent Gagnon & François Viens	Janel Tisinger & Rhonda Rajsich
2006	Guatemala City	Kris Odegard	Paola Longoria	Woody Clouse & Willie Tilton	Aimee Ruiz & Jackie Paraiso
2005	Caracas	Jack Huczek	Kristen Walsh	Mike Guidry & Jason Thoerner	Susana Acosta & Rosy Torres
2004	Cuenca	Brian Istace	Lori-Jane Powell	Carlos Bacmeister & Abraham Pena	Susana Acosta & Rosy Torres
2003	Santo Domingo	Jack Huczek	Laura Fenton	Ruben Gonzalez & Mike Guidry	Jackie Paraiso & Kim Russell
2002	Cochabamba	Kane Waselenchuk	Laura Fenton	Ruben Gonzalez & Mike Guidry	Lori-Jane Powell & Karina Odegard
2001	San Pedro Sula	Rocky Carson	Cheryl Gudinas Holmes	Doug Eagle & Adam Karp	Laura Fenton & Jackie Paraiso
2000		None	None	None	None
1999	Rosarito	Mike Green	Robin Levine	Doug Ganim & Drew Kachtik	Joy MacKenzie & Jackie Paraiso
1998	Winnipeg	Sherman Greenfeld	Michelle Gould	Adam Karp & Bill Sell	Joy MacKenzie & Jackie Paraiso
1997	Chihuahua	Eric Muller	Cheryl Gudinas Holmes	Todd O'Neil & Derek Robinson	Joy MacKenzie & Jackie Paraiso
1996	Cali	Brian Rankin	Tammy Brockbank	Adam Karp & Bill Sell	Cheryl Gudinas Holmes & Michelle Gould
1995	None	None	None	None	None
1994	Buenos Aires	Sherman Greenfeld	Cheryl Gudinas Holmes	Jeff Evans & Todd O'Neil	Michelle Gould & Robin Levine
1993	Cochabamba	Chris Cole	Jackie Paraiso	Joel Bonnett & Bill Sell	Mary Lyons & Susan Morgan-Pfahler
1992	Tegucigalpa	Chris Cole	Lynne Coburn	Mike Ceresia & Roger Harripersad	Robin Levine & Kim Russell
1991	Santiago	Tim Doyle	Michelle Gould	Jim Floyd & Tim Hansen	Jackie Paraiso & Kim Russell
1990	Jacksonville	Sherman Greenfeld	Michelle Gould	Doug Ganim & Dan Obremski	Malia Kamahoahoa Bailey & Toni Bevelock
1989	San Jose	Andy Roberts	Malia Kamahoahoa Bailey	Brian Hawkes & Bill Sell
1988	Santa Cruz	Bill Sell	Michelle Gould	Bill Sell & David Simonette
1987	Colorado Springs	Egan Inoue	Heather Stupp	–	–

Champions by country

Country	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles	Total
United States	13	20	17	16	1	67
Mexico	8	9	8	13	1	39
Canada	8	2	4	1	0	15
Bolivia	5	1	2	0	1	9
Argentina	0	2	0	2	0	4

Team Champions by year

Year	Men's Team	Women's Team
2024	Mexico	Argentina
2022	Bolivia	Argentina

Multiple champions

List of men's multiple champions

Champion	Singles Titles	Doubles Titles	Total
Álvaro Beltrán	3	2	5
Bill Sell	1	4	5
Javier Moreno	0	5	5
Conrrado Moscoso	1	3	4
Polo Gutierrez	1	3	4
Rodrigo Montoya	1	3	4
Sherman Greenfeld	3	0	3
Mike Green	2	1	3
Daniel de la Rosa	2	1	3
Alejandro Landa	1	2	3
Adam Karp	0	3	3
Mike Guidry	0	3	3
Carlos Keller	2	0	2
Chris Cole	2	0	2
Ruben Gonzalez	0	2	2
Jack Huczek	2	0	2
Doug Ganim	0	2	2
Ricardo Monroy	1	1	2
Todd O'Neil	0	2	2

List of women's multiple champions

Champion	Singles Titles	Doubles Titles	Total
Paola Longoria	8	7	15
Jackie Paraiso	1	9	10
Samantha Salas	0	9	9
Rhonda Rajsich	4	2	6
Michelle Gould	4	2	6
Cheryl Gudinas Holmes	4	1	5
María José Vargas	2	2	4
Susana Acosta	0	4	4
Laura Fenton	2	1	3
Aimee Ruiz	0	3	3
Robin Levine	1	2	3
Kim Russell	0	3	3
Joy MacKenzie	0	3	3
Angélica Barrios	1	1	2
Alexandra Herrera	0	2	2
Natalia Mendez	0	2	2
Lori-Jane Powell	1	1	2
Malia Kamahoahoa Bailey	1	1	2
Rosy Torres	0	2	2

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External links

• International Racquetball Federation (IRF) site

• Racquetball competitions
• Sports competitions in the Americas
• Pan American Racquetball Championships