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, 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. 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.

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

Medalists Men's eventsSinglesDoublesTeam Women's eventsSinglesDoublesTeam Mixed eventsDoubles

Men’s singles

Preliminary round Group A PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPoints 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 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPoints 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 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPoints 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 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPoints 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 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPoints 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 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPoints 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

Men’s doubles

Group A PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPoints 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 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPoints 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 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPoints 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

Women’s singles

Preliminary round Group A PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPoints 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 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPoints 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 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPoints 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 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPoints 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 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPoints 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

Women’s doubles

Preliminary round Group A PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPoints 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 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPoints 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

Mixed doubles

Group A PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPoints 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 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPoints 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 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPoints 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

Team Competitions

Men’s Team

Semi-finals

Final

Women’s Team

Semi-finals

Final

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