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2010 Racquetball World Championships

XV Racquetball World Championships
- South Korea 2010 -
Host Seoul
South Korea South Korea
Dates August 13 - August 21
Men's singles
Gold Gold medal.svg United States Rocky Carson
Silver Silver medal.svg United States Jack Huczek
Bronze Bronze medal.svg Bolivia Ricardo Monroy, Canada Vincent Gagnon
Women's singles
Gold Gold medal.svg United States Rhonda Rajsich
Silver Silver medal.svg Mexico Nancy Enriquez
Bronze Bronze medal.svg Mexico Paola Longoria, United States Cheryl Gudinas
Men's doubles
Gold Gold medal.svg United States Ben Croft & Mitch Williams
Silver Silver medal.svg Canada Mike Green & Tim Landeryou
Bronze Bronze medal.svg Venezuela Cesar Castro & Jorge Hirsekorn, Mexico Alejandro Landa & Miguel Perea
Women's doubles
Gold Gold medal.svg Mexico Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
Silver Silver medal.svg United States Jackie Paraiso & Aimee Ruiz
Bronze Bronze medal.svg Canada Frédérique Lambert & Brandi Jacobson Prentice, Japan Naomi Wakimoto & Toshiko Sakamoto
Men teams
Champions Gold medal.svg United States United States
Runners-up Silver medal.svg Mexico Mexico
Third place Bronze medal.svg Canada Canada
Fourth place Bolivia Bolivia
Women teams
Champions Gold medal.svg United States United States
Runners-up Silver medal.svg Bolivia Bolivia
Third place Bronze medal.svg Canada Canada
Fourth place Chile Chile

The 15th Racquetball World Championships were held in Seoul (South Korea) from August 13 to 21, 2010, with 16 men's national teams and 11 women's national teams; and several players in the Singles and Doubles competition.

The incumbent champions in men's and women's singles were Americans Rocky Carson and Rhonda Rajsich, respectively, and they successfully defended their titles in Seoul.

In doubles, the Americans successfully defended the men's doubles title, and Mitch Williams was part of the winning team again, although in 2010 he won with Ben Croft while in 2008 Jason Thoerner was his partner.

In women's doubles, Paola Longoria and Samantha Salas broke a 22-year streak of American victories by defeating the defending champions Jackie Paraiso and Aimee Ruiz and claiming the first women's doubles title for Mexico.


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