1986 Racquetball World Championships

III Racquetball World Championships- USA 1986- Host Orlando, Florida USA United States Dates August 4 - August 10 Men's singles Gold 10px USA Egan Inoue Silver 10px Canada Roger Harripersad Bronze 10px Canada Ross Harvey 4th Puerto Rico Ruben Gonzalez Women's singles Gold 10px USA Cindy Baxter Silver 10px USA Toni Bevelock Bronze 10px Canada Crystal Fried 4th Canada Heather Stupp Men's doubles Gold 10px USA Jack Nolan & Todd O'Neil Silver 10px Puerto Rico Ruben Gonzalez & Willie Rodriguez Bronze 10px Canada Glen Collard & Joe Kirkwood 4th MEX Raul Canales & Federico Alvarez Women's doubles Gold 10px Canada Carol McFetridge & Marion Sicotte Silver 10px USA Connie Peterson & Michelle Gilman Bronze 10px Japan Yumiko Shimaura & Eriko Watanabe 4th MEX Diana Almeida & Marta Nance The International Racquetball Federation's 3rd Racquetball World Championships was held in Orlando, Florida from August 4 to 10, 1986.National Racquetball v. 15, no. 10, October 1986, p. 30 This was the third time Worlds was held in the USA. The competition began with the team competition with the US and Canada facing off in both the men's and women's finals. On the men's side, Canada defeated the Americans, In men's singles, Roger Harripersad of Canada beat American Ed Andrews, 15–9, 10–15, 15–11, Ross Harvey (Canada) beat Andy Roberts (USA), 15–10, 15–14, but Egan Inoue (USA) swept Lindsay Meyers (Canada), 15–4, 15–11.National Racquetball v. 15, no. 10, October 1986, p. 29-30 In doubles, Americans Jack Nolan and Todd O'Neil defeated the Canadians Glenn Collard and Joe Kirkwood, 13–15, 15–6, 15–6, but the total games were 5-5. The tie-breaker rule was the result of the #1 singles game, which was between Harripersad's defeat of Andrews, so Canada won the men's team title 7–5. It was the first men's team title for Canada. The American women won the team title by defeating Canada in the final by a total of seven games to five. In the singles matches, Cindy Baxter (USA) defeated Crystal Fried (Canada), 15–11, 11–15, 15–13, Heather Stupp (Canada) beat Toni Bevelock (USA), 2–15, 15–8, 15–1, Malia Kamahoahoa (USA) defeated Lisa Devine (Canada), 11–15, 15–10, 15–8, and in doubles Americans Connie Peterson and Michelle Gilman beat the Canadian team of Carol McFetridge and Manon Sicotte, 13–15, 15–6, 15–2.National Racquetball v. 15, no. 10, October 1986, p. 29 With the Canadians winning the men's competition 7-5 and the Americans winning the women's competition 7–5, the two countries tied for the overall title. Americans won three of the four individual competitions, led by Egan Inoue, winning what would be his first of two World Championships in men's singles. Cindy Baxter won the second of her two career titles in women's singles, and Jack Nolan and Todd O'Neill won men's doubles. Canadians Carol McFetridge and Manon Sicotte prevented the American sweep by winning women's doubles. Men's events Singles event CAN Roger Harripersad Japan Yakata Furata USA Andy Roberts 10, 15, 14 CAN Ross Harvey 15, 13, 15 USA Ed Andrews 9, 9 USA Egan Inoue 15, 15 CAN Lindsay Meyers Puerto Rico Ruben Gonzalez CAN Roger Harripersad 15, 15 CAN Ross Harvey 9, 2 USA Egan Inoue 15, 6, 15 Puerto Rico Ruben Gonzalez 15, 6, 15 CAN Roger Harripersad 2, 15, 7 USA Egan Inoue 15, 7, 15 Doubles event USA Jack Nolan & Todd O'Neil MEX Raul Canales & Federico Alvarez Puerto Rico Ruben Gonzalez & Willie Rodriguez CAN Glen Collard & Joe Kirkwood USA Jack Nolan & Todd O'Neil 15, 15 Puerto Rico Ruben Gonzalez & Willie Rodriguez 14, 13 Women's events Singles event USA Toni Bevelock 15, 11, 15 CAN Crystal Fried 11, 15, 12 USA Cindy Baxter 15, 13, 15 CAN Heather Stupp 8, 15, 3 USA Cindy Baxter 15, 11, 15 USA Toni Bevelock 11, 15, 8 Doubles event USA Connie Peterson & Michelle Gilman MEX Diana Almeida & Marta Nance Japan Yumiko Shimaura & Eriko Watanabe Canada Carol McFetridge & Manon Sicotte USA Connie Peterson & Michelle Gilman 13, 9 Canada Carol McFetridge & Manon Sicotte 15, 15 Team results Final team standingsMen's teamWomen's team Overall/combined 1 Canada Canada USA USA USA USA & Canada Canada 2 USA USA CAN Canada - 3 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Japan Japan Japan Japan 4 MEX Mexico Costa Rica Costa Rica MEX Mexico 5 Japan Japan IRE Ireland Costa Rica Costa Rica & IRE Ireland 6 Netherlands Netherlands CAN Mexico 7 IRE Ireland Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands 8 Costa Rica Costa Rica FRA France Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 9 GER Germany COL Colombia FRA Colombia & FRA France 10 COL Colombia BEL Belgium 11 FRA France Puerto Rico Puerto Rico GER Germany 12 ECU Ecuador GER Germany BEL Belgium 13 DOM Dominican Republic Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain 14 BEL Belgium - ECU Ecuador 15 Switzerland Switzerland - DOM Dominican Republic 16 Greece Greece - Switzerland Switzerland 17 VEN Venezuela - Greece Greece 18 Panama Panama - VEN Venezuela 19 Great Britain Great Britain - Panama Panama 20 BOL Bolivia - BOL Bolivia References External links IRF website Category:Racquetball World Championships Category:Racquetball in the United States Category:1986 in American sports Category:1986 in racquetball Category:International sports competitions hosted by the United States