The XXXVI Pan American Championships begin in Guatemala City on Saturday. Twelve countries are competing compared with 10 last year, so the competition should be a bit higher. There were no Mexican women last year, or any Bolivians, but this year there is a full Mexican team, as well as Bolivian men and a full Ecuador team.
Mexicans Alexandra Herrera and Montserrat Mejia are medal favourites for women’s singles, along with Argentine Natalia Mendez, Chilean Carla Muñoz and Canadian Frédérique Lambert. Dark horses for the podium would include American Michelle Key, Guatemalan Maria Renee Rodriguez, Argentine Valeria Centellas and Dominican Merynanyelly Delgado.
In women’s doubles, Mexicans Herrera and Samantha Salas and Argentina’s Centellas and Mendez are likely finalists with Chile’s Paula Mansilla and Muñoz, Americans Key and Lexi York, and Dominicans Maria Cespedes and Delgado as possible medalists.
On the men’s side, the favourites in singles are Bolivians Carlos Keller and Conrrado Moscoso, who have both won two men’s singles Pan Am Championships. The main challengers to the Bolivians should be Costa Rican Andrés Acuña, American Jake Bredenbeck, Canadian Samuel Murray, Chilean Alan Natera, and the Mexicans Javier Mar and Sebastian Fernandez.
In doubles, last year’s champions - Costa Rican Acuña and Gabriel Garcia - are back, so they could repeat again, but will face stiff challenges from Bolivians Kadim Carrasco and Moscoso, Mexicans Sebastian Hernandez and Erick Trujillo, Ecuadorians Jose Daniel Ugalde and Juan Francisco Cueva, American brothers Jake and Sam Bredenbeck, as well as Canadians Kurtis Cullen and Trevor Webb and Argentina’s Diego Garcia and Gerson Miranda Martinez.
Interestingly, Ricardo Monroy is playing doubles for the Dominican Republic, with whom he’s coached for several years. But he’s won both singles and doubles at the Pan American Championships for his native Bolivia, doing so in 2010 and 2012, respectively. He’ll be teaming up with Ramon De Leon this year.
The draws are available through the R2 Sports website. Also, some of the matches are being streamed live, so check out the IRF Facebook page or the IRF YouTube channel for matches.
XXXVI Pan American Racquetball Championships
Guatemala City, Guatemala - April 12-19, 2025
Women's Singles
Group 1 - Saturday
Michelle Key (USA) v. Jamileth Sipac (Guatemala) - 11:30 AM
Natalia Mendez (Argentina) - BYE
Group 2 - Saturday
Maria Renee Rodriguez (Guatemala) v. Lexi York (USA) - 11:30 AM
Frédérique Lambert (Canada) - BYE
Group 3 - Saturday
Maria Cespedes (Dominican Republic) v. Carla Muñoz (Chile) - 11:30 AM
Valeria Centellas (Argentina) - BYE
Group 4 - Saturday
Juliette Parent (Canada) v. Maria Angela Villascreses (Ecuador) - 11:30 AM
Alexandra Herrera (Mexico) v. Larissa Faeth (Costa Rica) - 11:30 AM
Group 5 - Saturday
Montserrat Mejia (Mexico) v. Jimena Gomez (Costa Rica) - 10:45 AM
Merynanyelly Delgado (Dominican Republic) v. Paula Mansilla (Chile) - 11:30 AM
Men's Singles
Group 1 - Saturday
Gerson Miranda Martinez (Argentina) v. Edwin Galicia (Guatemala) - 10 AM
Javier Mar (Mexico) - BYE
Group 2 - Saturday
Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia) v. Erik Mendoza (Peru) - 10 AM
Leyton Gouldie (Canada) v. Alan Natera (Chile) - 10 AM
Group 3 - Saturday
Sebastian Fernandez (Mexico) v. David Gonzalez (Peru) - 10:45 AM
Diego Garcia (Argentina) v. Juan Salvatierra (Guatemala) - 10:45 AM
Group 4 - Saturday
Carlos Keller (Bolivia) v. Christian Menendez (Cuba) - 10 AM
Samuel Murray (Canada) v. Rodrigo Salgado Jr. (Chile) - 10:45 AM
Group 5 - Saturday
Jake Bredenbeck (USA) v. Ramon De Leon (Dominican Republic) - 10 AM
Felipe Camacho (Costa Rica) v. Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador) - 10:45 AM
Group 6 - Saturday
Andrés Acuña (Costa Rica) v. Juan Francisco Cueva (Ecuador) - 10 AM
Thomas Carter (USA) v. Diego Pimentel (Dominican Republic) - 10:45 AM
Women's Doubles
Group 1 - Saturday
Valeria Centellas & Natalia Mendez (Argentina) v. Larissa Faeth & Jimena Gomez (Costa Rica) - 3:15 PM
Jamileth Sipac & Isabella Wer (Guatemala) v. Paula Mansilla & Carla Muñoz (Chile) - 3:15 PM
Group 2 - Saturday
Alexandra Herrera & Samantha Salas (Mexico) v. Chloe Jauvin & Ofelia Wilscam (Canada) - 3:15 PM
Michelle Key & Lexi York (USA) v. Maria Cespedes & Merynanyelly Delgado (Dominican Republic) - 3:15 PM
Men's Doubles
Group 1 - Saturday
Andrés Acuña & Gabriel Garcia (Costa Rica) v. David Gonzalez & Erik Mendoza (Peru) - 2:30 PM
Jose Caceres & Juan Salvatierra (Guatemala) v. Alan Natera & Rodrigo Salgado Jr. (Chile) - 1:45 PM
Group 2 - Saturday
Sebastian Hernandez & Erick Trujillo (Mexico) v. Raul Martinez Gutierrez & Christhian Menendez (Cuba) - 2:30 PM
Jake Bredenbeck & Sam Bredenbeck (USA) v. Ramon De Leon & Ricardo Monroy (Dominican Republic) - 2:30 PM
Group 3 - Saturday
Kurtis Cullen & Trevor Webb (Canada) v. Diego Garcia & Gerson Miranda Martinez (Argentina) - 2:30 PM
Kadim Carrasco & Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia) v. Jose Daniel Ugalde & Juan Francisco Cueva (Ecuador) - 2:30 PM
Mixed Doubles
Group 1 - Saturday
Edwin Galicia & Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala) v. Merynanyelly Delgado & Ramon De Leon (Dominican Republic) - 4:45 PM
Sam Bredenbeck & Michelle Key (USA) - BYE
Group 2 - Saturday
Carla Muñoz & Alan Natera (Chile) v. Martin Carchi & Maria Angela Villacreses (Ecuador) - 4:45 PM
Frédérique Lambert & Samuel Murray (Canada) - BYE
Group 3 - Saturday
Gerson Miranda & Natalia Mendez (Argentina) v. Andrés Acuña & Larissa Faeth (Costa Rica) - 4:45 PM
Rodrigo Montoya & Samantha Salas (Mexico) - BYE
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