The Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT) final rankings for 2024-25 have been released. Paola Longoria is the #1 player for the 14th time in her career, but the first since 2021-22. Montserrat Mejia and Maria Jose Vargas, who have finished #1 in the last two seasons, tied for the #2 position behind Longoria.
Longoria has been in the top 10 for 18 seasons, 3rd most all time behind Rhonda Rajsich’s 22 and Cheryl Gudinas’s 21. Interestingly, Longoria’s ratio of top 10s to #1s is 18:14 or 9:7, which is exactly Michelle Gould’s ratio, as she had 9 top 10 seasons with 7 seasons at #1. Gould’s seven #1s are second most all time behind Longoria.
The four other active players have been in the top 10 for at least 10 seasons: Vargas and Cristina Amaya with 12 seasons each, Samantha Salas with 11, and Alexandra Herrera with 10.
LPRT Singles Rankings for 2024-25
Rank - Player - Points
1) Paola Longoria (Mexico) - 1521.5 points
2) Montserrat Mejia (Mexico) - 1218
2) Maria Jose Vargas (Argentina) - 1218
4) Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala) - 919
5) Natalia Mendez (Argentina) - 528
6) Brenda Laime (Bolivia) - 492.5
7) Kelani Lawrence (USA) - 487.5
8) Alexandra Herrera (Mexico) - 451.5
9) Jessica Parrilla (Mexico) - 320.25
10) Cristina Amaya (Colombia) - 305.5
11) Samantha Salas (Mexico) - 302.5
12) Valeria Centellas (Argentina) - 227
13) Lexi York (USA) - 226
14) Sheryl Lotts (USA) - 207.25
15) Stephanie Synhorst (USA) - 187.5
16) Carla Muñoz (Chile) - 169.25
17) Maria Renee Rodriguez (Guatemala) - 168.75
18) Maria Paz Riquelme (Colombia) - 150
19) Annie Sanchez-Roberts (USA) - 150
20) Michelle Key (USA) - 114.5
Salas narrowly missed out on a 12th career top 10 this season, as she was just three points behind Amaya, who was 10th.
The points difference between 12th and 13th and 16th and 17th was even less. Valeria Centellas was 12th, just one point ahead of Lexi York, and Carla Muñoz was only 1/2 point ahead of Maria Renee Rodriguez for 16th.
Doubles
The top three in the doubles rankings are also close with about 10 points separating Maria Jose Vargas in #1 and Brenda Laime in #3 with Montserrat Mejia between them at #2. Vargas was in six of the seven doubles finals in 2024-25, but she only won once, while Laime won four doubles titles and Mejia won three titles. Thus, it’s a bit curious that Vargas is top, but the points are close, and her six finals are more than Laime’s four and Mejia’s three.
This season was different from 2023-24, when Mejia and Alexandra Herrera were in all seven of the finals and they won six of them. Thus, they were the top two doubles players, but Herrera slipped down the rankings to 8th this season, in part because she missed two events.
Similarly, Paola Longoria didn’t play in three of the doubles events, so that’s partly why she’s 7th despite winning once and being in another final to go with two semi-final finishes.
LPRT Doubles Rankings for 2024-25
Rank - Player - Points
1) Maria Jose Vargas (Argentina) - 172.5 points
2) Montserrat Mejia (Mexico) - 163.34
3) Brenda Laime (Bolivia) - 163.31
4) Valeria Centellas (Argentina) - 137.4
5) Natalia Mendez (Argentina) - 136.62
6) Samantha Salas (Mexico) - 101.09
7) Paola Longoria (Mexico) - 88.68
8) Alexandra Herrera (Mexico) - 83
9) Michelle Key (USA) - 81.03
10) Kelani Lawrence (USA) - 78.58
11) Jessica Parrilla (Mexico) - 69.44
12) Cristina Amaya (Colombia) - 62.29
13) Maria Renee Rodriguez (Guatemala) - 59.02
14) Lexi York (USA) - 55.32
15) Carla Muñoz (Chile) - 49.91
16) Sheryl Lotts (USA) - 45.27
17) Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala) - 38.77
18) Maria Paz Riquelme (Colombia) - 33.35
19) Angelica Barrios (Bolivia) - 26.16
20) Erika Manilla (USA) - 23.52
The LPRT’s 2025-26 season will begin in September with the “World Singles and Doubles Championships” in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, September 4-7.
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