# 2021 Racquetball World Championships – Men's singles

The International Racquetball Federation's 20th Racquetball World Championships were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala from November 26 to December 6. This is the first time Worlds have been in Guatemala, and the second consecutive time a Central American country has hosted the event after Costa Rica in 2018.
American Alejandro Landa won men's singles in Guatemala by defeating Costa Rican Andrés Acuña in the final. Mexico born Landa was representing the USA for the first time at Worlds. Acuña was surprising finalist, and the first Costa Rican to reach the final. He claimed the 2nd seed position by winning pool B in the group stage of matches, including a win over defending champion Mexican Rodrigo Montoya.

## Tournament format

The 2021 World Championships used a two stage format with an initial group stage that was a round robin with the results used to seed players for a medal round.

## Group stage
### Pool A

| Player | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | PF | PA | Points |
| Alejandro Landa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 21 | 4 |
| Ramon De Leon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 64 | 3 |
| Felipe Camacho | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 59 | 2 |

### Pool B

| Player | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | PF | PA | Points |
| Andrés Acuña | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 20 | 4 |
| Rodrigo Montoya | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 43 | 4 |
| Shai Manzuri | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 60 | 2 |

### Pool C

| Player | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | PF | PA | Points |
| Jake Bredenbeck | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 67 | 25 | 4 |
| Juan Francisco Cueva | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 60 | 3 |
| Kim Mingyu | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 60 | 2 |

### Pool D

| Player | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | PF | PA | Points |
| Andree Parrilla | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 94 | 39 | 6 |
| Diego Garcia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 97 | 57 | 5 |
| Francis Guillemette | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 58 | 76 | 4 |
| Eoin Tynan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 90 | 3 |

### Pool E

| Player | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | PF | PA | Points |
| Conrrado Moscoso | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 90 | 29 | 6 |
| Jose Daniel Ugalde | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 73 | 43 | 5 |
| Lee Gunhee | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 87 | 4 |
| Ken Cottrell | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 90 | 3 |

### Pool F

| Player | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | PF | PA | Points |
| Mario Mercado | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 90 | 36 | 6 |
| Juan Jose Salvatierra | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 68 | 71 | 5 |
| Lee Connell | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 78 | 85 | 4 |
| Rodrigo Salgado | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 90 | 3 |

### Pool G

| Player | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | PF | PA | Points |
| Luis Aguilar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 96 | 71 | 6 |
| Javier Martinez | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 62 | 81 | 5 |
| Set Cubillos | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 87 | 80 | 4 |
| Rafael Gatica | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 60 | 73 | 3 |
Note: Rafael Gatica replaced Pedro Castro, who was injured in the first match of the group against Javier Martinez after winning game one.

## Medal round

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semi finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Alejandro Landa | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | BYE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | BYE | | 1 | Alejandro Landa | 15, 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 16 | Shai Manzuri | 6, 9 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Francis Guillemette | 6, 2 | 16 | Shai Manzuri | 6, 9 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Shai Manzuri | 15, 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Shai Manzuri | 15, 15 | | | | 1 | Alejandro Landa | 15, 15 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 9 | Juan Jose Salvatierra | 8, 12 | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Juan Jose Salvatierra | 15, 15 | | | | | | | 9 | Juan Jose Salvatierra | 8, 12 | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Rodrigo Salgado | 5, 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Rodrigo Salgado | 5, 9 | 9 | Juan Jose Salvatierra | 15, 12, 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Javier Martinez | 13, 15, 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | Eoin Tynan | 7, 2 | 8 | Javier Martinez | 13, 15, 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Javier Martinez | 15, 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Javier Martinez | 15, 15 | | | | | | | | 1 | Alejandro Landa | 3, 15, 11 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Conrrado Moscoso | 15, 8, 6 | | | | |
| 5 | Conrrado Moscoso | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Conrrado Moscoso | 15, 8, 6 | | | | |
| 28 | BYE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | BYE | | 5 | Conrrado Moscoso | 7, 15, 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 12 | Diego Garcia | 15, 4, 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | Set Cubillos | 2, 4 | 12 | Diego Garcia | 15, 4, 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Diego Garcia | 15, 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Diego Garcia | 15, 15 | | | | 5 | Conrrado Moscoso | 15, 15 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Andree Parrilla | 12, 14 | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Ramon De Leon | 15, 15 | | | | | | | 4 | Andree Parrilla | 12, 14 | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Lee Gunghee | 6, 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Lee Gunghee | 6, 7 | 13 | Ramon De Leon | 6, 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Andree Parrilla | 15, 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 29 | BYE | | 4 | Andree Parrilla | 15, 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Andree Parrilla | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Andree Parrilla | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Alejandro Landa | 15, 15 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Andrés Acuña | 6, 6 |
| 3 | Jake Bredenbeck | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Andrés Acuña | 6, 6 |
| | BYE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | BYE | | 3 | Jake Bredenbeck | 15, 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 14 | Rodrigo Montoya | 10, 14 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 | Lee Connell | 2, 4 | 14 | Rodrigo Montoya | 10, 14 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Rodrigo Montoya | 15, 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Rodrigo Montoya | 15, 15 | | | | 3 | Jake Bredenbeck | 13, 15, 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Mario Mercado | 15, 11, 11 | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Juan Francisco Cueva | 15, 15 | | | | | | | 6 | Mario Mercado | 15, 11, 11 | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Rafael Gatica | 3, 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Rafael Gatica | 3, 11 | 11 | Juan Francisco Cueva | 15, 6, 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Mario Mercado | 14, 15, 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 27 | BYE | | 6 | Mario Mercado | 14, 15, 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Mario Mercado | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Mario Mercado | | | | | | | | | 6 | Mario Mercado | 15, 12, 9 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Andrés Acuña | 12, 15, 11 | | | | |
| 7 | Luis Aguilar | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Andrés Acuña | 12, 15, 11 | | | | |
| 26 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | | | 7 | Luis Aguilar | 8, 9 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Jose Daniel Ugalde | 15, 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 23 | Ken Cottrell | 2, 1 | 10 | Jose Daniel Ugalde | 15, 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Jose Daniel Ugalde | 15, 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Jose Daniel Ugalde | 15, 15 | | | | 10 | Jose Daniel Ugalde | 6, 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Andrés Acuña | 15, 15 | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Harumi Kajino | 15, 15 | | | | | | | 2 | Andrés Acuña | 15, 15 | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Mingyu Kim | 12, 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Mingyu Kim | 12, 14 | 15 | Felipe Camacho | 5, 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Andrés Acuña | 15, 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 31 | BYE | | 2 | Andrés Acuña | 15, 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Andrés Acuña | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
* Winner
* Alejandro Landa