2018 Racquetball World Championships
The International Racquetball Federation's 19th Racquetball World Championships were held in San José, Costa Rica from August 10–18, 2018. Originally, the event was to be held in Haining, China, but on March 17, 2018, the IRT announced via its Facebook page that the venue will be changed due to complications. Cali, Colombia was the first alternative choice, but there were complications there as well, so on June 16, 2018, the IRF announced via Facebook that San José, Costa Rica will host Worlds.
| XIX Racquetball World Championships 2018 | |
| Host | San José, Costa Rica |
| Dates | August 10–18, 2018 |
| Men's singles | |
| Gold | Rodrigo Montoya |
| Silver | Charlie Pratt |
| Bronze | David Horn Sebastian Franco |
| Women's singles | |
| Gold | Gabriela Martínez |
| Silver | Paola Longoria |
| Bronze | María José Vargas Natalia Mendez |
| Men's doubles | |
| Gold | Álvaro Beltrán & Daniel de la Rosa |
| Silver | Rocky Carson & Sudsy Monchik |
| Bronze | Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso Tim Landeryou & Samuel Murray |
| Women's doubles | |
| Gold | Valeria Centellas & Yazmine Sabja |
| Silver | Alexandra Herrera & Montserrat Mejía |
| Bronze | Gabriela Martínez & Maria Renee Rodriguez Cristina Amaya & Adriana Riveros |
Rodrigo Montoya of Mexico won men's singles for the first time, defeating the USA's Charlie Pratt in the final. In Women's singles, Gabriela Martínez of Guatemala upset the three-time defending champion Mexican Paola Longoria to win gold. In doubles, Álvaro Beltrán and Daniel de la Rosa won men's doubles in three games over Rocky Carson and Sudsy Monchik of the US, and Bolivians Valeria Centellas and Yasmine Sabja became the first women from South America to win Women's doubles after defeating Mexicans Alexandra Herrera and Monserrat Mejia in a three-game final.
2018 was the first year the USA did not win a gold medal at Worlds. On five occasions the USA swept the gold medals in men's and women's singles and doubles: 1981, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008. Also, 2018 was the third time that three countries won a gold medal at Worlds; that first happened in 2006 and 2014.