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www .irttour .com. The International Racquetball Tour ( IRT) is the leading professional racquetball organization for men's competition. It was founded in 1991 and is the successor to previous iterations of the tour by different names. Professional Men's racquetball events have been offered since 1973. [1] Events are played mostly in the USA.
Hosted by USA Racquetball the US Open was held in mid-November for the first 12 years, but in 2008 the event was moved up a month to October. Doug Ganim, a multiple racquetball World Champion in Men's Doubles and former pro player on the International Racquetball Tour , was the US Open's Tournament Director for its first 25 years, but he ...
The first event was held in 1981 as part of the 1981 World Games. The second World Championships were in 1984, and they have been a biannual event since then with the exception of the COVID-19 pandemic period, which delayed the 2020 event by one year. Worlds have been held in 13 countries across four continents: North and South America as well ...
History. Women's professional racquetball has existed since the 1970s but the women's pro tour began in 1980, when the Women's Professional Racquetball Association (WPRA) was created. [ 1] The tour was run by International Management Group, and did well in the early 1980s in part due to the great rivalry between Lynn Adams and Heather McKay.
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 ...
The 2021 World Racquetball Championships were the racquetball qualifying event for the 2022 World Games . The defending champions were Rodrigo Montoya of Mexico in Men's Singles, Gabriela Martínez of Guatemala in Women's Singles, Mexicans Álvaro Beltrán and Daniel de la Rosa in Men's Doubles, and Bolivians Valeria Centellas and Yasmine Sabja ...
Jake Bredenbeck. Jake Bredenbeck (born September 27, 1991) is an American racquetball player. Bredenbeck is a four time USA Racquetball (USAR) National Champion: three times in Men's Singles and once in Men's Doubles. He's also won the International Racquetball Tour, [1] and represented the USA internationally.
The racquetball competition at the 2022 World Games took place from July 10 to 13 [ 1] in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States at the University of Alabama Birmingham. [ 2] Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 ...