Denver, Colorado – May 6, 2018
Paola Longoria, the No. 1 ranked player in the world, won the Women’s Professional Doubles division at the inaugural World Doubles Open Championships. Held at the Denver Athletic Club in Colorado, the event featured the top professional players from around the world and offered a prize purse of more than $35,000.
Longoria and her partner, Samantha Salas, in the Women’s Professional Doubles division won the first game of the Championship Final, however dropped the second game. In the tie-breaker, Paola and her partner won 11-6.
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Paola and Samantha have dominated the doubles scene both on the professional and international sides of racquetball for years:
Professional Doubles Wins:
57-3
International Doubles Wins:
Pan American Games 2011 & 2015
World Championships 2010, 2012 & 2014
Pan American Championships 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 & 2017
Central American Games 2014 & 2016
 US Open 2016 Women’s Pro Doubles Champions |
 2015 Pan American Games Women’s Doubles Champions in Toronto, Canada |
 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada |
 2014 Central American Games Women’s Doubles Champions in Veracruz, MX |
I have not seen this kind of dominance with the same partner since Jackie Paraiso and her twin sister, Joy Paraiso MacKenzie, played together in the 1990’s:
Professional Doubles Wins:
N/A
International Doubles Wins:
Pan American Games 1995 & 1999
World Championships 1996 & 1998
Pan American Championships 1997, 1998 & 1999
*Thanks to Todd Boss of www.proracquetballstats.com for getting me the professional stats, as well as the international stats from the International Racquetball Federation query.
Paola/Samantha and Mexico’s National Team will compete in the Central American Caribbean Games in late July in Columbia. I cannot wait to go coach Paola at the Games defending both her singles and doubles title, once again with Samantha Salas.
Paola will return to the court next week in San Luis Potosi, MX for the Mexican National Selection Tournament for the World Championships, as well as she will compete in the last tournament of the season on the Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT) in Kanas, the second week of June.
To follow Paola and the rest of the HEAD Penn professional players, visit: www.facebook.com/headpennracquetball
To follow Paola, visit her Official Fan Page, https://www.facebook.com/PaolaLongoriaOficial/ , and www.facebook.com/headpennracquetball
Watch Paola Longoria in the LPRT events on https://www.lprtour.com/live, as well as in international competition on http://www.internationalracquetball.com
Check out my coaching tips on my website, www.FranDavisRacquetball.com
