Susana Acosta

Susana Acosta (born 8 December 1976) is a Mexican racquetball player. Acosta has won several gold medals for Mexico, including at the 2003 Pan Am Games and the 2014 Pan Am Championships. She's also played professionally, with career high ranking of 4th at the end of the 2012-13 Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT) season.

Susana Acosta
Personal information
Nickname(s)Suzy
NationalityMexican
Born (1976-12-08) 8 December 1976
Chihuahua, Mexico
Sport
SportRacquetball
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking4th
Medal record
Women's Racquetball
Representing  Mexico
Pan Am Games
Gold medal – first place Santo Domingo 2003 Doubles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place Anyang 2004 Doubles
Pan Am Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Cuenca Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2005 Caracas Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2010 San Pedro Sula Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2014 Santa Cruz Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2014 Santa Cruz Singles
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mayagüez Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mayagüez Team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Cartagena Singles
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena Team
Gold medal – first place 2002 San Salvador Singles
Gold medal – first place 2006 San Salvador Team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Maracaibo Singles
Gold medal – first place 1998 Maracaibo Team

Professional career

Acosta has played the women's pro tour since 1999, and has been in the top 10 season ending rankings seven times. She's been a semi-finalist at several pro events, including this season at the US Open.[1] But she has not been in a pro final to date.

International career

Acosta has represented Mexico at numerous international competitions. As a left-hander, Acosta has generally been a doubles player on the Mexican team. Her greatest success, which was her breakthrough, came with Rosy Torres in 2003, when they won doubles gold at the 2003 Pan Am Games by defeating Americans Jackie Paraiso and Kim Russell, 8-15, 15-7, 11-9 in the final,[2] which was the first ever gold medal for a Mexican team in women's doubles.

Acosta and Torres followed up that victory with gold medals at the 2004 and 2005 Pan Am Championships, and they were also the first Mexican team to win that competition.

Acosta and Torres never won the World Championship, although they were in the final in 2004, when they lost to Americans Paraiso and Russell, 15-10, 10-15, 11-9.[3]

Acosta had played Women's Singles for Mexico at three Central American and Caribbean Games, getting a silver in 1998, gold in 2002 and bronze in 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, and each year helped Mexico to win gold in the Women's Team event.[4] In the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Acosta again played doubles, but this time with Samantha Salas, and they won gold in women's doubles as well as the women's team event.

Acosta played singles and doubles at the 2014 Pan Am Championships, winning the doubles with Salas,[5] when they beat Maria Jose Vargas and Véronique Guillemette in the final, 10-15, 15-8, 11-7, and was runner up in singles to Vagas, losing that final, 15-8, 15-4.[6]

Acosta also won doubles at the 2010 Pan Am Championships with Salas.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Women's Singles LPRT Pro Division Main Single Elimination - Racquetball - 2013 UnitedHealthcare US OPEN Racquetball Championships". www.r2sports.com.
  2. "IRF:: International Racquetball Federation - Pan American Games". internationalracquetball.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-28.
  3. "IRF:: International Racquetball Federation - Match Results". Archived from the original on 2014-04-23. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
  4. "Central American and Caribbean Games Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  5. "Dropbox - Error" (PDF). Dropbox.
  6. "Dropbox - Error" (PDF). Dropbox.
  7. "Women's Doubles Open Pool Play Playoffs - Racquetball - XXIII Pan American Racquetball Championship". www.r2sports.com.
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