The Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour is the latest name for the women's professional racquetball tour. It features the world's best players and several events each season - running from September to May - that are mostly played in the USA.

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 WPRA lasted until 1994, when the Women's International Racquetball Tour (WIRT) was created.

In 2000, the United States Racquetball Association (USRA) took over administration of the WIRT, and renamed it the Ladies Professional Racquetball Association (LPRA). This led to significant growth under the supervision of the USRA, which had a three year plan for the LPRA.^[2]

In 2005, the players took over control and ownership of the tour, and again it was reorganized and rebranded as the Women's Professional Racquetball Organization.^[3] Shannon Feaster, a former player and marketing executive, served as the WPRO Commissioner from February 2006 to May 2011, when she stepped down to focus on her family. Gigi Rock was then hired as the new commissioner in July 2011.^[4]

In 2012, the players decided to reorganize and created the LPRT with T. J. Baumbaugh as President and Andy Kulback Deputy Commissioner. Kulback resigned in October 2016.

Current season

2022-2023 (Tier 1 and Grand Slam Events)

Event	Champion	Runner Up	Semi Finalists	Quarterfinalists	Doubles Champions	Finalists
KWM Gutterman World Singles and Doubles Open Racquetball Championships Highlands Ranch, Colorado August 10-13, 2023	Paola Longoria 13-15, 15-3, 11-5[5]	Montserrat Mejía	Alexandra Herrera Brenda Laime	Samantha Salas Natalia Mendez Gabriela Martinez Erika Manilla
2023 LPRT Turkey Shoot Lombard, Illinois November 16-19, 2023	Maria Jose Vargas 15-9, 15-5[6]	Erika Manilla	Montserrat Mejía Paola Longoria	Alexandra Herrera Brenda Laime Natalia Mendez Kelani Lawrence	Alexandra Herrera Montserrat Mejía 12-15, 15-5, 11-9[7]	Paola Longoria Samantha Salas
31st Annual LPRT Christmas Classic Millersville, Maryland December 9–11, 2022	Maria Jose Vargas 15-8, 15-7[8]	Montserrat Mejía	Paola Longoria Cristina Amaya	Alexandra Herrera Samantha Salas Kelani Lawrence Gabriela Martinez	Alexandra Herrera Montserrat Mejía 15-10, 15-8[9]	Paola Longoria Samantha Salas
Arizona Open Tempe, Arizona January 12–14, 2024	Maria Jose Vargas 15-5, 15-12[10]	Alexandra Herrera	Paola Longoria Erika Manilla	Angélica Barrios Montserrat Mejía Gabriela Martinez Brenda Laime	Alexandra Herrera Montserrat Mejía 15-9, 15-4[11]	Paola Longoria Samantha Salas
Boston Open Marlborough, Massachusetts March 1–3, 2024
Battle at the Alamo San Antonio, Texas April 25–28, 2024
Sweet Caroline Open LPRT Grand Slam Greenville, South Carolina May 17-19, 2024

Season Summaries (Tier I and Grand Slam Events)

Season	Wins	US Open winner
2023-24	Maria Jose Vargas (3), Paola Longoria	-
2022-23	Montserrat Mejía (5), Paola Longoria (3), Alexandra Herrera, Gabriela Martinez	Paola Longoria
2021-22	Paola Longoria (6), Alexandra Herrera (2), Gabriela Martinez	Paola Longoria
2020-21	Paola Longoria (2), Montserrat Mejía	No event due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019-20	Paola Longoria (7), Maria Jose Vargas	Paola Longoria
2018-19	Paola Longoria (9), Maria Jose Vargas	Paola Longoria
2017-18	Paola Longoria (7), Samantha Salas, Maria Jose Vargas	Paola Longoria
2016-17	Paola Longoria (10), Frédérique Lambert, Samantha Salas	Paola Longoria
2015-16	Paola Longoria (11)	Paola Longoria
2014-15	Paola Longoria (10), Maria Jose Vargas (2), Rhonda Rajsich	Paola Longoria
2013-14	Paola Longoria (12)	Paola Longoria
2012-13	Paola Longoria (11)	Paola Longoria
2011-12	Paola Longoria (7), Rhonda Rajsich	Paola Longoria
2010-11	Paola Longoria (5), Rhonda Rajsich (4), Samantha Salas (1)	Rhonda Rajsich
2009-10	Paola Longoria (5), Rhonda Rajsich (2), Cheryl Gudinas (1)	Rhonda Rajsich
2008-09	Paola Longoria (4), Rhonda Rajsich (4), Kristen Walsh Bellows (1)	Paola Longoria

Rankings

Season ending top 10 rankings

Rank	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23[12]
1	Paola Longoria	Paola Longoria	Montserrat Mejía
2	Alexandra Herrera	Alexandra Herrera	Paola Longoria
3	Montserrat Mejía	Maria Jose Vargas	Alexandra Herrera
4	Maria Jose Vargas	Natalia Mendez	Erika Manilla
5	Samantha Salas	Gabriela Martinez	Brenda Laime
6	Natalia Mendez	Erika Manilla	Angélica Barrios
7	Jessica Parrilla	Angélica Barrios	Maria Jose Vargas
8	Angélica Barrios	Jessica Parrilla	Jessica Parrilla
9	Valeria Centellas	Rhonda Rajsich	Carla Muñoz
10	Rhonda Rajsich	Montserrat Mejía	Natalia Mendez

Rank	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
1	Paola Longoria	Paola Longoria	Paola Longoria	Paola Longoria	Paola Longoria
2	Rhonda Rajsich	Frédérique Lambert	Frédérique Lambert	Samantha Salas	Maria Jose Vargas
3	Maria Jose Vargas	Samantha Salas	Jessica Parrilla	Maria Jose Vargas	Samantha Salas
4	Frédérique Lambert	Jessica Parrilla	Alexandra Herrera	Alexandra Herrera	Alexandra Herrera
5	Samantha Salas	Alexandra Herrera	Rhonda Rajsich	Rhonda Rajsich	Natalia Mendez
6	Jessica Parrilla	Rhonda Rajsich	Nancy Enriquez	Natalia Mendez	Montserrat Mejía
7	Sofia Rascon	Cristina Amaya	Natalia Mendez	Nancy Enriquez	Rhonda Rajsich
8	Alexandra Herrera	Carla Muñoz	Cristina Amaya	Cristina Amaya	Nancy Enriquez
9	Susana Acosta	Susana Acosta	Maria Jose Vargas	Frédérique Lambert	Cristina Amaya
10	Cristina Amaya	Adriana Riveros	Carla Muñoz	Adriana Riveros	Jessica Parrilla

Rank	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13[13]	2013-14[14]	2014-15[15]
1	Rhonda Rajsich	Paola Longoria	Paola Longoria	Paola Longoria	Paola Longoria
2	Paola Longoria	Rhonda Rajsich	Rhonda Rajsich	Rhonda Rajsich	Maria Jose Vargas
3	Samantha Salas	Kerri Wachtel	Samantha Salas	Maria Jose Vargas	Rhonda Rajsich
4	Kerri Wachtel	Krystal Csuk	Susana Acosta	Samantha Salas	Frédérique Lambert
5	Cheryl Gudinas	Adrienne Fisher	Cheryl Gudinas	Cristina Amaya	Samantha Salas
6	Susana Acosta	Susana Acosta	Adrienne Fisher	Frédérique Lambert	Cristina Amaya
7	Jennifer Saunders	Jennifer Saunders	Grace Hughes	Aubrey Kirch	Michelle Key
8	Adrienne Fisher	Cristina Amaya	Kerri Wachtel	Susana Acosta	Sofia Rascon
9	Cristina Amaya	Kristen Walsh Bellows	Cristina Amaya	Veronica Sotomayor	Cheryl Gudinas
10	Krystal Csuk	Cheryl Gudinas	Maria Jose Vargas	Da'monique Davis	Da'monique Davis

Rank	2005-06[16]	2006-07[17]	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
1	Rhonda Rajsich	Rhonda Rajsich	Rhonda Rajsich	Paola Longoria	Paola Longoria
2	Cheryl Gudinas Holmes	Kerri Wachtel	Cheryl Gudinas Holmes	Rhonda Rajsich	Rhonda Rajsich
3	Christie Van Hees	Cheryl Gudinas Holmes	Kerri Wachtel	Cheryl Gudinas Holmes	Cheryl Gudinas Holmes
4	Kristen Walsh Bellows	Angela Grisar	Angela Grisar	Kristen Walsh Bellows	Kerri Wachtel
5	Angela Grisar	Christie Van Hees	Kristen Walsh Bellows	Kerri Wachtel	Adrienne Fisher
6	Diane Moore	Brenda Kyzer	Paola Longoria	Veronica Sotomayor	Jo Shattuck
7	Brenda Kyzer	Kristen Walsh Bellows	Adrienne Fisher	Adrienne Fisher	Keely Franks
8	Jo Shattuck	Samantha Salas	Brenda Kyzer	Angela Grisar	T. J. Baumbaugh
9	Tammy Brown	Jo Shattuck	Christie Van Hees	Jennifer Saunders	Vivian Gomez
10	Laura Fenton	Diane Moore	Doreen Fowler	Jo Shattuck	Samantha Salas

Rank	2000-01[18]	2001-02[18]	2002-03[19]	2003-04[18]	2004-05[20]
1	Cheryl Gudinas	Cheryl Gudinas	Cheryl Gudinas	Cheryl Gudinas	Christie Van Hees
2	Jackie Paraiso	Jackie Rice	Jackie Paraiso Rice	Christie Van Hees	Cheryl Gudinas
3	Rhonda Rajsich	Kerri Wachtel	Kerri Wachtel	Rhonda Rajsich	Rhonda Rajsich
4	Laura Fenton	Rhonda Rajsich	Rhonda Rajsich	Kerri Wachtel	Kerri Wachtel
5	Kersten Hallander	Kersten Hallander	Kersten Hallander	Kristen Walsh Bellows	Kristen Walsh Bellows
6	Susana Acosta	Kristen Walsh Bellows	Adrienne Fisher	Kersten Hallander	Angela Grisar
7	Doreen Fowler	Claudine Garcia	Kim Russell	Adrienne Fisher	Tammy Brown
8	Kerri Stoffregen	Kim Russell	Kristen Walsh Bellows	Tammy Brown	Adrienne Fisher
9	Lori-Jane Powell	Lori-Jane Powell	Lori-Jane Powell	Angela Grisar	Diane Moore
10	Kim Machiran	Laura Fenton	Susana Acosta	Jackie Paraiso Rice	Brenda Kyzer

• Note - Christie Van Hees announced she was retiring at the end of the 2000-01 season, and was omitted from the season ending rankings despite winning two tournaments that season and being in the finals of two others. She certainly would have been in the top 10 that season.^[21]

Rank	1995-96[22]	1996-97[22]	1997-98[22]	1998-99[22]	1999-2000[22]
1	Michelle Gould	Michelle Gould	Michelle Gould	Jackie Paraiso	Jackie Paraiso
2	Cheryl Gudinas	Cheryl Gudinas	Jackie Paraiso	Cheryl Gudinas	Cheryl Gudinas
3	Amy Kilbane	Jackie Paraiso	Marci Drexler	Christie Van Hees	Christie Van Hees
4	Marcy Lynch*	Laura Fenton	Cheryl Gudinas	Kersten Hallander	Kersten Hallander
5	Anita Maldonado*	Molly O'Brien	Laura Fenton	Lydia Hammock	Susana Acosta
6	Kim Machiran	Lynne Coburn	Lynne Coburn	Robin Levine	Lisa Hjelm
7	Molly O'Brien	Marcy Lynch	Molly O'Brien	Molly O'Brien	Kim Machiran
8	Jackie Paraiso	Janet Myers	Lorraine Galloway	Michelle Wiragh	Phyllis Morris
9	Dina Moreland	Lydia Hammock	Lydia Hammock	Janet Myers	Doreen Fowler
10	Lynne Coburn	Randi Friedman	Doreen Fowler	Lori-Jane Powell	Michelle Lucas

• Note - Marcy Lynch and Anita Maldonado tied for 4th in 1995-96.

Rank	1990-91[23]	1991-92[23]	1992-93[23]	1993-94[23]	1994-95[22]
1	Michelle Gilman	Jackie Paraiso Gibson	Michelle Gould	Michelle Gould	Michelle Gould
2	Lynn Adams	Malia Kamahoahoa Bailey	Marci Drexler	Marci Drexler	Robin Levine
3	Malia Bailey	Toni Bevelock	Malia Bailey	Robin Levine	Marci Drexler
4	Caryn McKinney	Michelle Gilman Gould	Jackie Paraiso Gibson	Cheryl Gudinas	Cheryl Gudinas
5	Jackie Paraiso	Dottie Fishl Kelly	Lynne Coburn	Lynne Coburn	Lynne Coburn
6	Toni Bevelock	Marci Drexler	Kaye Kuhfeld	Molly O’Brien	Chris Evon
7	Kaye Kuhfeld	Marcy Lynch	Toni Bevelock*	Laura Fenton	Laura Fenton
8	Marci Drexler	Lynne Coburn	Molly O'Brien*	Chris Evon	Molly O'Brien
9	Lynne Coburn	Kaye Kuhfeld	Chris Evon	Ellen Crawford	Marcy Lynch
10	Marcy Lynch	Robin Levine	Caryn McKinney	Roz Olson	Amy Kilbane

• Note - Toni Bevelock and Molly O'Brien tied for 7th in 1992-93.

Rank	1985-96[23]	1986-87[23]	1987-88[23]	1988-89[23]	1989-90[23]
1	Lynn Adams	Lynn Adams	Lynn Adams	Caryn McKinney	Lynn Adams
2	Caryn McKinney	Caryn McKinney	Caryn McKinney	Lynn Adams	Michelle Gilman
3	Marci Drexler	Marci Drexler	Kaye Kuhfeld	Toni Bevelock	Caryn McKinney
4	Vicki Panzeri	Molly O'Brien	Marci Drexler	Marci Drexler	Toni Bevelock
5	Terri Gilreath*	Vicki Panzeri	Molly O'Brien	Kaye Kuhfeld	Kaye Kuhfeld
6	Bonnie Stoll*	Kaye Kuhfeld	Jackie Paraiso	Molly O'Brien	Malia Bailey
7	Molly O'Brien*	Terri Gilreath	Vicki Panzeri	Dottie Fishl	Molly O'Brien
8	Sandy Robson*	Marcy Lynch	Liz Alvarado	Jackie Paraiso	Jackie Paraiso
9	Fran Davis	Chris Evon	Toni Bevelock	Cindy Doyle	Dottie Fishl
10	Trina Rasmussen	Jackie Paraiso]]	Cindy Doyle	Marcy Lynch	Chris Evon

Note: In the 1986-85 season, Terri Gilreath and Bonnie Stoll tied for 5th and Molly O'Brien and Sandy Robson tied for 7th.

Rank	1980-81[23]	1981-82[23]	1982-83[23]	1983-84[23]	1984-85[23]
1	Heather McKay	Lynn Adams	Heather McKay	Heather McKay	Lynn Adams
2	Lynn Adams	Heather McKay	Lynn Adams	Lynn Adams	Vicki Panzeri
3	Shannon Wright	Shannon Wright	Shannon Wright	Shannon Wright-Hamilton	Terri Gilreath
4	Marci Greer	Marci Greer	Laura Martino	Janell Marriott	Caryn McKinney
5	Karin Walton-Trent	Peggy Gardner	Vicki Panzeri	Vicki Panzeri	Marci Drexler
6	Peggy Gardner	Laura Martino	Janell Marriott	Terri Gilreath	Janell Marriott
7	Laura Martino	Terri Gilreath	Marci Greer	Laura Martino	Heather McKay
8	Linda Prefontaine	Rita Hoff	Terri Gilreath	Caryn McKinney	Liz Alvarado
9	Francine Davis	Jennifer Harding	Peggy Gardner	Marci Greer	Diane Bullard
10	Janell Marriott	Vicki Panzeri	Heather Stupp	Brenda Barrett	Cindy Baxter

Most years in top 10

Rank	Player	Years
1.	Rhonda Rajsich	22
2.	Cheryl Gudinas	21
3.	Paola Longoria	16
3.	Jackie Paraiso	16
5.	Kerri Wachtel	12
5.	Molly O'Brien	12
7.	Samantha Salas	11
7.	Lynn Adams	11
7.	Marci Drexler	11
9.	Cristina Amaya	10
9.	Maria Jose Vargas	10
11.	Susana Acosta	9
11.	Kristen Bellows	9
11.	Adrienne Fisher	9
11.	Michelle Gould	9
11.	Caryn McKinney	9

Players ranked #1 at season's end

	Years ended No. 1
1.	Paola Longoria	13
2.	Michelle Gould	7
3.	Lynn Adams	6
4.	Cheryl Gudinas	4
4.	Rhonda Rajsich	4
6.	Heather McKay	3
6.	Jackie Paraiso	3
8.	Montserrat Mejía	1
8.	Caryn McKinney	1
8.	Christie Van Hees	1

• 1980-81: Heather McKay
• 1981-82: Lynn Adams
• 1982-83: Heather McKay (2)
• 1983-84: Heather McKay (3)
• 1984-85: Lynn Adams (2)
• 1985-86: Lynn Adams (3)
• 1986-87: Lynn Adams (4)
• 1987-88: Lynn Adams (5)
• 1988-89: Caryn McKinney
• 1989-90: Lynn Adams (6)
• 1990-91: Michelle Gilman
• 1991-92: Jackie Paraiso Gibson
• 1992-93: Michelle Gould (2)
• 1993-94: Michelle Gould (3)
• 1994-95: Michelle Gould (4)
• 1995-96: Michelle Gould (5)
• 1996-97: Michelle Gould (6)
• 1997-98: Michelle Gould (7)
• 1998-99: Jackie Paraiso (2)
• 1999-2000: Jackie Paraiso (3)
• 2000-01: Cheryl Gudinas
• 2001-02: Cheryl Gudinas (2)
• 2002-03: Cheryl Gudinas (3)
• 2003-04: Cheryl Gudinas (4)
• 2004-05: Christie Van Hees
• 2005-06: Rhonda Rajsich
• 2006-07: Rhonda Rajsich (2)
• 2007-08: Rhonda Rajsich (3)
• 2008-09: Paola Longoria
• 2009-10: Paola Longoria (2)
• 2010-11: Rhonda Rajsich (4)
• 2011-12: Paola Longoria (3)
• 2012-13: Paola Longoria (4)
• 2013-14: Paola Longoria (5)
• 2014-15: Paola Longoria (6)
• 2015-16: Paola Longoria (7)
• 2016-17: Paola Longoria (8)
• 2017-18: Paola Longoria (9)
• 2018-19: Paola Longoria (10)
• 2019-20: Paola Longoria (11)
• 2020-21: Paola Longoria (12)
• 2021-22: Paola Longoria (13)
• 2022-23: Montserrat Mejía