{"id":1081,"date":"2020-06-22T13:55:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T13:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2020-06-22T13:55:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T13:55:20","slug":"irt-2019-20-season-complete-year-end-rankings-analysis-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/22\/irt-2019-20-season-complete-year-end-rankings-analysis-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"IRT 2019-20 Season Complete: Year End Rankings Analysis Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Martell made a statement at the US Open this year. Photo 2019 US Open by Kevin Savory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the first part of this season-end post we went through the players who finished ranked in the top 10. In Part two, we did the 11-20 players. In this part 3, we’ll go through players 21-30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this final rankings analysis post we’ll highlight selected players who finished 31st or higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s helpful links that I use for year-end analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– 2019-20 year-end points in the system: http:\/\/rball.pro\/B8C116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Season Summary Report: http:\/\/rball.pro\/8F437B<\/a>
– Season Seed Report: http:\/\/rball.pro\/553125<\/a>
– Year End Ranking Matrix: http:\/\/rball.pro\/E441EB<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here’s some random observations about the players on tour this year who finished ranked 31st or higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Former top 10 player Jansen Allen took a significant step back from touring, playing in just 2 of the 10 events and finishing #32 on the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #33 Kadim Carrasco<\/a> played 7 of the 10 events and won 7 qualifying matches, but never enough in one event to make a main draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #34 Jaime Martell Neri<\/a> fought his way into the main draw of the US Open from the round of 256 and had a couple of wins over tour vets\/former top 10 players along the way. He went 5-2 on the season in two events. He’s one of those guys who, if he played the tour full-time, would likely be in the upper teens in rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #35 Jose Diaz’s ranking plummeted from #11 last season as he took a hard look at the costs of touring and decided to stand down this season. He played 3 events this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #36 Maurice Miller played three events and got four qualifier wins, but never was able to break through to the main draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #38 Ernesto Ochoa played just one tier 1 this year (the US Open) but continues to get solid wins in RKT local events in Mexico, and is one of those “best kept secrets” of players who might really surprise if they played the tour full time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#42 Anthony Martin<\/a> quietly made it to 6 tier 1 events, running into a number of tough opponents in qualifying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#43 Erick Cuevas<\/a> played four events and got a couple of qualifier wins on the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#48 Lee Meinerz<\/a> got a couple of qualifier wins during the tour’s mid-west spin in Jan\/Feb and played tour regulars tough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#51 Erik Garcia<\/a>, the reigning intercollegiates champ, played a couple of events on the season with some success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#52 Hiroshi Shimizu<\/a> got a couple qualifier wins in his age 51 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#77 Francisco Gomez made the main draw of the US Open by qualifying from the round of 256 as the #68 seed; it was his only appearance on tour all year but he took out two tough players in Benson and Natera along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That’s it for the 2019-20 season. Thanks to the pandemic, nobody is really sure when the next event will be, but we’ll hope for Aug\/sept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tags<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Racquetball Tour<\/a>
International Racquetball Federation – IRF<\/a>
UnitedHealthcare US OPEN Racquetball Championships<\/a>
USA Racquetball<\/a>
Federaci\u00f3n Mexicana de Raquetbol<\/a>
Federaci\u00f3n Boliviana De Raquetbol – Febora<\/a>
Federaci\u00f3n Boliviana de Racquetball<\/a>
Reaching Your Dream Foundation<\/a>PRORACQUETBALLSTATS.COM\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the first part of this season-end post we went through the players who finished ranked in the top 10. In Part two, we did the 11-20 players. In this part 3, we’ll go through players 21-30 In this final rankings analysis post we’ll highlight selected players who finished 31st or higher. Here’s helpful links … <\/p>\n

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