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Racquetball's Premier Grand Slam October 7-11, 2020! Click Here to Purchase Pro Match Tickets NOW! Home Steve Kowalski 2020-01-18T13:29:41-06:00 MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW! Before we catch you up on all the excitement and fun from the 2019 , you must start making plans to attend the 25 th US OPEN in 2020! The US OPEN is already the Best, Largest, and Most Prestigious Racquetball Tournament in the WORLD, but next year’s 25 th Anniversary Celebration will be the BEST RACQUETBALL TOURNAMENT THE SPORT HAS EVER SEEN! Mark your calendar for October 7-11, 2020, and start making those flight and hotel reservations NOW! CELEBRATING 10 YEARS IN MINNESOTA When the outgrew its original home in Memphis, the search was on. US OPEN Event Director Doug Ganim needed to find a city that not only had enough courts to host the sport’s largest annual event but also a city that would embrace racquetball and all its players, fans, and supporters from across the globe. The 2019 edition of the US OPEN celebrated 10 years in Minnesota, and the Minneapolis & St. Paul metropolitan region has become our sport’s new cozy home.From the fabulous staff at the host Lifetime venues to the hotel concierges to the downtown restaurant maître d’s, Minnesotans have opened their hometown to racquetballers from around the world since 2010. In October, the friendly feelings were no different as 732 players from 13 countries congregated in Minneapolis for a week-long racquetball celebration.For the eight consecutive year, Minnesota-based UnitedHealthcare served as the Title Sponsor for the US OPEN Racquetball Championships. The partnership pairs racquetball’s largest and most prestigious annual tournament with one of the nation’s largest health and well-being companies. UnitedHealthcare has committed their continued support as the US OPEN’s Title Sponsor through the 2020 event. Sports Minneapolis, a local organization that has helped bring the Super Bowl, the Final Four, the Ryder Cup, and many more global sporting events to the Twin Cities, also committed its support to the US OPEN through 2020. The US OPEN is also fortunate and appreciative of the following national co-sponsors who help make the event possible: Lewis Drug, My Pillow, Mueller Sports Medicine, Life Time, KWM Gutterman, and TRIA Orthopaedic Centers. SETTING THE SCENE The UnitedHealthcare US OPEN is hosted in the Twin Cities by Life Time and the University of Minnesota. More than one million guests visit the Target Center each year, making it one of the busiest arenas in the world! The Life Time facility at the Target Center serves as the hub for the US OPEN. This 160,000 square foot club sits on the lower level of the Target Center arena. Just beneath the floor where the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves and WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx play, the all-Lucite portable racquetball court gifted to our sport by Susan and Leo Klimaitis is assembled into a one-of-a-kind Racquetball Stadium. UnitedHealthcare US OPEN matches were also played at the Life Time club in Fridley, a Minneapolis suburb just 10 minutes north of Downtown. The Life Time Fridley location hosted the 2016 USA Racquetball Junior National Championships. The racquetball courts at the University of Minnesota also host US OPEN matches throughout the week, and that same University of Minnesota Recreation & Wellness Center was home to the 2018 USA Racquetball National Intercollegiate Championships. The courts at Life Time Target Center, Life Time Fridley, and the University of Minnesota can be accessed through the US OPEN’s quick and reliable (and free!) shuttle system or by local light rail. That same light rail system provides easy transportation to and from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to the downtown core for just $2.00 each way. When attending the US OPEN, there is no need to spend money for a rental car! WATCH THE BEST IN STYLE From the early rounds through the finals, all the top professional players in the world played on the US OPEN Stadium Court after being introduced to the raucous crowd with booming music, a laser light show, and spotlights. Racquetball fans purchased bleacher tickets to individual matches or experienced top-notch VIP service by reserving a Courtside Gold Box. Gold Box holders had the best views in the house and rubbed elbows with racquetball’s best players and legends. Those in a Gold Box enjoyed meals all week from Minneapolis’ top restaurants including Capital Grille, City Works, Freehouse, Hen House, Ike’s, Keys at the Foshay, Melting Pot, Mercury Dining Room, Mission American Kitchen, Murray’s, Oceanaire, Olive Garden, Red Cow, Rock Bottom, Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, Turtle’s Restaurant, and Yard House. KANE STILL RULES THE KING’S COURT Kane Waselenchuk (Canada) became the youngest Men’s Professional Singles US OPEN Racquetball Champion when he won his first US OPEN in 2003 at the age of 22. Fast forward 5,796 days and Kane retained the claim of also being the oldest Men’s US OPEN Champion at the age of 37 with his domination of the draw in October. The nearly 16-year span has seen Kane win 15 US OPEN Racquetball Championships including every one contested in Minneapolis. The 2019 Championship Final was Kane’s 90 th all-time US OPEN match victory. For his US OPEN career, Waselenchuk has only lost three matches with the last coming in 2002. Kane now holds a record 118 tournament victories on the International Racquetball Tour (IRT). CONRRADO PUTS RACQUETBALL WORLD ON NOTICE If you never heard of Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia) before the 2019 , you know who this future racquetball superstar is now! The #15 seeded Moscoso started making heads turn in Minneapolis with his upset of #2 seed Rocky Carson (Ladera Ranch, California) in the Round of 16. While it was an upset on the seed line, it was the second consecutive Grand Slam win over Rocky for Conrrado. The two met in the finals at the International Racquetball Tour’s (IRT) new Grand Slam tournament in Bolivia last March. After defeating Rocky, Conrrado beat Sebastian Fernandez (Mexico) and upset #6 seed Daniel De La Rosa (Mexico) to reach the US OPEN final. In the championship match, Moscoso pushed Waselenchuk in the first game before eventually falling to the 15-time US OPEN Champion 15-12, 15-5. PAOLA REACHES 100 Paola Longoria (Mexico) won her 10th Women’s Professional Singles US OPEN Racquetball Championship and her ninth US OPEN in a row at the 2019 edition of the sport’s original Grand Slam. The victory also became Paola’s 100th tournament win on Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT). Longoria’s first professional tournament win came in September 2007 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and she has since amassed 99 more Grand Slam, Tier One, and Satellite Event professional wins. In the 2019 US OPEN Championship Final, Paola exacted revenge against Maria Jose Vargas (Argentina) who had knocked off Longoria at the previous Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT) event in Virginia. Paola’s serve was nearly perfect all match long,...