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Cheryl Gudinas

Cheryl Gudinas
Personal information
Nationality American
Born (1967-05-11) May 11, 1967 (age 50)
Residence Naperville, Illinois, U.S.
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 160 lb (73 kg)
Sport
Sport Racquetball
Turned pro 1993
Achievements and titles
World finals 1st 2000, 2002, 2004
Regional finals 1st
National finals 1st 1999–2003, 2005, 2008, 2010 (singles) 1st 1995, 1996, 2001 (doubles)
Highest world ranking 1

Cheryl Gudinas (born May 11, 1967) is an American racquetball player. Gudinas is a former three time World Champion (2000, 2002, 2004) and former #1 women's pro player (from 2000-2004). At the end of the 2013-14 Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour season, she finished 11th, which ended a two decade run of top 10 pro tour finishes - the most by any women's racquetball player.

Gudinas's professional career is highlighted by her two US Open Racquetball Championships in 2002 and 2004, which helped her attain the #1 position on the women's pro tour. She was a top 5 player on the women's pro tour from 1993-94 to 2010-2011, including four seasons as the #1 player from 2000-2004. Her 20 years ranked in the season ending top 10 is a record for women's pro racquetball. Gudinas fell to the #11 spot this past season partly due to missing the first few tournaments of the season with a foot injury.

Gudinas won three consecutive International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Championships in 2000, 2002 and 2004. She defeated Canadians Christie Van Hees and Jennifer Saunders in 2000 and 2002, respectively, and Chilean Angela Grisar in 2004.

Gudinas won the Pan American Championships (formerly the Tournament of the Americas) in 1994 (against American Laura Fenton), 1997 (Michelle Gould, USA), 2001 (Josée Grand'Maître, Canada) and 2009 (Carola Loma, Bolivia). In 2005, Gudinas was the Pan Am Championship silver medalist, losing the final to Kristen Walsh and was also silver in 2003, when she lost to Fenton, in 1999, when she lost to Robin Levine, and 1998, losing to Michelle Gould.


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