Janel Tisinger (born March 13, 1983) is an American

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player. She is the curren
USA Racquetball
National Champion in Women's Doubles winning the title for a 5th time in 2019 with

Aimee Ruiz Aimee Ruiz (born February 12, 1975) is a left-handed American racquetball player. She is a three time Women's Doubles World Champion, and a 13 timUSA RacquetballChampion in Women's Doubles, most recently winning the title in 2020 with Erika Manill ...

. Tisinger is former

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in Women's Doubles, with Ruiz, winning the title in 2016.

International career

Tisinger has competed for the USA five times. Her first appearance on Team USA was in 2007, when she played Women's Doubles with

Rhonda Rajsich Rhonda Rajsich (born October 7, 1978) is an American racquetball player. She has been World Champion in Women's Singles twice, and Pan American Champion 6 times (4 times in Women's Singles & twice in Women's Doubles), as well as US Open champi ...

at the

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in Santiago, Chile, where they won gold. She didn't play on the team again until 2014, when Tisinger played Women's Singles and Doubles at the

in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. There she lost to

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 rankin ...

of Mexico in the Round of Singles of Women's Singles, 13-15, 15-7, 11-4. In doubles, Tisinger was again paired with Rajsich, but they lost in the quarterfinals to Veronica Sotomayor and Maria Paz Muñoz of Ecuador, 15-8, 7-15, 11-6. Her next two international appearances were in Women's Doubles with Aimee Ruiz at the 2014 and 2016 World Championships. In

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, they lost in the final to Mexicans

Paola Longoria Paola Michelle Longoria López (born July 20, 1989) is a Mexican racquetball player. She is the current Women's World Champion in both Singles and Doubles, winning both divisions at the 2022 International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Champ ...

and

Samantha Salas Samantha Salas Solís (born December 15, 1986) is a Mexican racquetball player. Salas is the current World Champion in both Women's Doubles - winning that title for a fifth time with Paola Longoria at the 2022 World Championships in San Luis P ...

, 15-4, 15-12. But in a rematch of that final, in

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Tisinger and Ruiz came out on top, beating the Mexicans, 15-11, 9-15, 11-8. Tisinger was also on Team USA for the 2018 Pan American Championships in Temuco, Chile, where she competed in both Women's Singles and Women's Doubles with

. In Temuco, Tisinger lost to

in the Round of 16, 15-5, 15-5 in Women's Singles, and in Women's Doubles, she and Rajsich lost to Chileans

Carla Muñoz Carla Muñoz Montesinos (born February 12, 1992) is a Chilean professional racquetball player. She has won multiple medals, including the three consecutive gold medals in the USA Racquetball National Intercollegiate Championships in 2016, 201 ...

and Josefa Parada, 15-14, 15-2, in the quarterfinals.

US Championships

Tisinger has won five USA National Championships in Women's Doubles, all with

as her partner. They first won in 2013, when they defeated sisters Danielle and

Michelle Key Michelle Key (born August 18, 1988) is an American racquetball player. Key represented the USA at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, where she was part of the silver medal winning Women's Team. Key was ranked 7th at the end of the 2014-15 L ...

in the final, 15-6, 15-8. They followed that up in 2014 by defeating

and Kim Russell-Waselenchuk, 15-9, 15-10, in the final. Tisinger and Ruiz won for a third time in 2016, when they narrowly defeated Rajsich and Sheryl Lotts in the final, 15-12, 12-15, 11-10, which qualified them to appear at the 2016 World Championships. Tisinger and Ruiz won National Doubles for a 4th time in 2017 by defeating Da'monique Davis and

Jackie Paraiso Jackie (Jacqueline) Paraiso (born September 14, 1966) is an American racquetball player. Paraiso was the #1 player on the women's pro racquetball tour at the end of the 1991-92, 1998–99, and 1999-2000 seasons. She is a seven time World Champion ...

in the final, 15-5, 15-5. They won for a 5th time in 2019, when they beat Michelle De La Rosa and Danielle Maddux in the final, 15-7, 15-7. The win qualifies Tisinger and Ruiz to play on Team USA at the

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in Lima, Peru. Tisinger has also been runner up in Women's Doubles at the USA Racquetball National Doubles Championships three times. In 2015, she and Ruiz lost the final to Rajsich and Russell-Waselenchuk, 1-15, 15-10, 11-9. Her other runner up placings were in 2009 and 2010, when she and Rajsich played together. In both years, they lost to Ruiz and

. For the 2012 championships, Tisinger teamed up with Kristen Bellows, and they lost to Rajsich and Russell-Waselenchuk, 15-9, 15-4, in the quarterfinals.

Professional career

Tisinger hasn't played professional racquetball very much, so she's never been ranked in the top 10 of the

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. Perhaps her best pro results are two quarterfinal finishes at the

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in 2009 and 2013.

Personal life

Tisinger is the daughter of Debbie Tisinger-Moore, who is a noted racquetball player in her own right and a member of the USA Racquetball Hall of Fame. Tisinger-Moore was also an assistant coach on Team USA for the 2016 World Championships, when daughter Janel won gold.

References

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International career

US Championships

Professional career

Personal life

See also

References