Janel Tisinger

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'''Janel Tisinger''' (born March 13, 1983) is an American racquetball player. She is the current [https://web.archive.org/web/20130615070523/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Racquetball USA Racquetball] National Champion in Women's Doubles<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 National Doubles Racquetball Championships Conclude |url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Racquetball/Features/2019/February/13/2019-National-Doubles-Racquetball-Championships-Conclude |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214074612/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Racquetball/Features/2019/February/13/2019-National-Doubles-Racquetball-Championships-Conclude |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 14, 2019 |publisher=USA Racquetball |accessdate=14 February 2019}}</ref> winning the title for a 5th time in 2019 with Aimee Ruiz. Tisinger is former World Champion in Women's Doubles,<ref name="simivalleyacorn">{{cite web|url=http://www.simivalleyacorn.com/news/2016-08-26/Community/Local_woman_wins_big_in_racquetball_championship.html|publisher=simivalleyacorn.com|title=Local woman wins big in racquetball championship | www.simivalleyacorn.com | Simi Valley Acorn|accessdate=2016-09-06}}</ref> 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 at the Pan American Championships 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 Pan American Championships in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. There she lost to Susana Acosta of Mexico in the Round of Singles<ref name="blogspot">{{cite web|url=http://theracquetballblog.blogspot.ca/2014/04/parc-xxvii-pan-am-championships-singles_16.html|publisher=theracquetballblog.blogspot.ca|title=The Racquetball Blog: PARC XXVII Pan Am Championships - Singles 32s & 16s|accessdate=2016-09-06}}</ref> 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.<ref name="blogspot2">{{cite web|url=http://theracquetballblog.blogspot.ca/2014/04/parc-xxvii-pan-am-championships-womens_17.html|publisher=theracquetballblog.blogspot.ca|title=The Racquetball Blog: PARC XXVII Pan Am Championships - Women's doubles quarterfinals|accessdate=2016-09-06}}</ref>

Her next two international appearances were in Women's Doubles with Aimee Ruiz at the 2014 and 2016 World Championships. In 2014, they lost in the final to Mexicans Paola Longoria and Samantha Salas, 15-4, 15-12. But in a rematch of that final, in 2016 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 Rhonda Rajsich. In Temuco, Tisinger lost to Paola Longoria in the Round of 16, 15-5, 15-5 in Women's Singles,<ref>{{cite web |last1=IRF |title=2018 Pan American Championships - Women's Singles |url=https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tiq3k1o9d5z42g5/AACypOJMPCMjyhVWHR2LkQ-ta/01-Open/02-Open-Draws?dl=0&preview=Llave-Women-Singles-2.pdf&subfolder_nav_tracking=1 |publisher=Dropbox.com |accessdate=12 February 2019}}</ref> and in Women's Doubles, she and Rajsich lost to Chileans Carla Muñoz and Josefa Parada, 15-14, 15-2, in the quarterfinals.<ref>{{cite web |last1=IRF |title=2019 Pan American Championships - Women's Doubles |url=https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tiq3k1o9d5z42g5/AACypOJMPCMjyhVWHR2LkQ-ta/01-Open/02-Open-Draws?dl=0&preview=Llave-Women-Doubles-2.pdf&subfolder_nav_tracking=1 |publisher=Dropbox.com |accessdate=12 February 2019}}</ref>

== US Championships ==

Tisinger has won five USA National Championships in Women's Doubles, all with Aimee Ruiz as her partner. They first won in 2013, when they defeated sisters Danielle and Michelle Key in the final, 15-6, 15-8.<ref name="blogspot3">{{cite web|url=http://theracquetballblog.blogspot.ca/2013/02/46th-usa-racquetball-doubles_16.html|publisher=theracquetballblog.blogspot.ca|title=The Racquetball Blog: 46th USA Racquetball Doubles Championships - Three new winners & an 8th|accessdate=2016-09-06}}</ref> They followed that up in 2014 by defeating Rhonda Rajsich and Kim Russell-Waselenchuk, 15-9, 15-10, in the final.<ref name="blogspot4">{{cite web|url=http://theracquetballblog.blogspot.ca/2014/02/carson-rojas-ruiz-tisinger-win-47th-usa.html|publisher=theracquetballblog.blogspot.ca|title=The Racquetball Blog: Carson & Rojas, Ruiz & Tisinger win 47th USA Doubles Championships|accessdate=2016-09-06}}</ref> 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,<ref name="r2sports">{{cite web|url=http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/drawsOut/view-bracket.asp?leftFrame=&TID=14383&divID=1417&combinedID=0&print=&fromPage=&highlightMatchNum=&drawVar=&message=|publisher=r2sports.com|title=Women's Doubles US Team Qualifying Single Elimination - Racquetball - 2016 USA Racquetball National Doubles Championships|accessdate=2016-09-06}}</ref> 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 in the final, 15-5, 15-5.<ref>{{cite web |last1=USA Racquetball |title=2017 USA Racquetball National Doubles Championships - Women's Doubles |url=http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/drawsOut/view-bracket.asp?TID=18724&divID=1417&combinedID=0&print=&fromPage=&leftFrame=&highlightMatchNum=&drawVar=&message= |publisher=R2 Sports |accessdate=12 February 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=USA Racquetball |title=2019 USA Racquetball National Doubles Championships - Women's Doubles |url=http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/drawsOut/view-bracket.asp?TID=30098&divID=1417&combinedID=0&print=&fromPage=&leftFrame=&highlightMatchNum=&drawVar=&message= |publisher=R2 Sports |accessdate=12 February 2019}}</ref> The win qualifies Tisinger and Ruiz to play on Team USA at the 2019 Pan American Games 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.<ref name="r2sports2">{{cite web|url=http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/drawsOut/view-bracket.asp?leftFrame=&TID=13211&divID=1417&combinedID=0&print=&fromPage=&highlightMatchNum=&drawVar=&message=|publisher=r2sports.com|title=Women's Doubles US Team Qualifying Single Elimination - Racquetball - 2015 USA Racquetball National Doubles Championships|accessdate=2016-09-06}}</ref> Her other runner up placings were in 2009<ref name="blogspot5">{{cite web|url=http://theracquetballblog.blogspot.ca/2009/02/usar-2009-doubles-championships.html|publisher=theracquetballblog.blogspot.ca|title=The Racquetball Blog: USAR 2009 Doubles Championships|accessdate=2016-09-06}}</ref> and 2010,<ref name="blogspot6">{{cite web|url=http://theracquetballblog.blogspot.ca/2010/02/usa-national-doubles-championships_15.html|publisher=theracquetballblog.blogspot.ca|title=The Racquetball Blog: USA National Doubles Championships - Final|accessdate=2016-09-06}}</ref> when she and Rajsich played together. In both years, they lost to Ruiz and Jackie Paraiso.

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.<ref name="blogspot7">{{cite web|url=http://theracquetballblog.blogspot.ca/2012/02/usa-national-doubles-championships.html|publisher=theracquetballblog.blogspot.ca|title=The Racquetball Blog: USA National Doubles Championships - Final|accessdate=2016-09-06}}</ref>

== Professional career ==

Tisinger hasn't played professional racquetball very much, so she's never been ranked in the top 10 of the Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour. Perhaps her best pro results are two quarterfinal finishes at the US Open Racquetball Championships 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.<ref name="teamusa">{{cite web|url=http://www.teamusa.org/usa-racquetball/programs/hall-of-fame|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101150612/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Racquetball/Programs/Hall-of-Fame|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 1, 2015|publisher=teamusa.org|title=Hall of Fame|accessdate=2016-09-06}}</ref> Tisinger-Moore was also an assistant coach on Team USA for the 2016 World Championships, when daughter Janel won gold.<ref name="teamusa2">{{cite web|url=http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Racquetball/Features/2016/July/25/Team-USA-Strikes-Gold|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806120238/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Racquetball/Features/2016/July/25/Team-USA-Strikes-Gold|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 6, 2016|publisher=teamusa.org|title=Team USA Strikes Gold|accessdate=2016-09-06}}</ref>

== See also ==

* List of racquetball players

== References == {{reflist|30em}}

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