USA Racquetball‘s US Open, currently the UnitedHealthcare US Open, has been held once a year for the last 23 years. Originally held in Memphis, Tennessee, it has been held in Minneapolis, Minnesota since 2010.

During 14 of those tournaments, Austin area racquetball player Kane Waselenchuk has won the International Racquetball Tour‘s Pro Division.

Draws: http://www.r2sports.com/website/division-list.asp?TID=24877&sortBy=defaultOrder

During the 2017-2018 season, Kane was sidelined by injury for a number of tournaments taking him from his usual top ranking to the third ranked player for the seeding of this event.

You can find additional commentary on Kane’s accomplishments here:

https://theracquetballblog.blogspot.com/2018/10/waselenchuk-wins-14-at-2018.html

and

http://blog.proracquetballstats.com/index.php/2018/10/08/us-open-mens-pro-singles-final-and-event-wrap-up/

Embedded below, you can follow his matches from the 2018 tournament, including a few post match interviews that were broadcast live on Facebook.









Round of 16

vs Javier Mar









Quarterfinals

vs Sebastian Franco









Semifinals

vs Andree Parrilla









Finals

vs Daniel De La Rosa









During the same tournament, he also played pro doubles with Ben Croft, and they made the finals.

Quarterfinals

Kane & Ben

vs

Daniel Rojas & David Horn









Semifinals

Kane & Ben

vs

Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz









Finals

Kane & Ben

vs

Alvaro Beltran & Daniel De La Rosa









Post Singles Finals Speech

Post match with @kingkanerb after his 14th US OPEN Championship. The G.O.A.T. Posted by UnitedHealthcare US OPEN Racquetball Championships on Sunday, October 7, 2018









Post Finals Live Discussion

Come chat with Kane after his 14th US OPEN. Posted by USA Racquetball on Sunday, October 7, 2018









Discussion after early round win

We have Kane Waselenchuk for 10 minutes, come ask the G.O.A.T. a question after his round of 32 win. #racquetball International Racquetball Tour Posted by USA Racquetball on Thursday, October 4, 2018









Didn’t see enough of Kane’s play in these matches? There are 153 more YouTube videos of Kane collected in this playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W26jkl4SmVs&list=PLXfUMm_ZwIxXOAd2WqG9j1lFK8QSGxgu5