Frontenis, Doubles (frontón 30 metres), Women

Frontenis is a variant of basque pelota developed in Mexico around 1900, when tennis players started playing in frontóns. It is conceptually similar to squash and racquetball. The sport is most popular in Mexico, which has also dominated the sport historically (it has provided all world champions through 2010). It is one of the few Basque pelota events open to women, and the only one ever contested for women at the Olympic Games.

The top four nations of the 1990 World Championships qualified for the Olympic demonstrations in Barcelona, which included the Mexican champions Miriam Muñoz and Rosa María Flores. After a tough match against the Cuban women, the duo won all their matches with relative ease, beating Spain in the final.