The women's singles tournament of the 2023 BWF World Championships took place from 21 to 27 August 2023 at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen.
Akane Yamaguchi was the two-time defending champion, but lost to Carolina Marin in the semi-finals.
Seeds
The seeding list was based on the World Rankings of 1 August 2023.
An Se-young (champion) Akane Yamaguchi (semi-finals) Chen Yufei (semi-finals) Tai Tzu-ying (quarter-finals) He Bingjiao (third round) Carolina Marín (final) Ratchanok Intanon (third round) Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (quarter-finals)
Han Yue (third round) Wang Zhiyi (quarter-finals) Pornpawee Chochuwong (third round) Beiwen Zhang (third round) Busanan Ongbamrungphan (third round) Michelle Li (second round) Mia Blichfeldt (third round) P. V. Sindhu (second round)
Draw The drawing ceremony was held on 10 August 2023.
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Qualifiers' performances The table below lists out all the qualifiers of this edition by 22 July 2023. Qualifier Date of birth Appearance Best Performance(s) Note Edition(s) Result Champion An Se-young 3rd 22 B Finalist Carolina Marín 8th 14, 15, 18 G Reigning European champion Semi-finalist Chen Yufei 5th 22 S Reigning Olympics champion Akane Yamaguchi 6th 21, 22 G Reigning world champion Quarter-finalist Wang Zhiyi 3rd 21, 22 3R Tai Tzu-ying 8th 21 S Reigning Asian champion Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 4th 19 3R Nozomi Okuhara 5th 17 G Third rounder Han Yue 4th 21, 22 QF He Bingjiao 6th 18, 21 B Mia Blichfeldt 6th 19 QF Thet Htar Thuzar 3rd 21, 22 1R Pornpawee Chochuwong 4th 21, 22 3R = Ratchanok Intanon 10th 13 G Youngest winner record holder, and most participated qualifier 7th 22 QF Beiwen Zhang 4th 18, 19, 22 3R Oldest participated qualifier, = Second rounder Juliana Viana Vieira colspan="3" Youngest qualifier, Michelle Li 10th 22 QF Hsu Wen-chi colspan="3" Pai Yu-po 7th 15 3R Line Christophersen 3rd 21 3R Line Kjærsfeldt 9th 2R = Yvonne Li 4th 21, 22 2R = P. V. Sindhu 8th 19 G Putri Kusuma Wardani 2nd 22 1R Goh Jin Wei 2nd 18 3R Rachael Darragh colspan="3" Kirsty Gilmour 9th 17 QF Yeo Jia Min 3rd 19 QF Kim Ga-eun 4th 19, 21 3R Neslihan Arın 5th 21 2R = Iris Wang 5th 15, 21, 22 2R = First rounder Tiffany Ho colspan="3" Lianne Tan 7th 09, 10, 11, 19, 21 2R Wenyu Zhang 2nd 22 2R Doha Hany 2nd 22 1R = Kristin Kuuba 4th 19, 21, 22 1R = Léonice Huet 2nd 22 2R Vivien Sándorházi colspan="3" Kisona Selvaduray 2nd 22 1R = Haramara Gaitán colspan="3" Inés Castillo colspan="3" Khan Insyirah colspan="3" Clara Azurmendi 2nd 21 1R = Jenjira Stadelmann colspan="3" Polina Buhrova colspan="3" Nguyễn Thùy Linh 5th 18 3R Withdrew Qi Xuefei – 21, 22 1R
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