2009 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's singles

The championships were once again dominated by Chinese players, with all four semifinalists from that country and two more Chinese players knocked out by their countrywomen.

Seeds

 * 1) 🇨🇳 Zhang Yining (champion)
 * 2) 🇨🇳 Guo Yue (final)
 * 3) 🇨🇳 Li Xiaoxia (semifinals)
 * 4) 🇨🇳 Guo Yan (fourth round)
 * 5)  Feng Tianwei (quarterfinals)
 * 6) 🇰🇷 Kim Kyung-ah (third round)
 * 7)  Wang Yuegu (second round)
 * 8) 🇭🇰 Tie Ya Na (second round)
 * 9) 🇭🇰 Jiang Huajun (fourth round)
 * 10) 🇨🇳 Liu Shiwen (semifinals)
 * 11) 🇦🇹 Liu Jia (third round)
 * 12) 🇨🇳 Ding Ning (fourth round)
 * 13) 🇺🇸 Gao Jun (second round)
 * 14)  Li Jiao (fourth round)
 * 15) 🇯🇵 Sayaka Hirano (second round)
 * 16) 🇰🇷 Park Mi-young (fourth round)
 * 17) 🇵🇱 Li Qian (second round)
 * 18) 🇨🇳 Yao Yan (first round)
 * 19) 🇧🇾 Viktoria Pavlovich (third round)
 * 20) 🇰🇷 Dang Ye-seo (quarterfinals)
 * 21)  Li Jie (third round)
 * 22) 🇭🇺 Krisztina Tóth (fourth round)
 * 23) 🇩🇪 Wu Jiaduo (third round)
 * 24) 🇭🇰 Lin Ling (third round)
 * 25)  Sun Beibei (third round)
 * 26) 🇯🇵 Ai Fukuhara (second round)
 * 27) 🇷🇴 Daniela Dodean (third round)
 * 28)  Yu Mengyu (fourth round)
 * 29)  Tamara Boroš (first round)
 * 30) 🇷🇴 Elizabeta Samara (second round)
 * 31) 🇯🇵 Haruna Fukuoka (third round)
 * 32) 🇭🇰 Lau Sui Fei (first round)