2015 BWF World Championships – Women's singles

The women's singles tournament of the 2015 BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) took place from August 10 to 16 in Jakarta, Indonesia. . Carolina Marín enters as the 2014 World Champion.

Seeds
🇪🇸 Carolina Marín (champion) 🇮🇳 Saina Nehwal (final) 🇨🇳 Li Xuerui (third round) Tai Tzu-ying (quarterfinals) 🇹🇭 Ratchanok Intanon (third round) 🇨🇳 Wang Yihan (quarterfinals) 🇨🇳 Wang Shixian (quarterfinals) 🇰🇷 Sung Ji-hyun (semifinals)

🇯🇵 Nozomi Okuhara (second round) 🇰🇷 Bae Yeon-ju (third round) 🇮🇳 P. V. Sindhu (quarterfinals) 🇨🇦 Michelle Li (third round) 🇯🇵 Minatsu Mitani (second round) 🇯🇵 Sayaka Takahashi (third round) 🇹🇭 Busanan Ongbumrungpan (third round) Maria Febe Kusumastuti (second round)