2017 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Ding Ning successfully defended their title by defeating Zhu Yuling 11–4, 9–11, 4–11, 12–10, 11–6, 11–7 in the final.

Seeds
Matches were best of 7 games in qualification and in the 128-player sized main draw.


 * 1) 🇨🇳 Ding Ning (champion)
 * 2) 🇨🇳 Liu Shiwen (semifinals)
 * 3) 🇨🇳 Zhu Yuling (final)
 * 4)  Feng Tianwei (quarterfinals)
 * 5) 🇨🇳 Chen Meng (quarterfinals)
 * 6) 🇯🇵 Kasumi Ishikawa (quarterfinals)
 * 7)  Cheng I-ching (second round)
 * 8) 🇯🇵 Miu Hirano (semifinals)
 * 9) 🇯🇵 Mima Ito (fourth round)
 * 10) 🇯🇵 Hitomi Sato (third round)
 * 11) 🇭🇰 Doo Hoi Kem (second round)
 * 12) 🇦🇹 Liu Jia  (third round)
 * 13) 🇩🇪 Petrissa Solja (second round)
 * 14)  Li Jie (fourth round)
 * 15)  Yu Mengyu (second round)
 * 16) 🇰🇷 Yang Ha-eun  (third round)
 * 17) 🇰🇵 Kim Song-i (fourth round)
 * 18) 🇸🇪 Matilda Ekholm (first round)
 * 19) 🇭🇺 Georgina Póta (second round)
 * 20) 🇰🇷 Seo Hyo-won (third round)
 * 21) 🇷🇴 Elizabeta Samara (fourth round)
 * 22) 🇯🇵 Miyu Kato (fourth round)
 * 23) 🇭🇰 Lee Ho Ching (third round)
 * 24) 🇵🇱 Li Qian  (third round)
 * 25) 🇩🇪 Sabine Winter (second round)
 * 26)  Chen Szu-yu (third round)
 * 27) 🇰🇷 Kim Kyungah  (third round)
 * 28) 🇷🇴 Daniela Dodean (fourth round)
 * 29) 🇭🇰 Soo Wai Yam Minnie (third round)
 * 30) 🇷🇺 Polina Mikhailova (second round)
 * 31) 🇦🇹 Sofia Polcanova (second round)
 * 32) 🇺🇦 Tetyana Sorochynska (second round)
 * 33) 🇭🇰 Ng Wing Nam (second round)
 * 34) 🇧🇾 Viktoria Pavlovich (second round)
 * 35) 🇷🇴 Bernadette Szőcs (second round)
 * 36) 🇹🇭 Suthasini Sawettabut (second round)
 * 37) 🇩🇪 Kristin Silbereisen (fourth round)
 * 38) 🇱🇺 Ni Xialian (third round)
 * 39) 🇵🇱 Natalia Partyka (second round)
 * 40)  Britt Eerland (second round)
 * 41) 🇨🇦 Zhang Mo (third round)
 * 42) 🇵🇱 Katarzyna Grzybowska (first round)
 * 43) 🇰🇵 Ri Mi-gyong (second round)
 * 44) 🇹🇭 Nanthana Komwong (second round)
 * 45)  Adriana Díaz (second round)
 * 46)  Cheng Hsien-tzu (second round)
 * 47) 🇷🇴 Adina Diaconu (second round)
 * 48) 🇨🇿 Hana Matelová (first round)
 * 49) 🇷🇺 Yana Noskova (second round)
 * 50) 🇰🇷 Lee Zi-on (third round)
 * 51) 🇺🇸 Lily Zhang (third round)
 * 52) 🇭🇺 Dóra Madarász (second round)
 * 53) 🇺🇦 Ganna Gaponova (first round)
 * 54) 🇭🇰 Mak Tze Wing (first round)
 * 55) 🇭🇺 Szandra Pergel  (third round)
 * 56) 🇪🇸 María Xiao (fourth round)
 * 57) 🇦🇺 Jian Fang Lay (second round)
 * 58) 🇮🇳 Manika Batra (second round)
 * 59) 🇪🇸 Galia Dvorak (second round)
 * 60) 🇷🇴 Irina Ciobanu (first round)
 * 61) 🇸🇰 Eva Ódorová (second round)
 * 62) 🇰🇷 Yoo Eun-chong (second round)
 * 63) 🇱🇹 Rūta Paškauskienė (second round)
 * 64) 🇱🇺 Sarah De Nutte (second round)