2019 BWF World Championships – Women's singles

The women's singles tournament of the 2019 BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) took place from 19 to 25 August. The Badminton World Federation has conducted a re-draw of the women's singles event on 9 August, because a player had mistakenly been included in the entry list.

Seeds
The seeding list is based on the World Rankings from 30 July 2019.

🇯🇵 Akane Yamaguchi (second round) Tai Tzu-ying (quarterfinals) 🇯🇵 Nozomi Okuhara (final) 🇨🇳 Chen Yufei (semifinals) 🇮🇳 P. V. Sindhu (world champion) 🇨🇳 He Bingjiao (quarterfinals) 🇹🇭 Ratchanok Intanon (semifinals) 🇮🇳 Saina Nehwal (third round)

🇺🇸 Zhang Beiwen (third round) 🇰🇷 Sung Ji-hyun (third round) 🇨🇦 Michelle Li (third round) Mia Blichfeldt (quarterfinals) 🇨🇳 Han Yue (third round) Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (third round) Line Kjærsfeldt (second round) 🇨🇳 Cai Yanyan (second round)