2022 BWF World Championships – Women's singles

The women's singles tournament of the 2022 BWF World Championships took place from 22 to 28 August 2022 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo.

Defending champion Akane Yamaguchi defeated Chen Yu Fei, 21-12, 10-21, 21-14 to retain her title.

Seeds
The seeding list was based on the World Rankings of 9 August 2022.

🇯🇵 Akane Yamaguchi (champion) Tai Tzu-ying (semi-finals) 🇰🇷 An Se-young (semi-finals) 🇨🇳 Chen Yufei (final) 🇪🇸 Carolina Marín (quarter-finals) 🇯🇵 Nozomi Okuhara (withdrew) 🇮🇳 P. V. Sindhu (withdrew) 🇹🇭 Ratchanok Intanon (third round)

🇨🇳 He Bingjiao (third round) 🇹🇭 Pornpawee Chochuwong (third round) 🇨🇳 Wang Zhiyi (third round) 🇹🇭 Busanan Ongbamrungphan (quarter-finals) 🇨🇦 Michelle Li (quarter-finals) 🇯🇵 Sayaka Takahashi (third round) Mia Blichfeldt (second round) 🇺🇸 Beiwen Zhang (third round)