2023 BWF World Championships – Women's singles

The women's singles tournament of the 2023 BWF World Championships took place from 21 to 27 August 2023 at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen.

Akane Yamaguchi was the two-time defending champion, but lost to Carolina Marin in the semi-finals.

Seeds
The seeding list was based on the World Rankings of 1 August 2023.

🇰🇷 An Se-young (champion) 🇯🇵 Akane Yamaguchi (semi-finals) 🇨🇳 Chen Yufei (semi-finals) Tai Tzu-ying (quarter-finals) 🇨🇳 He Bingjiao (third round) 🇪🇸 Carolina Marín (final) 🇹🇭 Ratchanok Intanon (third round) Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (quarter-finals)

🇨🇳 Han Yue (third round) 🇨🇳 Wang Zhiyi (quarter-finals) 🇹🇭 Pornpawee Chochuwong (third round) 🇺🇸 Beiwen Zhang (third round) 🇹🇭 Busanan Ongbamrungphan (third round) 🇨🇦 Michelle Li (second round) Mia Blichfeldt (third round) 🇮🇳 P. V. Sindhu (second round)

Draw
The drawing ceremony was held on 10 August 2023.

Qualifiers' performances
The table below lists out all the qualifiers of this edition by 22 July 2023.