Women's World Chess Championship 2025

The Women's World Chess Championship 2025 will take place in 2025 as a match between Ju Wenjun, the current champion, and Tan Zhongyi, the winner of the Women's Candidates Tournament 2024. Both players previously challenged for the world championship in May 2018, with Ju defeating then-world champion Tan 5½–4½ to win the title.

Candidates Tournament
The challenger, Tan Zhongyi, qualified by winning the Women's Candidates Tournament 2024, which was an eight-player double round-robin tournament. It took place from 3 April to 22 April 2024 in Toronto, Canada.

The eight players who competed were: