Women's singles at the 2023 BWF World Championships
Venue	Royal Arena
Location	Copenhagen, Denmark
Dates	21–27 August
Competitors	48 from 30 nations
Medalists
An Se-young   South Korea   Carolina Marín   Spain   Chen Yufei   China   Akane Yamaguchi   Japan
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Events at the2023 BWF World Championships
Singles	men	women
Doubles	men	women	mixed
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The women's singles tournament of the2023 BWF World Championships took place from 21 to 27 August 2023 at theRoyal Arena inCopenhagen.

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

The seeding list was based on theWorld Rankings of 1 August 2023.^[1]

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

The drawing ceremony was held on 10 August 2023.^[2]

	Semi-finals							Final
	1	An Se-young	21	21
	3	Chen Yufei	19	15
								1	An Se-young	21	21
								6	Carolina Marín	12	10
	6	Carolina Marín	23	21
	2	Akane Yamaguchi	21	13

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
								1	An S-y	21	21
									Goh J W	12	14
		V Sándorházi	18	15
		Goh J W	21	21
															1	An S-y	21	21
															12	BW Zhang	19	13
								12	BW Zhang	21	21
									K Gilmour	18	14
		K Gilmour	22	9	21
		L Tan	20	21	12
																						1	An S-y	16	21	21
																							N Okuhara	21	10	11
								7	R Intanon	21	21
									Hsu W-c	19	19
		Hsu W-c	21	23
		C Azurmendi	10	21
															7	R Intanon	19	16
																N Okuhara	21	21
								16	P. V. Sindhu	14	14
									N Okuhara	21	21
		Nguyễn T L	15	12
		N Okuhara	21	21

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
								3	Chen YF	21	21
									Pai Y-p	14	13
		Kisona S	22	19	13
		Pai Y-p	20	21	21
															3	Chen YF	21	21
															15	M Blichfeldt	12	13
								15	M Blichfeldt	21	21
									R Darragh	14	17
		R Darragh	21	21
		D Hany	11	14
																						3	Chen YF	21	21
																						10	Wang ZY	17	12
								5	He BJ	18	21	21
									P K Wardani	21	19	17
		P Buhrova	7	21
		P K Wardani	21	23
															5	He BJ	21	7	14
															10	Wang ZY	13	21	21
								10	Wang ZY	21	21
									Y Li	18	11
		Y Li	21	21
		L Huet	13	12

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
		Thet Htar T	21	21
		H Gaitán	13	19
									Thet Htar T	4
								14	M Li	2r
																Thet Htar T	10	18
															6	C Marín	21	21
		J Stadelmann	13	13
		I Wang	21	21
									I Wang	10	6
								6	C Marín	21	21
																						6	C Marín	21	21
																						4	Tai T-y	16	14
		J Vieira	21	19	21
		K Insyirah	9	21	14
									J Vieira	22	14
								11	P Chochuwong	24	21
															11	P Chochuwong	18	17
															4	Tai T-y	21	21
		L Christophersen	21	21
		I Castillo	15	15
									L Christophersen	16	13
								4	Tai T-y	21	21

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
		WY Zhang	10	9
		L Kjærsfeldt	21	21
									L Kjærsfeldt	13	21	14
								9	Han Y	21	14	21
															9	Han Y	21	19	11
															8	G M Tunjung	13	21	21
		Yeo J M	w	/	o
		Qi XF
									Yeo J M	10	24	14
								8	G M Tunjung	21	22	21
																						8	G M Tunjung	16	18
																						2	A Yamaguchi	21	21
		K Kuuba	21	14	16
		Kim G-e	19	21	21
									Kim G-e	21	18	16
								13	B Ongbamrungphan	15	21	21
															13	B Ongbamrungphan
															2	A Yamaguchi	w	/	o
		T Ho	17	17
		N Arın	21	21
									N Arın	7	11
								2	A Yamaguchi	21	21

The table below lists out all the qualifiers of this edition by 22 July 2023.^[3]

Qualifier	Date of birth	Appearance	Best Performance(s)		Note
			Edition(s)	Result
Champion
An Se-young	(2002-02-05)5 February 2002 (aged 21)	3rd	22	B	PB
Finalist
Carolina Marín	(1993-06-15)15 June 1993 (aged 30)	8th	14,15,18	G	Reigning European champion
Semi-finalist
Chen Yufei	(1998-03-01)1 March 1998 (aged 25)	5th	22	S	Reigning Olympics champion
Akane Yamaguchi	(1997-06-02)2 June 1997 (aged 26)	6th	21,22	G	Reigning world champion
Quarter-finalist
Wang Zhiyi	(2000-04-29)29 April 2000 (aged 23)	3rd	21,22	3R	PB
Tai Tzu-ying	(1994-06-20)20 June 1994 (aged 29)	8th	21	S	Reigning Asian champion
Gregoria Mariska Tunjung	(1999-08-11)11 August 1999 (aged 24)	4th	19	3R	PB
Nozomi Okuhara	(1995-03-13)13 March 1995 (aged 28)	5th	17	G
Third rounder
Han Yue	(1999-11-18)18 November 1999 (aged 23)	4th	21,22	QF
He Bingjiao	(1997-03-21)21 March 1997 (aged 26)	6th	18,21	B
Mia Blichfeldt	(1997-08-19)19 August 1997 (aged 26)	6th	19	QF
Thet Htar Thuzar	(1999-03-15)15 March 1999 (aged 24)	3rd	21,22	1R	PB
Pornpawee Chochuwong	(1998-01-22)22 January 1998 (aged 25)	4th	21,22	3R	=PB
Ratchanok Intanon	(1995-02-05)5 February 1995 (aged 28)	10th	13	G	Youngest winner record holder, and most participated qualifier
Busanan Ongbamrungphan	(1996-03-22)22 March 1996 (aged 27)	7th	22	QF
Beiwen Zhang	(1990-07-12)12 July 1990 (aged 33)	4th	18,19,22	3R	Oldest participated qualifier, =PB
Second rounder
Juliana Viana Vieira	(2004-09-23)23 September 2004 (aged 18)	Debut			Youngest qualifier,PB
Michelle Li	(1991-11-03)3 November 1991 (aged 31)	10th	22	QF	Reigning Pan America champion, and most participated qualifier
Hsu Wen-chi	(1997-09-28)28 September 1997 (aged 25)	Debut			PB
Pai Yu-po	(1991-04-18)18 April 1991 (aged 32)	7th	15	3R
Line Christophersen	(2000-01-14)14 January 2000 (aged 23)	3rd	21	3R
Line Kjærsfeldt	(1994-04-20)20 April 1994 (aged 29)	9th	14,15,17,19,21	2R	=PB
Yvonne Li	(1998-05-30)30 May 1998 (aged 25)	4th	21,22	2R	=PB
P. V. Sindhu	(1995-07-05)5 July 1995 (aged 28)	8th	19	G
Putri Kusuma Wardani	(2002-07-20)20 July 2002 (aged 21)	2nd	22	1R	PB
Goh Jin Wei	(2000-01-30)30 January 2000 (aged 23)	2nd	18	3R
Rachael Darragh	(1997-09-24)24 September 1997 (aged 25)	Debut			PB
Kirsty Gilmour	(1993-09-21)21 September 1993 (aged 29)	9th	17	QF
Yeo Jia Min	(1999-02-01)1 February 1999 (aged 24)	3rd	19	QF
Kim Ga-eun	(1998-02-07)7 February 1998 (aged 25)	4th	19,21	3R
Neslihan Arın	(1994-02-26)26 February 1994 (aged 29)	5th	21	2R	=PB
Iris Wang	(1994-09-02)2 September 1994 (aged 28)	5th	15,21,22	2R	=PB
First rounder
Tiffany Ho	(1998-01-06)6 January 1998 (aged 25)	Debut			PB
Lianne Tan	(1990-11-20)20 November 1990 (aged 32)	7th	09,10,11,19,21	2R
Wenyu Zhang	(2002-08-29)29 August 2002 (aged 20)	2nd	22	2R
Doha Hany	(1997-09-10)10 September 1997 (aged 25)	2nd	22	1R	=PB
Kristin Kuuba	(1997-02-15)15 February 1997 (aged 26)	4th	19,21,22	1R	=PB
Léonice Huet	(2000-05-21)21 May 2000 (aged 23)	2nd	22	2R
Vivien Sándorházi	(2001-01-03)3 January 2001 (aged 22)	Debut			PB
Kisona Selvaduray	(1998-10-01)1 October 1998 (aged 24)	2nd	22	1R	=PB
Haramara Gaitán	(1996-08-07)7 August 1996 (aged 27)	Debut			PB
Inés Castillo	(1999-12-07)7 December 1999 (aged 23)	Debut			PB
Khan Insyirah	(2001-09-12)12 September 2001 (aged 21)	Debut			PB
Clara Azurmendi	(1998-05-04)4 May 1998 (aged 25)	2nd	21	1R	=PB
Jenjira Stadelmann	(1999-11-20)20 November 1999 (aged 23)	Debut			PB
Polina Buhrova	(2004-01-30)30 January 2004 (aged 19)	Debut			PB
Nguyễn Thùy Linh	(1997-11-20)20 November 1997 (aged 25)	5th	18	3R
Withdrew
Qi Xuefei	(1992-02-28)28 February 1992 (aged 31)	–	21,22	1R

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