# 1993 IBF World Championships – Women's singles

The 8th IBF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) were held in Birmingham, England in 1993. Following the results of the women's singles.

## Main stage
### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| Susi Susanti | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Monique Hoogland | 4 | 2 | | Susi Susanti | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Sonya McGinn | 12 | 11 | | Sonya McGinn | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Andrea Andersson | 10 | 3 | | | | | Susi Susanti | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Anne Søndergaard | 2 | 11 | 11 | | | | Anne Søndergaard | 6 | 0 | | | |
| Sabine Aberer | 11 | 5 | 7 | Anne Søndergaard | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Lorena Blanco | w.o. | | | Lorena Blanco | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Laura Amaya | | | | | | | | | | Susi Susanti | 11 | 11 |
| Hu Ning | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | Hu Ning | 2 | 5 |
| Diana Koleva | 6 | 2 | | Hu Ning | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Darja Kranjc | w.o. | | | Darja Kranjc | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Dayo Oyewusi | | | | | | | Hu Ning | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Suzanne Louis-Lane | 11 | 11 | | | | | Suzanne Louis-Lane | 5 | 8 | | | |
| Tan Lee Wai | 4 | 2 | | Suzanne Louis-Lane | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| P. V. V. Lakshmi | 11 | 11 | | P. V. V. Lakshmi | 0 | 4 | | | | | | |
| Eva Lacinová | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| Lee Heung-soon | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Irina Yakusheva | 1 | 4 | Lee Heung-soon | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Tove Hol | w.o. | | Tove Hol | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| María de la Paz | | | | | | Lee Heung-soon | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Si-an Deng | 11 | 11 | | | | Si-an Deng | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| Birna Petersen | 4 | 3 | Si-an Deng | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Lisa Campbell | 11 | 11 | Lisa Campbell | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Nina Sundberg | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | Lee Heung-soon | 11 | 9 | 11 |
| Yuni Kartika | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | Yuni Kartika | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| Kelly Morgan | 0 | 1 | Yuni Kartika | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Kalpana Rana Shrestha | | | Jo'Anne Grech | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Jo'Anne Grech | w.o. | | | | | Yuni Kartika | 12 | 12 | | | | |
| Hisako Mizui | 11 | 11 | | | | Hisako Mizui | 10 | 11 | | | | |
| Gillian Martin | 3 | 4 | Hisako Mizui | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Elena Nozdran | 11 | 11 | Elena Nozdran | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Wioletta Wilk | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| Ye Zhaoying | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bettina Villars | 3 | 3 | | Ye Zhaoying | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Michelle O'Neill | 11 | 11 | | Michelle O'Neill | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Takako Ida | 5 | 1 | | | | | Ye Zhaoying | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Fiona Smith | w.o. | | | | | | Fiona Smith | 1 | 6 | | | | |
| Gabriela Melgoza | | | | Fiona Smith | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Mateja Slatnar | 11 | 12 | | Mateja Slatnar | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Liz Aronsohn | 6 | 10 | | | | | | | | Ye Zhaoying | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Yuliani Sentosa | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | Yuliani Sentosa | 4 | 12 | 3 |
| Lillian Olavesen | 1 | 2 | | Yuliani Sentosa | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Chan Oi Ni | 11 | 11 | | Chan Oi Ni | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Milaine Cloutier | 1 | 3 | | | | | Yuliani Sentosa | w.o. | | | | | |
| Sandra Dimbour | w.o. | | | | | | Sandra Dimbour | | | | | | |
| Dorota Grzejdak | | | | Sandra Dimbour | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Sheree Jefferson | 7 | 11 | 11 | Sheree Jefferson | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Wong Mee Hung | 11 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| Somharuthai Jaroensiri | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nancy Keith | 7 | 4 | Somharuthai Jaroensiri | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Marina Andrievskaya | 11 | 11 | Marina Andrievskaya | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Vlada Chernyavskaya | 2 | 6 | | | | | Somharuthai Jaroensiri | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Nicole Baldewein | 11 | 11 | | | | | Nicole Baldewein | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| Ann French | 1 | 0 | Nicole Baldewein | 11 | 7 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Aileen Travers | 11 | 11 | Aileen Travers | 1 | 11 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Brigitte Langthaler | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | Somharuthai Jaroensiri | 11 | 11 |
| Chung Eun-hwa | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | Chung Eun-hwa | 4 | 6 |
| Victoria Hristova | 2 | 0 | Chung Eun-hwa | 8 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Tanya Woodward | 11 | 11 | Tanya Woodward | 11 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Katie Howell | 3 | 7 | | | | | Chung Eun-hwa | 11 | 5 | 11 | | | |
| Zhang Ning | 11 | 11 | | | | | Zhang Ning | 6 | 11 | 1 | | | |
| Katarzyna Krasowska | 0 | 1 | Zhang Ning | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Robbyn Hermitage | w.o. | | Robbyn Hermitage | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Lim Xiaoqing | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 5

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| Bang Soo-hyun | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jitka Lacinová | 3 | 0 | | Bang Soo-hyun | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Pornsawan Plungwech | 11 | 11 | | Pornsawan Plungwech | 4 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Sissel Linderoth | 2 | 6 | | | | | Bang Soo-hyun | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Alison Humby | 4 | 11 | 11 | | | | Alison Humby | 1 | 4 | | | |
| Manjusha Kanwar | 11 | 4 | 5 | Alison Humby | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Zamaliah Sidek | w.o. | | | Zamaliah Sidek | 1 | 7 | | | | | | |
| Monika Lipińska | | | | | | | | | | Bang Soo-hyun | 11 | 11 |
| Christine Magnusson | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | Christine Magnusson | 7 | 7 |
| Denyse Julien | 3 | 11 | | Christine Magnusson | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Neli Boteva | w.o. | | | Neli Boteva | 3 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Bisi Tiamiyu | | | | | | | Christine Magnusson | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Wong Chun Fan | w.o. | | | | | | Wong Chun Fan | 1 | 5 | | | |
| Subha Shrestha | | | | Wong Chun Fan | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Sandrine Lefèvre | 12 | 11 | | Sandrine Lefèvre | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| Annemie Buyse | 11 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 6

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| Liu Yuhong | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Dimitriika Dimitrova | 2 | 5 | Liu Yuhong | 12 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Rhonda Cator | | 11 | Rhonda Cator | 11 | 4 | | | | | | |
| Rachael Phipps | | | | | | Liu Yuhong | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Marina Yakusheva | 11 | 11 | | | | Marina Yakusheva | 1 | 2 | | | |
| Andrea Harsági | 4 | 2 | Marina Yakusheva | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Jennifer Williamson | w.o. | | Jennifer Williamson | 3 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Yue Jin Liao | | | | | | | | | Liu Yuhong | 11 | 11 |
| Minarti Timur | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | Minarti Timur | 3 | 3 |
| Christine Skropke | 5 | 4 | Minarti Timur | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Gabriele Kumpfmüller | 12 | 11 | Gabriele Kumpfmüller | 2 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Tatiana Gerassimovitch | 9 | 3 | | | | Minarti Timur | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Irina Gritsenko | w.o. | | | | | Irina Gritsenko | 2 | 6 | | | |
| Rachel Williams | | | Irina Gritsenko | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Sarah Hore | 11 | 12 | Sarah Hore | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Erika von Heiland | 3 | 9 | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 7

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| Tang Jiuhong | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Caroline Thorn | 1 | 1 | | Tang Jiuhong | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Aiko Miyamura | 11 | 11 | | Aiko Miyamura | 5 | 12 | 4 | | | | | | |
| Amanda Hardy | 8 | 1 | | | | | | Tang Jiuhong | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Astrid van der Knaap | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Astrid van der Knaap | 3 | 0 | | | |
| Linda French | 6 | 3 | | Astrid van der Knaap | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Bożena Bąk | w.o. | | | Bożena Bąk | 8 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Rajani Joshi Shrestha | | | | | | | | | | | Tang Jiuhong | 11 | 11 |
| Lee Wai Leng | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | Lee Wai Leng | 5 | 1 |
| Guðrún Júlíusdóttir | 7 | 3 | | Lee Wai Leng | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Pernille Nedergaard Jessen | 11 | 11 | | Pernille Nedergaard Jessen | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Natalia Melnikova | 0 | 2 | | | | | | Lee Wai Leng | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Cheng Yin Sat | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Cheng Yin Sat | 5 | 2 | | | |
| Markéta Koudelková | 4 | 1 | | Cheng Yin Sat | w.o. | | | | | | | | |
| Maria Theresa Montero | 9 | 11 | 11 | Maria Theresa Montero | | | | | | | | | |
| Emilia Dimitrova | 11 | 5 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 8

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| Sarwendah Kusumawardhani | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Anne Gibson | 3 | 8 | Sarwendah Kusumawardhani | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| Ra Kyung-min | 11 | 11 | Ra Kyung-min | 7 | 10 | | | | | | | | |
| Katrin Schmidt | 1 | 8 | | | | | Sarwendah Kusumawardhani | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Natalja Ivanova | 11 | 11 | | | | | Natalja Ivanova | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| Astrid Crabo | 6 | 3 | Natalja Ivanova | 9 | 12 | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Rhona Robertson | w.o. | | Rhona Robertson | 0 | 11 | 10 | | | | | | | |
| Christelle Mol | | | | | | | | | | | Sarwendah Kusumawardhani | 12 | 11 |
| Guo Jing | w.o. | | | | | | | | | | Guo Jing | 11 | 0 |
| Marzena Lipińska | | | Guo Jing | 11 | 3 | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Joanne Muggeridge | 11 | 11 | Joanne Muggeridge | 4 | 11 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Gail Osborne | 2 | 0 | | | | | Guo Jing | 11 | 5 | 11 | | | |
| Irina Serova | w.o. | | | | | | Irina Serova | 4 | 11 | 4 | | | |
| Indira Marta Nal Bhika | | | Irina Serova | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Susanna Kauhanen | w.o. | | Susanna Kauhanen | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Zvetlana Serralde | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Final stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Susi Susanti | 2 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Lee Heung-soon | 11 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Lee Heung-soon | 11 | 3 | 2 | Susi Susanti | 12 | 12 | | | | | |
| | | | | Ye Zhaoying | 10 | 10 | | | | | |
| Ye Zhaoying | 11 | 11 | | Ye Zhaoying | 10 | 10 | | | | | |
| Somharuthai Jaroensiri | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Somharuthai Jaroensiri | 5 | 4 | | | | | | Susi Susanti | 7 | 11 | 11 |
| | | | | | | | | Bang Soo-hyun | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| Bang Soo-hyun | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | Bang Soo-hyun | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| Liu Yuhong | 8 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Liu Yuhong | 8 | 4 | | Bang Soo-hyun | 11 | 10 | 12 | | | | |
| | | | | Tang Jiuhong | 3 | 12 | 10 | | | | |
| Tang Jiuhong | 2 | 11 | 11 | Tang Jiuhong | 3 | 12 | 10 | | | | |
| Sarwendah Kusumawardhani | 11 | 8 | 1 | | | | | | | | |