# 2019 BWF World Championships – Women's singles

The women's singles tournament of the 2019 BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) took place from 19 to 25 August. The Badminton World Federation has conducted a re-draw of the women's singles event on 9 August, because a player had mistakenly been included in the entry list.

## Seeds

The seeding list is based on the World Rankings from 30 July 2019.
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

## Draw
### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 7 | Ratchanok Intanon | 21 | 18 | 15 | | | | |
| 3 | Nozomi Okuhara | 17 | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| 3 | Nozomi Okuhara | 17 | 21 | 21 | 3 | Nozomi Okuhara | 7 | 7 |
| | | | | | 5 | P. V. Sindhu | 21 | 21 |
| 4 | Chen Yufei | 7 | 14 | | 5 | P. V. Sindhu | 21 | 21 |
| 5 | P. V. Sindhu | 21 | 21 | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | 1 | A Yamaguchi | 14 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yeo J M | 21 | 21 | | Yeo J M | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| A Demirbağ | 13 | 13 | | | | | | | Yeo J M | 21 | 14 | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Vũ T T | 15 | 21 | 16 | | | | |
| | | | 15 | L Kjærsfeldt | 19 | 21 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| K Kuuba | 12 | 15 | | Vũ T T | 21 | 13 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| Vũ T T | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | Yeo J M | 17 | 11 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | R Intanon | 21 | 21 |
| | | | 7 | R Intanon | 22 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| N Jindapol | 21 | 21 | | N Jindapol | 20 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| C Pan | 9 | 14 | | | | | | 7 | R Intanon | 18 | 23 | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 14 | G M Tunjung | 21 | 21 | 10 | | | | |
| | | | 14 | G M Tunjung | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| B Ongbamrungphan | 21 | 21 | | B Ongbamrungphan | 14 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| C Birch | 16 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | 3 | N Okuhara | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| E Kosetskaya | 21 | 21 | | E Kosetskaya | 12 | 14 | | | | | | | | | |
| N Yiğit | 17 | 19 | | | | | | 3 | N Okuhara | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 10 | Sung J-h | 18 | 13 | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Sung J-h | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| F Deprez | 16 | 11 | | Kim H-m | 9 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| Kim H-m | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | N Okuhara | 21 | 21 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | He BJ | 7 | 18 |
| | | | 6 | He BJ | 21 | 18 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| Cheung N Y | 11 | 9 | | A Ohori | 15 | 21 | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| A Ohori | 21 | 21 | | | | | | 6 | He BJ | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 13 | Han Y | 18 | 14 | | | | |
| | | | 13 | Han Y | 23 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| S Takahashi | 21 | 21 | | S Takahashi | 21 | 10 | | | | | | | | | |
| K Gilmour | 10 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Nguyễn T L | 22 | 20 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| L Tan | 20 | 22 | 21 | | L Tan | 8 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 12 | M Blichfeldt | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 12 | M Blichfeldt | 15 | 27 | 21 | | | | | |
| S Jaquet | 17 | 15 | | | | | | 8 | S Nehwal | 21 | 25 | 12 | | | | | |
| S de Visch Eijbergen | 21 | 21 | | | S de Visch Eijbergen | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 8 | S Nehwal | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | M Blichfeldt | 17 | 21 | 15 |
| Yip P Y | 8 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Chen YF | 21 | 18 | 21 |
| S Cheah S Y | 21 | 21 | | | S Cheah S Y | 19 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 11 | M Li | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 11 | M Li | 18 | 21 | 17 | | | | | |
| P Chochuwong | 21 | 21 | | | | | | 4 | Chen YF | 21 | 17 | 21 | | | | | |
| R Honderich | 15 | 5 | | | P Chochuwong | 14 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | Chen YF | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| M Mitsova | 18 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chen H-y | 21 | 21 | | Chen H-y | 14 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Zhang BW | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 9 | Zhang BW | 14 | 6 | | | | | |
| Pai Y-p | 21 | 21 | | | | | | 5 | P. V. Sindhu | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| L Zetchiri | 18 | 17 | | Pai Y-p | 14 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | P. V. Sindhu | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | P. V. Sindhu | 12 | 23 | 21 |
| K Polikarpova | 18 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Tai T-y | 21 | 21 | 19 |
| Kim G-e | 21 | 21 | | Kim G-e | 21 | 16 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 16 | Cai YY | 14 | 21 | 10 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Kim G-e | 22 | 22 | | | | | |
| Y Li | 14 | 12 | | | | | | 2 | Tai T-y | 24 | 24 | | | | | |
| Fitriani | 21 | 21 | | Fitriani | 15 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Tai T-y | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |