# 2005 IBF World Championships – Women's singles

The 2005 IBF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) took place in Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, United States, between August 15 and August 21, 2005. Following the results in the women's singles.

## Seeds

* Zhang Ning, Runner-up
* Xie Xingfang, Champion
* Pi Hongyan, Quarter-final
* Wang Chen, Quarter-final
* Yao Jie, Third round
* Xu Huaiwen, Semi-final
* Tracey Hallam, Quarter-final
* Zhou Mi, First round
* Eriko Hirose, Third round
* Petya Nedeltcheva, First round
* Kanako Yonekura, Second round
* Kaori Mori, Quarter-final
* Mia Audina Tjiptawan, Third round
* Salakjit Ponsana, Third round
* Xing Aiying, First round
* Li Li, Third round

## Main stage
### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Zhang Ning | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bye | | | | Zhang Ning | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Huang Chia-Hsin | 5 | 11 | 13 | Huang Chia-Hsin | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Hui Ding | 11 | 1 | 10 | | | | | Zhang Ning | 4 | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Kanako Yonekura | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Yip Pui Yin | 11 | 3 | 4 | | | |
| Markéta Koudelková | 2 | 0 | | Kanako Yonekura | 11 | 12 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Yip Pui Yin | 11 | 11 | | Yip Pui Yin | 8 | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Laura Molina | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | Zhang Ning | 11 | 11 |
| Yao Jie | | | | | | | | | | | | Kaori Mori | 4 | 6 |
| Bye | | | | Yao Jie | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Charmaine Reid | 11 | 11 | | Charmaine Reid | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Maja Tvrdy | 6 | 1 | | | | | | Yao Jie | 3 | 13 | 8 | | | |
| Kaori Mori | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Kaori Mori | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Linda Zechiri | 3 | 0 | | Kaori Mori | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Kati Tolmoff | 10 | 13 | 11 | Kati Tolmoff | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Eva Lee | 13 | 11 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Pi Hongyan | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bye | | | | Pi Hongyan | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Elena Nozdran | 11 | 11 | | Elena Nozdran | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Cristina Aicardi | 4 | 2 | | | | | | Pi Hongyan | 13 | 11 | | | | |
| Li Li | 11 | 7 | 11 | | | | | Li Li | 12 | 8 | | | | |
| Susan Hughes | 3 | 11 | 4 | Li Li | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Sutheaswari Mudukasan | 11 | 11 | | Sutheaswari Mudukasan | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Nina Weckström | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 5 | Pi Hongyan | 3 | 2 |
| Xu Huaiwen | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | Xu Huaiwen | 11 | 11 |
| Simone Prutsch | 4 | 8 | | Xu Huaiwen | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Nathalie Descamps | 11 | 9 | 11 | Nathalie Descamps | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Rachel Hindley | 4 | 11 | 9 | | | | 5 | Xu Huaiwen | 11 | 13 | | | | |
| Salakjit Ponsana | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Salakjit Ponsana | 5 | 12 | | | | |
| Hwang Hye-youn | 7 | 1 | | Salakjit Ponsana | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Clare Flood | 0 | 0 | | Ella Karachkova | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Ella Karachkova | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Cheng Shao-Chieh | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Anna Larchenko | 3 | 13 | 4 | Cheng Shao-Chieh | 7 | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Wong Mew Choo | 11 | 11 | | Wong Mew Choo | 11 | 12 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Xing Aiying | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | Cheng Shao-Chieh | 11 | 11 | | | | | |
| Shannon Pohl | 9 | 13 | 11 | | | | | | Juliane Schenk | 3 | 8 | | | | | |
| Michelle Edwards | 11 | 10 | 5 | Shannon Pohl | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Juliane Schenk | 11 | 11 | | Juliane Schenk | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Zhou Mi | 2 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Cheng Shao-Chieh | 11 | 5 | 11 |
| Sara Persson | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | Wang Chen | 5 | 11 | 6 |
| Jeanine Cicognini | 5 | 4 | | Sara Persson | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wang Chen | | | | Wang Chen | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bye | | | | | | | | 5 | Wang Chen | 11 | 11 | | | | | |
| Agnese Allegrini | 4 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Eriko Hirose | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| Tatiana Vattier | 11 | 3 | 1 | Agnese Allegrini | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lili Zhou | 5 | 9 | | Eriko Hirose | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Eriko Hirose | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 4

| 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 |
| Rebecca Bellingham | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ragna Ingolfsdottir | 11 | 4 | Rebecca Bellingham | 9 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Aparna Popat | 11 | 11 | Aparna Popat | 11 | 8 | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| Petya Nedeltcheva | 6 | 9 | | | | | | Rebecca Bellingham | 7 | 10 | | | | | |
| Anna Rice | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Tracey Hallam | 11 | 13 | | | | | |
| Claudia Rivero | 0 | 3 | Anna Rice | 10 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tracey Hallam | | | Tracey Hallam | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bye | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Tracey Hallam | 3 | 1 |
| Maja Kersnik | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | Xie Xingfang | 11 | 11 |
| Lucia Tavera | 6 | 5 | Maja Kersnik | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mia Audina | 11 | 11 | Mia Audina | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Helen Reino | 0 | 1 | | | | | 5 | Mia Audina | 4 | 13 | 8 | | | | |
| Xie Xingfang | | | | | | | | Xie Xingfang | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Bye | | | Xie Xingfang | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Anu Nieminen | 4 | 5 | Larisa Griga | 12 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Larisa Griga | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Final stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Zhang Ning | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9/16 | Kaori Mori | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9/16 | Kaori Mori | 4 | 6 | | Zhang Ning | 11 | 11 | | | | | |
| | | | | | Xu Huaiwen | 7 | 9 | | | | | |
| 3/4 | Pi Hongyan | 3 | 2 | | Xu Huaiwen | 7 | 9 | | | | | |
| 5/8 | Xu Huaiwen | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5/8 | Xu Huaiwen | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Zhang Ning | 8 | 11 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | Xie Xingfang | 11 | 9 | 11 |
| | Cheng Shao-Chieh | 11 | 5 | 11 | | | | | | | | | Xie Xingfang | 11 | 9 | 11 |
| 3/4 | Wang Chen | 9 | 11 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 3/4 | Wang Chen | 9 | 11 | 6 | Cheng Shao-Chieh | 11 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | Xie Xingfang | 2 | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| 5/8 | Tracey Hallam | 3 | 1 | | Xie Xingfang | 2 | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| 2 | Xie Xingfang | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |