# 2014 BWF World Championships – Women's singles

The women's singles tournament of the 2014 BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) took place from August 25 to 31. Ratchanok Inthanon enters as the 2013 World Champion.

## Seeds

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

## Draw
### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Li Xuerui | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Saina Nehwal | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Saina Nehwal | 15 | 15 | | 1 | Li Xuerui | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 16 | Minatsu Mitani | 8 | 14 | | | | | |
| 16 | Minatsu Mitani | 9 | 21 | 22 | 16 | Minatsu Mitani | 8 | 14 | | | | | |
| 5 | Sung Ji-hyun | 21 | 18 | 20 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Sung Ji-hyun | 21 | 18 | 20 | | | | | 1 | Li Xuerui | 21 | 17 | 18 |
| | | | | | | | | | 9 | Carolina Marín | 17 | 21 | 21 |
| 9 | Carolina Marín | 19 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | 9 | Carolina Marín | 17 | 21 | 21 |
| 8 | Tai Tzu-ying | 21 | 19 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Tai Tzu-ying | 21 | 19 | 11 | 9 | Carolina Marín | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 11 | P. V. Sindhu | 17 | 15 | | | | | |
| 11 | P. V. Sindhu | 19 | 21 | 21 | 11 | P. V. Sindhu | 17 | 15 | | | | | |
| 2 | Wang Shixian | 21 | 19 | 15 | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Third Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | 1 | Li XR | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| K Gavnholt | 22 | 21 | 21 | | K Gavnholt | 13 | 17 | | | | | | | | | |
| J Subandhi | 20 | 23 | 16 | | | | | 1 | Li XR | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 12 | Han L | 9 | 17 | | | | | |
| | | | | 12 | Han L | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| Pai H-m | 21 | 21 | | | Pai H-m | 14 | 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| F Silva | 14 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Li XR | 21 | 21 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | S Nehwal | 15 | 15 |
| | | | | 7 | S Nehwal | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| A Rankin | 12 | 14 | | | N Perminova | 11 | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| N Perminova | 21 | 21 | | | | | | 7 | S Nehwal | 14 | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 13 | S Takahashi | 21 | 18 | 12 | | | | |
| | | | | 13 | S Takahashi | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| M Ulitina | 21 | 20 | | | P Nedelcheva | 12 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| P Nedelcheva | 23 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First Round | 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 | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | 4 | R Intanon | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| B Ongbumrungpan | | | | | B Corrales | 18 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| B Corrales | WO | | | | | | | | 4 | R Intanon | 21 | 12 | 18 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 16 | M Mitani | 8 | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| | | | | 16 | M Mitani | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| G Gabriel | 18 | 11 | | | L Kjærsfeldt | 11 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| L Kjærsfeldt | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | M Mitani | 9 | 21 | 22 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Sung J-h | 21 | 18 | 20 |
| | | | | 5 | Sung J-h | WO | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S Walker | 21 | 19 | 21 | | S Walker | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S Saniru | 18 | 21 | 12 | | | | | | 5 | Sung J-h | 21 | 21 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | L Fanetri | 10 | 16 | | | | | | |
| | | | | 14 | N Jindapon | 21 | 13 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| S V Waran | 18 | 21 | | | L Fanetri | 15 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| L Fanetri | 21 | 23 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 3

| First Round | 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 Li | 28 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| F M Chapman | 26 | 17 | | | M Li | 20 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 10 | P Buranaprasertsuk | 22 | 18 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | M Li | 16 | 11 | | | | | |
| S Jaquet | 18 | 14 | | | | | | | 8 | Tai T-y | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| B Manuputty | 21 | 21 | | | B Manuputty | 12 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 8 | Tai T-y | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Tai T-y | 21 | 19 | 11 |
| M Chan K Y | 14 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | C Marín | 19 | 21 | 21 |
| Tee J Y | 21 | 21 | | | Tee J Y | 18 | 21 | 10 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 9 | C Marín | 21 | 16 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 9 | C Marín | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| Chen JY | 13 | 21 | 16 | | | | | | 3 | Wang YH | 9 | 12 | | | | | |
| A T Madsen | 21 | 15 | 21 | | A T Madsen | 13 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 3 | Wang YH | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals |
| L Zechiri | 13 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| O Golovanova | 21 | 21 | | O Golovanova | 12 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 11 | P. V. Sindhu | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 11 | P. V. Sindhu | 19 | 22 | 25 | | | | | |
| K Schnaase | 21 | 21 | | | | | 6 | Bae Y-j | 21 | 20 | 23 | | | | | |
| K Gilmour | 15 | 15 | | K Schnaase | 18 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Bae Y-j | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | P. V. Sindhu | 19 | 21 | 21 |
| Vu T T | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Wang SX | 21 | 19 | 15 |
| L Vicente | 9 | 12 | | Vu T T | WO | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 15 | E Hirose | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Vu T T | 12 | 7 | | | | | | |
| Yip P Y | 21 | 21 | | | | | 2 | Wang SX | 21 | 21 | | | | | | |
| C Magee | 15 | 15 | | Yip P Y | 15 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Wang SX | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |