# 1985 IBF World Championships – Women's singles

The 1985 IBF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) were held in Calgary, Canada, from June 10 to June 16, 1985. 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Han Aiping | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Han Aiping | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Heidi Krickhaus | 8 | 12 | 11 | Heidi Krickhaus | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Jian Ping He | 11 | 9 | 5 | | | | Han Aiping | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Beena Narwani | w.o. | | | | | | Maria Bengtsson | 4 | 2 | | | |
| Josephine Chipepo | | | | Beena Narwani | | | | | | | | |
| Maria Bengtsson | 11 | 11 | | Maria Bengtsson | w.o. | | | | | | | |
| Ximena Bellido | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | Han Aiping | 11 | 11 |
| Sumiko Kitada | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | Sumiko Kitada | 4 | 1 |
| Chung Yoon Chung | 5 | 1 | | Sumiko Kitada | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Linda Cloutier | 11 | 11 | | Linda Cloutier | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| Bridget Ibenero | 3 | 0 | | | | | Sumiko Kitada | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Erica van Dijck | 11 | 11 | | | | | Gillian Martin | 6 | 1 | | | |
| Barbara McKinley | 0 | 5 | | Erica van Dijck | 5 | 7 | | | | | | |
| Hufrish Nariman | | | | Gillian Martin | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Gillian Martin | w.o. | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Zheng Yuli | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sherry Liu | 2 | 8 | | Zheng Yuli | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Sandra Skillings | w.o. | | | Sandra Skillings | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Grace Edward | | | | | | | | Zheng Yuli | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Jutatip Banjongsilp | 8 | 11 | 11 | | | | | Jutatip Banjongsilp | 4 | 0 | | | |
| Gloria Jimenez | 11 | 9 | 4 | Jutatip Banjongsilp | 11 | 3 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Amy Chan | 11 | 11 | | Amy Chan | 4 | 11 | 5 | | | | | | |
| Dawn Race | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | Zheng Yuli | 11 | 11 |
| Kim Bok-sun | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | Kim Bok-sun | 4 | 8 |
| Indira Bhikha | 0 | 0 | | Kim Bok-sun | 12 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Gillian Clark | 11 | 11 | | Gillian Clark | 10 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Maxine Evans | 5 | 7 | | | | | | Kim Bok-sun | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Madhumita Bisht | 3 | 11 | 12 | | | | | Mariko Imagawa | 3 | 4 | | | |
| Aileen Nairn | 11 | 3 | 10 | Madhumita Bisht | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Toni Whittaker | 0 | 2 | | Mariko Imagawa | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Mariko Imagawa | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Julie McDonald | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Debra O'Connor | w.o. | | | Julie McDonald | 7 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Kimiko Jinnai | 11 | 11 | | Kimiko Jinnai | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Lee Chien-Mei | 6 | 7 | | | | | Kimiko Jinnai | 7 | 9 | | | |
| Eline Coene | 11 | 11 | | | | | Helen Troke | 11 | 12 | | | |
| Ami Ghia | 5 | 7 | | Eline Coene | 7 | 5 | | | | | | |
| Helen Troke | 11 | 11 | | Helen Troke | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Chung So-young | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | Helen Troke | 0 | 4 |
| Teresa Montero | 1 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | Wu Jianqiu | 11 | 11 |
| Anne Meniane | 11 | 6 | 4 | Teresa Montero | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Linda French | 11 | 11 | | Linda French | 4 | 3 | | | | | | |
| A. Onuoha | 2 | 2 | | | | | Teresa Montero | 4 | 1 | | | |
| Denyse Julien | 11 | 11 | | | | | Wu Jianqiu | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Maria de la Paz Luna | 2 | 5 | | Denyse Julien | 5 | 3 | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Wu Jianqiu | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Wu Jianqiu | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 4

| 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 |
| Claire Backhouse | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mary Mukangwa | w.o. | | | Claire Backhouse | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Christine Magnusson | 11 | 11 | | Christine Magnusson | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Thordis Edwald | 0 | 1 | | | | | | Christine Magnusson | 11 | 4 | 11 | | | |
| Gillian Gowers | w.o. | | | | | | | Kirsten Larsen | 4 | 11 | 4 | | | |
| Dayo Oyewusi | | | | Gillian Gowers | 9 | 11 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Kirsten Larsen | 11 | 11 | | Kirsten Larsen | 12 | 4 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Darunee Lertvoralak | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | Christine Magnusson | 6 | 8 |
| Hwang Hye-young | 2 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | Li Lingwei | 11 | 11 |
| Pamela Hamilton | 11 | 7 | 3 | Hwang Hye-young | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Silvia Jimenez | 11 | 11 | | Silvia Jimenez | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Monica Pontow | 4 | 1 | | | | | | Hwang Hye-young | 5 | 11 | | | | |
| Mishiyo Nishimura | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Li Lingwei | 11 | 12 | | | | |
| Deepti Thanekar | 3 | 4 | | Mishiyo Nishimura | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Li Lingwei | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Li Lingwei | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Final stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Han Aiping | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Sumiko Kitada | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Sumiko Kitada | 4 | 1 | Han Aiping | 3 | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| | | | Zheng Yuli | 11 | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| Zheng Yuli | 11 | 11 | Zheng Yuli | 11 | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| Kim Bok Sun | 4 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| Kim Bok Sun | 4 | 8 | | | | | Han Aiping | 6 | 12 | 11 |
| | | | | | | | Wu Jianqiu | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| Helen Troke | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | Wu Jianqiu | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| Wu Jianqiu | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Wu Jianqiu | 0 | 4 | Wu Jianqiu | 11 | 12 | | | | | |
| | | | Li Lingwei | 7 | 9 | | | | | |
| Christine Magnusson | 6 | 8 | Li Lingwei | 7 | 9 | | | | | |
| Li Lingwei | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |