# 2003 IBF World Championships – Women's singles

The 2003 IBF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) took place in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England, between July 28 and August 3, 2003. Following the results in the women's singles.

## Seeds

* Wang Chen
* Zhang Ning
* Mia Audina Tjiptawan
* Gong Ruina
* Zhou Mi
* Xie Xingfang
* Camilla Martin
* Kanako Yonekura
* Karina de Wit
* Kim Kyeung-Ran
* Petra Overzier
* Judith Meulendijks

## 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 |
| Zhang Ning | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ekaterina Ananina | 1 | 4 | | Zhang Ning | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Agnese Allegrini | 11 | 11 | | Agnese Allegrini | 4 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Diana Dimova | 0 | 9 | | | | | Zhang Ning | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Aparna Popat | 13 | 11 | | | | | Aparna Popat | 4 | 5 | | | |
| Ling Wan Ting | 10 | 8 | | Aparna Popat | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Kim Kyeung Ran | 13 | 11 | | Kim Kyeung Ran | 9 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Sara Persson | 11 | 4 | | | | | | | | Zhang Ning | 11 | 11 |
| Camilla Martin | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | Camilla Martin | 6 | 0 |
| Tatiana Vattier | 3 | 1 | | Camilla Martin | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Yuli Marfuah | 13 | 8 | 13 | Yuli Marfuah | 4 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Maja Tvrdy | 10 | 11 | 10 | | | | Camilla Martin | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Anu Weckström | 11 | 11 | | | | | Anu Weckström | 3 | 3 | | | |
| Simone Prutsch | 1 | 0 | | Anu Weckström | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Chien Yu-Chin | 11 | 11 | | Chien Yu-Chin | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Julia Mann | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Mia Audina | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hana Procházková | 0 | 1 | Mia Audina | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Louisa Koon Wai Chee | 11 | 11 | Louisa Koon Wai Chee | 8 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Grace Daniel | 2 | 2 | | | | | Mia Audina | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Petra Overzier | 11 | 11 | | | | | Petra Overzier | 2 | 4 | | | |
| Charmaine Reid | 4 | 4 | Petra Overzier | 11 | 4 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Yuan Wemyss | 11 | 11 | Yuan Wemyss | 3 | 11 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Lorena Blanco | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | Mia Audina | 11 | 11 |
| Kanako Yonekura | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | Kanako Yonekura | 5 | 0 |
| Jill Pittard | 5 | 4 | Kanako Yonekura | 11 | 9 | 13 | | | | | | |
| Nicole Grether | 11 | 11 | Nicole Grether | 1 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Harriet Johnson | 0 | 4 | | | | | Kanako Yonekura | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Judith Meulendijks | 11 | 11 | | | | | Judith Meulendijks | 5 | 7 | | | |
| Ragna Ingolfsdottir | 2 | 4 | Judith Meulendijks | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Li Li | 11 | 11 | Li Li | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Mesinee Mangkalakiri | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| Gong Ruina | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chrisa Georgali | 0 | 0 | | Gong Ruina | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Wong Mew Choo | 11 | 11 | | Wong Mew Choo | 6 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Nina Weckström | 2 | 4 | | | | | Gong Ruina | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Karina de Wit | 13 | 8 | 11 | | | | Karina de Wit | 5 | 2 | | | |
| Denyse Julien | 10 | 11 | 3 | Karina de Wit | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Susan Hughes | 11 | 11 | | Susan Hughes | 5 | 9 | | | | | | |
| Markéta Koudelková | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | Gong Ruina | 13 | 11 |
| Xie Xingfang | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | Xie Xingfang | 11 | 4 |
| Xiao Luxi | 2 | 9 | | Xie Xingfang | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Tine Rasmussen | 2 | 11 | 11 | Tine Rasmussen | 2 | 9 | | | | | | |
| Petya Nedeltcheva | 11 | 8 | 4 | | | | Xie Xingfang | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Tracey Hallam | 1 | 11 | 11 | | | | Tracey Hallam | 1 | 0 | | | |
| Miho Tanaka | 11 | 2 | 4 | Tracey Hallam | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Juliane Schenk | 4 | 11 | 11 | Juliane Schenk | 8 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Diah Novita Sari | 11 | 9 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 4

| 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 | Quarterfinals |
| Zhou Mi | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yao Jie | 11 | 2 | | Zhou Mi | 9 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Yuki Shimada | 11 | 11 | | Yuki Shimada | 11 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Maja Pohar | 2 | 1 | | | | | | Zhou Mi | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Kaori Mori | 11 | 13 | | | | | | Kaori Mori | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| Kelly Morgan | 7 | 12 | | Kaori Mori | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Trupti Murgunde | 9 | 11 | 11 | Trupti Murgunde | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Dolores Marco | 11 | 4 | 9 | | | | | | | | Zhou Mi | 11 | 5 | 11 |
| Wang Chen | | | | | | | | | | | Wang Chen | 6 | 11 | 4 |
| bye | | | | Wang Chen | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Elena Sukhareva | 11 | 11 | | Elena Sukhareva | 8 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Eva Lee | 6 | 3 | | | | | | Wang Chen | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Jun Jae Youn | 6 | 11 | 11 | | | | | Jun Jae Youn | 1 | 8 | | | | |
| Marina Andrievskaya | 3 | 8 | | Jun Jae Youn | 5 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Huang Chia-Chi | 11 | 11 | | Huang Chia-Chi | 11 | 1 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Santi Wibowo | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Final stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Zhang Ning | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Camilla Martin | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Camilla Martin | 6 | 0 | | Zhang Ning | 11 | 11 | | | |
| | | | | Mia Audina | 7 | 0 | | | |
| Mia Audina | 11 | 11 | | Mia Audina | 7 | 0 | | | |
| Kanako Yonekura | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Kanako Yonekura | 5 | 0 | | | | | Zhang Ning | 11 | 11 |
| | | | | | | | Gong Ruina | 6 | 3 |
| Gong Ruina | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | | Gong Ruina | 6 | 3 |
| Xie Xingfang | 11 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Xie Xingfang | 11 | 4 | | Gong Ruina | 11 | 11 | | | |
| | | | | Zhou Mi | 2 | 4 | | | |
| Zhou Mi | 11 | 5 | 11 | Zhou Mi | 2 | 4 | | | |
| Wang Chen | 6 | 11 | 4 | | | | | | |