# 2018 BWF World Championships – Women's singles

The women's singles tournament of the 2018 BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) took place from 30 July to 5 August.

## Seeds

The seeding list is based on the World Rankings from 12 July 2018.
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 |
| 6 | He Bingjiao | 21 | 16 | 13 | | | | |
| 7 | Carolina Marín | 13 | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| 7 | Carolina Marín | 13 | 21 | 21 | 7 | Carolina Marín | 21 | 21 |
| | | | | | 3 | P. V. Sindhu | 19 | 10 |
| 3 | P. V. Sindhu | 21 | 24 | | 3 | P. V. Sindhu | 19 | 10 |
| 2 | Akane Yamaguchi | 16 | 22 | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| 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 |
| | | | | 1 | Tai T-y | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| K Foo Kune | 13 | 17 | | | Chen H-y | 10 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chen H-y | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 1 | Tai T-y | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 12 | Zhang BW | 19 | 14 | | | | | |
| | | | | 12 | Zhang BW | 13 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| B Corrales | 17 | 19 | | | C Birch | 21 | 18 | 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| C Birch | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Tai T-y | 18 | 21 | 13 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | He BJ | 21 | 7 | 21 |
| | | | | 6 | He BJ | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| P Chochuwong | | | | | Yip P Y | 11 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yip P Y | w | / | o | | | | | | 6 | He BJ | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Nguyễn T L | 14 | 11 | | | | | |
| | | | | 13 | M Li | 23 | 12 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| M Mitsova | 9 | 14 | | | Nguyễn T L | 21 | 21 | 23 | | | | | | | | | |
| Nguyễn T L | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | 4 | R Intanon | 16 | 22 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| N Perminova | 13 | 9 | | | M Blichfeldt | 21 | 20 | 10 | | | | | | | | |
| M Blichfeldt | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 4 | R Intanon | 16 | 19 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 10 | S Nehwal | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | 10 | S Nehwal | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| S Jaquet | | | | | A Demirbağ | 17 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| A Demirbağ | w | / | o | | | | | | | | | | 10 | S Nehwal | 6 | 11 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | C Marín | 21 | 21 |
| | | | | 7 | C Marín | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| B Ongbamrungphan | 21 | 21 | | | B Ongbamrungphan | 9 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| J Hsu | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | 7 | C Marín | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 15 | S Sato | 7 | 13 | | | | |
| | | | | 15 | S Sato | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| S Cheah S Y | 21 | 21 | | | S Cheah S Y | 15 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| G Mahulette | 13 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Pai Y-p | 8 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Goh J W | 21 | 21 | | | Goh J W | 21 | 22 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 14 | A Ohori | 18 | 20 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Goh J W | 21 | 13 | | | | |
| M Repiská | 12 | 18 | | | | | | 8 | N Okuhara | 23 | 21 | | | | |
| R Honderich | 21 | 21 | | | R Honderich | 11 | 9 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 8 | N Okuhara | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | N Okuhara | 17 | 19 |
| Vũ T T | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | P. V. Sindhu | 21 | 21 |
| N Yiğit | 19 | 17 | | | Vũ T T | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 9 | Sung J-h | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 9 | Sung J-h | 10 | 18 | | | | |
| Fitriani | 21 | 19 | 21 | | | | | 3 | P. V. Sindhu | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| L Zetchiri | 10 | 21 | 13 | | Fitriani | 14 | 9 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 3 | P. V. Sindhu | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |

#### 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 | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| L Kjærsfeldt | 10 | 21 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chen XX | 21 | 17 | 21 | | Chen XX | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 16 | Cheung N Y | 19 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Chen XX | 11 | 21 | 12 | | | | | |
| K Gilmour | 18 | 21 | 14 | | | | | 5 | Chen YF | 21 | 18 | 21 | | | | | |
| G M Tunjung | 21 | 18 | 21 | | G M Tunjung | 17 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 5 | Chen YF | 21 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Chen YF | 13 | 21 | 16 |
| S de Visch Eijbergen | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Yamaguchi | 21 | 17 | 21 |
| M Ulitina | 15 | 15 | | | S de Visch Eijbergen | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 11 | N Jindapol | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 11 | N Jindapol | 12 | 12 | | | | | | |
| F Deprez | 21 | 21 | | | | | | 2 | A Yamaguchi | 21 | 21 | | | | | | |
| E Kosetskaya | 19 | 16 | | | F Deprez | 17 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | A Yamaguchi | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |