# 2001 IBF World Championships – Women's singles

The 2001 IBF World Championships, also known as the World Badminton Championships, were held in the Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain, between 3 June and 10 June 2001. Following the results of the women's singles.

## Seeds

* Camilla Martin
* Zhou Mi
* Gong Ruina
* Marina Andrievskaya
* Gong Zhichao
* Julia Mann
* Mia Audina Tjiptawan
* Zhang Ning
* Kelly Morgan
* Judith Meulendijks
* Wang Chen
* Kanako Yonekura
* Ling Wan Ting
* Dai Yun
* Mette Sørensen
* Kaori Mori

## 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Gong Ruina | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Katarzyna Krasowska | 2 | 3 | | Gong Ruina | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Wong Miew Kheng | 11 | 11 | | Wong Miew Kheng | 10 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Sara Persson | 2 | 3 | | | | | | Gong Ruina | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Tine Rasmussen | 11 | 8 | 11 | | | | | Tine Rasmussen | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| Anu Weckström | 6 | 11 | 5 | Tine Rasmussen | 6 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Kelly Morgan | 11 | 11 | | Kelly Morgan | 11 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Louisa Koon Wai Chee | 2 | 8 | | | | | | | | | Gong Ruina | 6 | 11 | 11 |
| Mia Audina | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | Mia Audina | 11 | 8 | 8 |
| Dolores Marco | 0 | 0 | | Mia Audina | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Elena Nozdran | 11 | 11 | | Elena Nozdran | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Lorena Blanco | 4 | 4 | | | | | | Mia Audina | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Kaori Mori | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Kaori Mori | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| Petra Overzier | 2 | 3 | | Kaori Mori | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Tracey Hallam | 11 | 11 | | Tracey Hallam | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Chien Yu-Chin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| Gong Zhichao | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn | 3 | 1 | | Gong Zhichao | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Kyoko Komuro | 11 | 11 | | Kyoko Komuro | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Ximena Bellido | 2 | 1 | | | | | | Gong Zhichao | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Wang Chen | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Wang Chen | 4 | 1 | | | |
| Rhona Robertson | 5 | 3 | | Wang Chen | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Brenda Beenhakker | 11 | 11 | | Brenda Beenhakker | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Elizabeth Cann | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | Gong Zhichao | 11 | 11 |
| Dai Yun | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | Dai Yun | 3 | 2 |
| Katja Michalowsky | 0 | 0 | | Dai Yun | 8 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Lidya Djaelawijaya | 11 | 11 | | Lidya Djaelawijaya | 11 | 0 | 5 | | | | | | |
| Maja Pohar | 4 | 5 | | | | | | Dai Yun | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Camilla Martin | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Camilla Martin | 6 | 6 | | | |
| Jun Jae Youn | 4 | 6 | | Camilla Martin | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Neli Boteva | 11 | 5 | 13 | Neli Boteva | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Santi Wibowo | 2 | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| Zhou Mi | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chan Ya-Lin | 8 | 4 | | Zhou Mi | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Ng Mee Fen | 11 | 11 | | Ng Mee Fen | 0 | 4 | | | | | | |
| Simone Prutsch | 5 | 2 | | | | | Zhou Mi | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Ling Wan Ting | 11 | 11 | | | | | Ling Wan Ting | 4 | 1 | | | |
| Seo Yoon Hee | 9 | 6 | | Ling Wan Ting | 11 | 13 | | | | | | |
| Nicole Grether | 11 | 11 | | Nicole Grether | 8 | 10 | | | | | | |
| Yoana Martinez | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | Zhou Mi | 11 | 11 |
| Mette Sørensen | 2 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | Mette Sørensen | 3 | 2 |
| Karina de Wit | 11 | 9 | 2 | Mette Sørensen | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Fumi Iwawaki | 11 | 11 | | Fumi Iwawaki | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Markéta Koudelková | 9 | 2 | | | | | Mette Sørensen | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Julia Mann | 6 | 11 | 11 | | | | Julia Mann | 4 | 3 | | | |
| Yuli Marfuah | 11 | 7 | 7 | Julia Mann | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Petya Nedeltcheva | 11 | 11 | | Petya Nedeltcheva | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Nina Weckström | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| Zhang Ning | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Juliane Schenk | 2 | 0 | | Zhang Ning | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Lee Kyung Won | 11 | 11 | | Lee Kyung Won | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Doriana Rivera | 1 | 2 | | | | | | Zhang Ning | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Judith Meulendijks | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Judith Meulendijks | 2 | 9 | | | | |
| Ella Karachkova | 4 | 4 | | Judith Meulendijks | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Rebecca Pantaney | 4 | 11 | 11 | Rebecca Pantaney | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Susan Hughes | 11 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | Zhang Ning | 3 | 11 | 11 |
| Kanako Yonekura | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | Kanako Yonekura | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Xiao Luxi | 4 | 7 | | Kanako Yonekura | 5 | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Cindy Shi | 11 | 11 | | Cindy Shi | 11 | 10 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Kati Tolmoff | 5 | 3 | | | | | | Kanako Yonekura | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Liu Zhen | 11 | 9 | 11 | | | | | Liu Zhen | 3 | 8 | | | | |
| Jiang Yanmei | 1 | 11 | 3 | Liu Zhen | 6 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Marina Andrievskaya | 11 | 11 | | Marina Andrievskaya | 11 | 2 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Manjusha Kanwar | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Final stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Gong Ruina | 6 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Mia Audina | 11 | 8 | 8 | | | | | | |
| Mia Audina | 11 | 8 | 8 | Gong Ruina | 13 | 11 | | | |
| | | | | Gong Zhichao | 10 | 4 | | | |
| Gong Zhichao | 11 | 11 | | Gong Zhichao | 10 | 4 | | | |
| Dai Yun | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Dai Yun | 3 | 2 | | | | | Gong Ruina | 11 | 11 |
| | | | | | | | Zhou Mi | 9 | 4 |
| Zhou Mi | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | Zhou Mi | 9 | 4 |
| Mette Sørensen | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Mette Sørensen | 3 | 2 | | Zhou Mi | 11 | 11 | | | |
| | | | | Zhang Ning | 5 | 9 | | | |
| Zhang Ning | 3 | 11 | 11 | Zhang Ning | 5 | 9 | | | |
| Kanako Yonekura | 11 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |