# 2015 BWF World Championships – Women's singles

The women's singles tournament of the 2015 BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) took place from August 10 to 16 in Jakarta, Indonesia. . Carolina Marín enters as the 2014 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Carolina Marín | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Wang Shixian | 17 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Wang Shixian | 17 | 19 | | 1 | Carolina Marín | 21 | 15 | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Sung Ji-hyun | 17 | 21 | 16 | | | | |
| 11 | P. V. Sindhu | 17 | 21 | 16 | 8 | Sung Ji-hyun | 17 | 21 | 16 | | | | |
| 8 | Sung Ji-hyun | 21 | 19 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Sung Ji-hyun | 21 | 19 | 21 | | | | | | 1 | Carolina Marín | 21 | 21 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Saina Nehwal | 16 | 19 |
| | Lindaweni Fanetri | 14 | 22 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Saina Nehwal | 16 | 19 |
| 4 | Tai Tzu-ying | 21 | 20 | 12 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Tai Tzu-ying | 21 | 20 | 12 | | Lindaweni Fanetri | 17 | 17 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Saina Nehwal | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| 6 | Wang Yihan | 15 | 21 | 19 | 2 | Saina Nehwal | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| 2 | Saina Nehwal | 21 | 19 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 1

| 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 |
| | | | 1 | C Marín | 19 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| Tee JY | 21 | 21 | | Tee JY | 21 | 14 | 13 | | | | | | | | | |
| J Cicognini | 13 | 8 | | | | | | 1 | C Marín | 21 | 18 | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Pai Y-p | 11 | 21 | 17 | | | | |
| | | | 16 | M F Kusumastuti | 21 | 13 | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| N Yigit | 11 | 14 | | Pai Y-p | 18 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| Pai Y-p | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | C Marín | 21 | 21 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Wang SX | 17 | 19 |
| | | | 7 | Wang SX | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| I Wang | 21 | 21 | | I Wang | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| F M Chapman | 12 | 19 | | | | | | 7 | Wang SX | 24 | 21 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 15 | B Ongbumrungpan | 22 | 11 | | | | | |
| | | | 15 | B Ongbumrungpan | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| D Lansac | 21 | 21 | | D Lansac | 18 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| N Perminova | 18 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| | | | | 3 | Li XR | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| P Nedelcheva | 13 | 22 | 21 | | P Nedelcheva | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| R Honderich | 21 | 20 | 13 | | | | | | 3 | Li XR | 17 | 21 | 17 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 11 | P. V. Sindhu | 21 | 14 | 21 | | | | | |
| | | | | 11 | P. V. Sindhu | 11 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| L Kjaersfeldt | 21 | 21 | | | L Kjaersfeldt | 21 | 17 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| C Magee | 18 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | P. V. Sindhu | 17 | 21 | 16 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Sung J-h | 21 | 19 | 21 |
| | | | | 8 | Sung J-h | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| J Lai | 11 | 12 | | | Yip PY | 14 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yip PY | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 8 | Sung J-h | 21 | 21 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | P Buranaprasertsuk | 9 | 16 | | | | | | |
| | | | | 9 | N Okuhara | 12 | 21 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| P Buranaprasertsuk | 21 | 23 | | | P Buranaprasertsuk | 21 | 17 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| K Gilmour | 15 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Third Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| S Eijbergen | 13 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| L Fanetri | 21 | 21 | | | L Fanetri | 19 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 13 | M Mitani | 21 | 14 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | L Fanetri | 24 | 21 | 5 | | | | | |
| L Cheah | 23 | 13 | | | | | | | 5 | R Intanon | 26 | 10 | 8$^r$ | | | | | |
| O Bayrak | 25 | 21 | | | O Bayrak | 14 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 5 | R Intanon | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L Fanetri | 14 | 22 | 21 |
| R Schafer | 16 | 22 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Tai T-y | 21 | 20 | 12 |
| B Corrales | 21 | 20 | 17 | | R Schafer | 13 | 21 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 12 | M Li | 21 | 16 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 12 | M Li | 15 | 19 | | | | | | |
| Chen JY | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 4 | Tai T-y | 21 | 21 | | | | | | |
| K Polikarpova | 14 | 9 | | | Chen JY | 18 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | Tai T-y | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 4

| 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 |
| L Zechiri | 21 | 11 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| K Schnaase | 18 | 21 | 18 | | L Zechiri | 14 | 21 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 10 | Bae Y-j | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 10 | Bae Y-j | 21 | 18 | 8 | | | | | |
| G Gabriel | 10 | 5 | | | | | | | 6 | Wang YH | 17 | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| Vu TT | 21 | 21 | | | Vu TT | 18 | 21 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 6 | Wang YH | 21 | 17 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Wang YH | 15 | 21 | 19 |
| S Jaquet | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | S Nehwal | 21 | 19 | 21 |
| M Ulitina | 11 | 17 | | | S Jaquet | 8 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 14 | S Takahashi | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 14 | S Takahashi | 18 | 14 | | | | | | |
| Cheung NY | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 2 | S Nehwal | 21 | 21 | | | | | | |
| K Tolmoff | 15 | 11 | | | Cheung NY | 13 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | S Nehwal | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |