# 1989 IBF World Championships – Women's singles

The 1989 IBF World Championships were held in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 1989. Following are 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 | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| Li Lingwei | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Li Lingwei | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Rhona Robertson | | | | Rhona Robertson | 8 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | Li Lingwei | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Lisa Campbell | 0 | 12 | 11 | | | | | Lisa Campbell | 1 | 3 | | | |
| Elinor Middlemiss | 11 | 11 | 2 | Lisa Campbell | 12 | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Lee Wai Leng | 11 | 11 | | Lee Wai Leng | 9 | 10 | | | | | | | |
| Ulrika von Pfaler | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | Li Lingwei | 11 | 11 |
| Fiona Smith | | | | | | | | | | | Minarti Timur | 4 | 6 |
| bye | | | | Fiona Smith | 11 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | |
| Minarti Timur | 11 | 11 | | Minarti Timur | 5 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Penpanor Klangthamnium | 3 | 3 | | | | | | Minarti Timur | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Harumi Kohara | w | / | o | | | | | Harumi Kohara | 5 | 0 | | | |
| Gloria Jiménez | | | | Harumi Kohara | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Meiling Okuno | 6 | 4 | | Kerstin Ubben | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Kerstin Ubben | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| Christine Gandrup | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Christine Gandrup | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Bożena Haracz | | | | Bożena Haracz | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | Christine Gandrup | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Takako Shinki | 11 | 11 | | | | | Takako Shinki | 12 | 0 | 7 | | | | |
| Kaushalya Dissanayake | 6 | 1 | | Takako Shinki | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Tatyana Litvinenko | 11 | 11 | | Tatyana Litvinenko | 4 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| Marianne Wikdal | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | Christine Gandrup | 11 | 5 | 4 |
| Shi Xiaohui | | | | | | | | | | | Shi Xiaohui | 3 | 11 | 11 |
| bye | | | | Shi Xiaohui | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Doris Piché | 11 | 11 | | Doris Piché | 3 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| Poh Chin Peng | 8 | 1 | | | | | Shi Xiaohui | 11 | 11 | | | | | |
| Monique Hoogland | 11 | 11 | | | | | Monique Hoogland | 7 | 5 | | | | | |
| Kwon Eun-hee | 7 | 6 | | Monique Hoogland | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Anetha Stambolizska | | | | Elodie Mansuy | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Elodie Mansuy | w | / | o | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| Lee Young-suk | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Lee Young-suk | | | | | | | | |
| Kristiina Danskanen | | | | Kristiina Danskanen | o.K. | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | Kristiina Danskanen | 4 | 3 | | | |
| Elena Rybkina | 12 | 11 | | | | | Elena Rybkina | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Kho Mei Hwa | 11 | 2 | | Elena Rybkina | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Rosita Rios | 3 | 12 | 11 | Rosita Rios | 0 | 4 | | | | | | |
| Chiu Mei Yin | 11 | 10 | 8 | | | | | | | Elena Rybkina | 11 | 11 |
| Pernille Nedergaard | | | | | | | | | | Pernille Nedergaard | 6 | 1 |
| bye | | | | Pernille Nedergaard | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Diana Filipova | 11 | 11 | | Diana Filipova | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Kalpana Rana Shrestha | 4 | 4 | | | | | Pernille Nedergaard | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Toni Whittaker | 11 | 11 | | | | | Toni Whittaker | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Lee Yin Ling | 6 | 2 | | Toni Whittaker | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Erika von Heiland | 3 | 5 | | Sabine Aberer | 7 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Sabine Aberer | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| Tang Jiuhong | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Tang Jiuhong | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Feng Mei-ying | w | / | o | Feng Mei-ying | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Aiko Miyamura | | | | | | | | Tang Jiuhong | 11 | 11 | | | | | |
| Jane Clarke | w | / | o | | | | | Pornsawan Plungwech | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| Afshan Shakeel | | | | Jane Clarke | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Pornsawan Plungwech | 11 | 12 | | Pornsawan Plungwech | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Elżbieta Grzybek | 2 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | Tang Jiuhong | 6 | 11 | 12 |
| Jennifer Williamson | w | / | o | | | | | | | | | Lilik Sudarwati | 11 | 4 | 11 |
| Seema Bafna | | | | Jennifer Williamson | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Cathy Foo Kune | 0 | 12 | | Emilia Dimitrova | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Emilia Dimitrova | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Jennifer Williamson | 4 | 11 | 1 | | | | |
| Astrid van der Knaap | | | | | | | | Lilik Sudarwati | 11 | 4 | 11 | | | | |
| bye | | | | Astrid van der Knaap | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chantal Jobin | 1 | 1 | | Lilik Sudarwati | w | / | o | | | | | | | | |
| Lilik Sudarwati | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 5

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| Hisako Mori | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nicole Tummer | 2 | 2 | | Hisako Mori | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Linda French | 11 | 11 | | Linda French | 6 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Ellen Berg | 9 | 5 | | | | | | Hisako Mori | 7 | 8 | | | |
| Vlada Tcherniavskaia | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Fumei Shang | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Rhonda Cator | 8 | 6 | | Vlada Tcherniavskaia | 7 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Fumei Shang | | | | Fumei Shang | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | Fumei Shang | 0 | 0 |
| Lim Siew Choon | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | Susi Susanti | 11 | 11 |
| Subha Shrestha | 0 | 0 | | Lim Siew Choon | w | / | o | | | | | | |
| Zornitza Pavlova | | | | Johanne Falardeau | | | | | | | | | |
| Johanne Falardeau | w | / | o | | | | | Lim Siew Choon | 2 | 4 | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | Susi Susanti | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Þórdís Edwald | | | | Þórdís Edwald | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Susi Susanti | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Susi Susanti | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 6

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| Kimiko Jinnai | 12 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Madhumita Bisht | 11 | 7 | | Kimiko Jinnai | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Martine de Souza | 5 | 2 | | Katrin Te Tai | 2 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| Katrin Te Tai | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Kimiko Jinnai | 5 | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Catrine Bengtsson | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Catrine Bengtsson | 11 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| Marlar Myint | 4 | 8 | | Catrine Bengtsson | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Bang Soo-hyun | | | | Bang Soo-hyun | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | Kimiko Jinnai | | | |
| Sandra Dimbour | 11 | 3 | 11 | | | | | | | | | Huang Hua | w | / | o |
| Sriyani Deepika | 8 | 11 | 8 | Sandra Dimbour | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Bożena Bąk | 7 | 4 | | Lee Chien-mei | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Lee Chien-mei | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Lee Chien-mei | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | Huang Hua | 11 | 11 | | | | | |
| Ghazala Wadood | | | | Ghazala Wadood | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Huang Hua | w | / | o | | | | | | | | |
| Huang Hua | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 7

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| Tracey Small | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Corinne Sonnet | 0 | 4 | | Tracey Small | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Marzena Masiuk | 1 | 0 | | Sarwendah Kusumawardhani | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Sarwendah Kusumawardhani | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Sarwendah Kusumawardhani | 12 | 11 | | | | |
| Tan Sui Hoon | w | / | o | | | | | Helen Troke | 9 | 5 | | | | |
| Deepti Thanekar | | | | Tan Sui Hoon | 4 | 9 | | | | | | | | |
| Helen Troke | | | | Helen Troke | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | Sarwendah Kusumawardhani | 11 | 7 | 11 |
| Katrin Schmidt | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | Kirsten Fladberg | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| Diana Koleva | 7 | 2 | | Katrin Schmidt | 10 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Brigitte Langthaler | 4 | 0 | | Irina Serova | 12 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Irina Serova | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Katrin Schmidt | 8 | 4 | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | Kirsten Fladberg | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Lynne Horne | | | | Lynne Horne | 7 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Kirsten Fladberg | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Kirsten Fladberg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 8

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| Denyse Julien | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Somharuthai Jaroensiri | 2 | 8 | | Denyse Julien | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Chan Man Wa | 3 | 9 | | Anne Gibson | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Anne Gibson | 11 | 12 | | | | | | Denyse Julien | 11 | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| Tan Mei Chuan | 11 | 10 | 11 | | | | | Eline Coene | 8 | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Yoko Koizumi | 7 | 12 | 7 | Tan Mei Chuan | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Eline Coene | | | | Eline Coene | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | Eline Coene | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| Lee Jung-mi | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | Han Aiping | 2 | 11 | 8 |
| Linda Safarik-Tong | 1 | 2 | | Lee Jung-mi | 11 | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| Nina Koho | 4 | 12 | 0 | Julie Still | 4 | 12 | 9 | | | | | | | | |
| Julie Still | 11 | 10 | 11 | | | | | Lee Jung-mi | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | Han Aiping | 11 | 11 | | | | | |
| Yuliani Santosa | | | | Yuliani Santosa | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Han Aiping | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Han Aiping | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Final stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Li Lingwei | 10 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Christine Gandrup | 12 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Christine Gandrup | 12 | 2 | 6 | Li Lingwei | 6 | 11 | 11 | | | |
| | | | | | Tang Jiuhong | 11 | 8 | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Elena Rybkina | 2 | 5 | | Tang Jiuhong | 11 | 8 | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Tang Jiuhong | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Tang Jiuhong | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Li Lingwei | 11 | 12 |
| | | | | | | | | | Huang Hua | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Susi Susanti | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | Huang Hua | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Huang Hua | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Huang Hua | 11 | 11 | | Huang Hua | 8 | 11 | 11 | | | |
| | | | | | Sarwendah Kusumawardhani | 11 | 7 | 2 | | | |
| 2 | Sarwendah Kusumawardhani | 11 | 6 | 11 | Sarwendah Kusumawardhani | 11 | 7 | 2 | | | |
| 7 | Eline Coene | 6 | 11 | 7 | | | | | | | |