Akane Yamaguchi
Intanon reached the finals of the All England Open, losing to Tine Rasmussen 14–21, 21–16, 10–21. She is the youngest ever singles finalist at the All England Open. She lost in the final of the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold after being defeated by Wang Shixian. She won her first Superseries tournament by beating Juliane Schenk 22–20, 21–14 in the India Open to become the youngest-ever Superseries winner at the age of 18 years, 2 months and 22 days (she held this record for 6 months until Akane Yamaguchi won the 2013 Japan Open at the age of 16). She again reached the finals of the Thailand Open, winning the title after beating Busanan Ongbumrungpan to become the first Thai ever to win the women's singles title at the Thailand Open since it was first held in 1984.