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The women's singles tournament of the 2023 BWF World Championships took place from 21 to 27 August 2023 at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen. Akane Yamaguchi was the two-time defending champion, but lost to Carolina Marin in the semi-finals.
Weeks spent as top-ranked women's singles shuttler from 1990 to week 12 of 2020 (Note: There is a slight difference in total counts due to the nonsynchronous nature of unofficial unified ranking week count which began on 01/01/1990 and the official BWF World Ranking which began on 01/10/2009, hence the non-display of Ratchanok INTANON above.)
Reigning world champion, = PB: Jia Yifan 29 June 1997 (aged 26) 6th 17, 21, 22: G: Reigning world champion, = PB: Finalist Apriyani Rahayu 29 April 1998 (aged 25) Debut: 3rd 18, 19: B: Reigning Olympic champion, PB: Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti 16 November 2000 (aged 22) 3rd 22: 2R PB: Semi-finalist Zhang Shuxian
Former top-ranked badminton player Saina Nehwal will miss the Tokyo Olympics after the Badminton World Federation froze the rankings on Friday and said there will be no more qualifying tournaments.
Below is listed the Badminton World Federation's World Championships medalists in the men's and women's singles, also in the men's, women's and mixed doubles events. The champion(s) of the tournament win a gold medal, the runners-up take the silver medal, and both losing semifinalists are awarded bronze medals.
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings are used to determine the qualification of the players for the tournament. Nations can enter a maximum of two players each in the men's and women's singles if both are ranked in the world's top 16; otherwise, one quota place until the roster of thirty-eight players has been completed.
The 2025 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships will be her last tournament. [2] Hendra Setiawan (born 25 August 1984 in Pemalang, Central Java, Indonesia) reached a career-high ranking of no. 1 in the men's doubles on 27 September 2007. He became Olympic champion in 2008 and is also a 4-time World Champion.
The women's singles tournament of the 2022 BWF World Championships took place from 22 to 28 August 2022 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo. Defending champion Akane Yamaguchi defeated Chen Yu Fei, 21-12, 10-21, 21-14 to retain her title.