2015 BWF World Championships – Women's singles

The women's singles tournament of the 2015 BWF World Championships took place from August 10 to 16 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
. Carolina Marín enters as the 2014 World Champion.

Seeds

Carolina Marín
Saina Nehwal '
Li Xuerui '
Tai Tzu-ying '
Ratchanok Intanon '
Wang Yihan '
Wang Shixian '
Sung Ji-hyun '
Nozomi Okuhara '
Bae Yeon-ju '
P. V. Sindhu '
Michelle Li '
Minatsu Mitani '
Sayaka Takahashi '
Busanan Ongbumrungpan '
Maria Febe Kusumastuti ''''