2017 BWF World Championships – Women's singles

The women's singles tournament of the 2017 BWF World Championships took place from 21 to 27 August.

Seeds

The seeding list is based on the World Rankings of Thursday 3 August 2017. The seeds are listed below:
Akane Yamaguchi '
Sung Ji-hyun '
Carolina Marín '
P. V. Sindhu '
Sun Yu '
He Bingjiao '
Nozomi Okuhara
Ratchanok Intanon '
Chen Yufei '
Sayaka Sato '
Aya Ohori '
Saina Nehwal '
Cheung Ngan Yi '
Chen Xiaoxin '
Beatriz Corrales '
Kirsty Gilmour ''''