| Event: | Women's singles |
| Championship: | 2014 BWF World Championships |
| Dates: | – |
| Venue: | Ballerup Super Arena |
| Location: | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Gold: | Carolina Marín |
| Gold Nation: | ESP |
| Silver: | Li Xuerui |
| Silver Nation: | CHN |
| Bronze: | Minatsu Mitani |
| Bronze Nation: | JPN |
| Bronze2: | P. V. Sindhu |
| Bronze2 Nation: | IND |
| Prev: | 2013 Guangzhou |
| Next: | 2015 Jakarta |
The women's singles tournament of the 2014 BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) took place from August 25 to 31. Ratchanok Inthanon enters as the 2013 World Champion.
See also: 1 and 1. 
Li Xuerui (final)
See also: 2 and 4. Wang Shixian (quarterfinals)
See also: 3 and 3. Wang Yihan (third round)
See also: 4 and 2. 
Ratchanok Intanon (third round)
See also: 5 and 2. 
Sung Ji-hyun (quarterfinals)
See also: 6 and 4. Bae Youn-joo (third round)
See also: 7 and 1. 
Saina Nehwal (quarterfinals)
See also: 8 and 3. Tai Tzu-ying (quarterfinals)
See also: 9 and 3. 
Carolina Marín (champion)
See also: 10 and 3. Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (second round)
See also: 11 and 4. Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (semifinals)
See also: 12 and 1. Han Li (third round)
See also: 13 and 1. 
Sayaka Takahashi (third round)
See also: 14 and 2. Nichaon Jindapon (second round)
See also: 15 and 4. Eriko Hirose (first round, withdrew)
See also: 16 and 2. Minatsu Mitani (semifinals)