| Event: | Women's singles |
| Championship: | 2019 BWF World Championships |
| Dates: | 19–25 August |
| Venue: | St. Jakobshalle |
| Location: | Basel, Switzerland |
| Gold: | P. V. Sindhu |
| Gold Nation: | IND |
| Silver: | Nozomi Okuhara |
| Silver Nation: | JPN |
| Bronze: | Ratchanok Intanon |
| Bronze Nation: | THA |
| Bronze2: | Chen Yufei |
| Bronze2 Nation: | CHN |
| Prev: | 2018 Nanjing |
| Next: | 2021 Huelva |
The women's singles tournament of the 2019 BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) took place from 19 to 25 August. The Badminton World Federation has conducted a re-draw of the women's singles event on 9 August, because a player had mistakenly been included in the entry list.[1]
The seeding list is based on the World Rankings from 30 July 2019.[2]
See also: 1 and 1. 
Akane Yamaguchi (second round)
See also: 2 and 4. Tai Tzu-ying (quarterfinals)
See also: 3 and 2. Nozomi Okuhara (final)
See also: 4 and 3. 
Chen Yufei (semifinals)
See also: 5 and 4. 
P. V. Sindhu (world champion)
See also: 6 and 2. He Bingjiao (quarterfinals)
See also: 7 and 1. 
Ratchanok Intanon (semifinals)
See also: 8 and 3. Saina Nehwal (third round)
See also: 9 and 4. 
Zhang Beiwen (third round)
See also: 10 and 2. 
Sung Ji-hyun (third round)
See also: 11 and 3. 
Michelle Li (third round)
See also: 12 and 3. Mia Blichfeldt (quarterfinals)
See also: 13 and 2. Han Yue (third round)
See also: 14 and 1. Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (third round)
See also: 15 and 1. Line Kjærsfeldt (second round)
See also: 16 and 4. Cai Yanyan (second round)