| Event: | Women's singles |
| Championship: | 2022 BWF World Championships |
| Dates: | 22–28 August |
| Competitors: | 45 |
| Nations: | 24 |
| Venue: | Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Gold: | Akane Yamaguchi |
| Gold Nation: | JPN |
| Silver: | Chen Yufei |
| Silver Nation: | CHN |
| Bronze: | An Se-young |
| Bronze Nation: | KOR |
| Bronze2: | Tai Tzu-ying |
| Bronze2 Nation: | TPE |
| Prev: | 2021 Huelva |
| Next: | 2023 Copenhagen |
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.
The seeding list was based on the World Rankings of 9 August 2022.[1]
See also: 1 and 1. 
Akane Yamaguchi (champion)
See also: 2 and 4. Tai Tzu-ying (semi-finals)
See also: 3 and 2. 
An Se-young (semi-finals)
See also: 4 and 3. 
Chen Yufei (final)
See also: 5 and 1. 
Carolina Marín (quarter-finals)
See also: 6 and 4. Nozomi Okuhara (withdrew)
See also: 7 and 2. 
P. V. Sindhu (withdrew)
See also: 8 and 3. 
Ratchanok Intanon (third round)
See also: 9 and 1. He Bingjiao (third round)
See also: 10 and 3. Pornpawee Chochuwong (third round)
See also: 11 and 2. Wang Zhiyi (third round)
See also: 12 and 4. Busanan Ongbamrungphan (quarter-finals)
See also: 13 and 3. 
Michelle Li (quarter-finals)
See also: 14 and 1. Sayaka Takahashi (third round)
See also: 15 and 4. Mia Blichfeldt (second round)
See also: 16 and 2. 
Beiwen Zhang (third round)