| Event: | Badminton – Women's singles |
| Games: | 2023 |
| Venue: | Olympic Training Center |
| Competitors: | 35 |
| Nations: | 19 |
| Gold: | Beiwen Zhang |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Jennie Gai |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Rachel Chan |
| Bronzenoc: | CAN |
| Bronze2: | Taymara Oropesa |
| Bronzenoc2: | CUB |
| Prev: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2027 |
The women's singles badminton event at the 2023 Pan American Games was held from October 21 to 25 at the Olympic Training Center, located in Ñuñoa, a suburb of Santiago.[1] [2] The defending Pan American Games champion is Michelle Li of Canada, who did not compete.
Each National Olympic Committee could enter a maximum of three athletes into the competition. The athletes will be drawn into an elimination stage draw. Once an athlete lost a match, they will be no longer able to compete. Each match will be contested as the best of three games.[3] A total of 35 athletes from 19 NOC's competed.
See main article: Badminton at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification. A total of 90 athletes (45 men and 45 women) qualified to compete at the games. A nation may enter a maximum of four athletes per gender (five if qualified through the 2021 Junior Pan American Games. As host nation, Chile automatically qualified a full team of eights athletes. All other quotas will be awarded through the team world rankings as of May 2, 2023. Each nation's highest ranked athlete/pair's points in each of the five events will be added to determine a country's point total.[3]
The following athletes were seeded:[4]