| Header: | Women's World Chess Championship 2025 |
| Comp1: | Ju Wenjun |
| Comp2: | Tan Zhongyi |
| Title1: | Defending champion |
| Title2: | Challenger |
| Flag1: | CHN |
| Flag2: | CHN |
| Dob1: | 31 January 1991 |
| Age1: | 33 years old |
| Dob2: | 29 May 1991 |
| Age2: | 33 years old |
| Qual1: | Winner of the Women's World Chess Championship 2023 |
| Qual2: | Winner of the Women's Candidates Tournament 2024 |
| Prev: | 2023 |
| Prev Link: | Women's World Chess Championship 2023 |
The Women's World Chess Championship 2025 will take place in 2025 as a match between Ju Wenjun, the current champion, and Tan Zhongyi, the winner of the Women's Candidates Tournament 2024.[1] Both players previously challenged for the world championship in May 2018, with Ju defeating then-world champion Tan 5½–4½ to win the title.
See main article: Women's Candidates Tournament 2024. The challenger, Tan Zhongyi, qualified by winning the Women's Candidates Tournament 2024, which was an eight-player double round-robin tournament.[2] It took place from 3 April to 22 April 2024 in Toronto, Canada.[3] [4]
The eight players who competed were:
| Qualification method | Player | Age | Rating | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (April 2024) | |||||
| 2023 Women's World Championship runner-up |  Lei Tingjie | 2550 | 4 | ||
| Kateryna Lagno | 2542 | 6 | |||
| 2553 | 3 | ||||
| The top three finishers in the Women's Chess World Cup 2023 | 2432 | 36 | |||
| 2520 | 8 | ||||
| The top two finishers in the Women's Grand Swiss 2023 | 2475 | 15 | |||
| 2521 | 7 | ||||
| Highest-rated active player for January 2024 |  Koneru Humpy | 2546 | 5 | ||