| Event: | Women's singles |
| Championship: | BWF World Championships |
| Dates: | 21–27 August |
| Venue: | Emirates Arena |
| Location: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Gold: | Nozomi Okuhara |
| Gold Nation: | JPN |
| Silver: | P. V. Sindhu |
| Silver Nation: | IND |
| Bronze: | Chen Yufei |
| Bronze Nation: | CHN |
| Bronze2: | Saina Nehwal |
| Bronze2 Nation: | IND |
| Prev: | 2015 Jakarta |
| Next: | 2018 Nanjing |
The women's singles tournament of the 2017 BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) took place from 21 to 27 August.
The seeding list is based on the World Rankings of Thursday 3 August 2017.[1] The seeds are listed below:[2] [3]
See also: 1 and 1. 
Akane Yamaguchi (third round)
See also: 2 and 4. 
Sung Ji-hyun (third round)
See also: 3 and 3. 
Carolina Marín (quarterfinals)
See also: 4 and 2. 
P. V. Sindhu (final)
See also: 5 and 2. 
Sun Yu (quarterfinals)
See also: 6 and 4. He Bingjiao (third round)
See also: 7 and 3. Nozomi Okuhara (champion)
See also: 8 and 1. 
Ratchanok Intanon (quarterfinals)
See also: 9 and 1. Chen Yufei (semifinals)
See also: 10 and 3. Sayaka Sato (second round)
See also: 11 and 3. Aya Ohori (third round)
See also: 12 and 4. Saina Nehwal (semifinals)
See also: 13 and 2. 
Cheung Ngan Yi (third round)
See also: 14 and 1. Chen Xiaoxin (third round)
See also: 15 and 2. Beatriz Corrales (third round)
See also: 16 and 4. Kirsty Gilmour (quarterfinals)