The women's singles badminton tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 July to 1 August at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza at Tokyo. A total of 43 players from 37 nations competed.

The event was won by China's Chen Yufei who defeated reigning World Number 1 Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei in the final. Reigning World Champion and 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist P. V. Sindhu of India won the bronze medal, defeating China's He Bingjiao in the playoff. This was India's third consecutive medal in this discipline, and Chinese Taipei's first.

Badminton, naised

Badmintonturniiril osaleb 16 paari, kes on jagatud nelja alagruppi. Alagrupis mängitakse ringmängud, mille järel jõuavad poolfinaali alagrupi võitjad ja teise koha saanud paarid. Poolfinaalides selgitatakse välja finaali ja pronksimängu osalised. Esikoha eest mängivad finaalis ja pronksmedali eest pronksimängus turniiri parimad paarid.