Badminton at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's singles

Badminton – Women's singles at the 2023 Pan American Games
Venue	Olympic Training Center
Start date	October 21, 2023 (2023-10-21)
End date	October 25, 2023 (2023-10-25)
Competitors	35 from 19 nations
Medalists
Beiwen Zhang   United States   Jennie Gai   United States   Rachel Chan   Canada   Taymara Oropesa   Cuba
«2019 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.

Qualification

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]

Seeds

The following athletes were seeded:^[4]

1.  Beiwen Zhang (USA) (champion, gold medalist)
2.  Wen Yu Zhang (CAN) (third round)
3.  Juliana Vieira (BRA) (third round)
4.  Rachel Chan (CAN) (semi-finals, bronze medalist)
5.  Inés Castillo (PER) (quarter-finals)
6.  Haramara Gaitán (MEX) (quarter-finals)
7.  Jennie Gai (USA) (final, silver medalist)
8.  Nikté Sotomayor (EAI) (quarter-finals)

Results

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	1	Beiwen Zhang (USA)	21	21
	4	Rachel Chan (CAN)	16	11
								1	Beiwen Zhang (USA)	21	21
								7	Jennie Gai (USA)	8	12
	7	Jennie Gai (USA)	22	21
		Taymara Oropesa (CUB)	20	7

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
								1	Beiwen Zhang (USA)	21	21
									María Rojas (VEN)	6	3
															1	Beiwen Zhang (USA)	21	21
																Sâmia Lima (BRA)	14	6
									María Zambrano (ECU)	18	19
									Sâmia Lima (BRA)	21	21
																						1	Beiwen Zhang (USA)	21	21
																						8	Nikté Sotomayor (EAI)	8	6
								8	Nikté Sotomayor (EAI)	21	21
									Alisa Acosta (DOM)	9	8
															8	Nikté Sotomayor (EAI)	21	21
																Chequeda de Boulet (TRI)	9	18
									Chequeda de Boulet (TRI)	9	21	23
									Daniela Hernández (ESA)	21	10	21

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
								4	Rachel Chan (CAN)	21	21
									Yeily Ortiz (CUB)	5	12
															4	Rachel Chan (CAN)	21	21
																Katherine Wynter (JAM)	5	8
									Katherine Wynter (JAM)	21	21
									Juanita Siviora (BOL)	3	8
																						4	Rachel Chan (CAN)	21	21
																						5	Inés Castillo (PER)	17	10
								5	Inés Castillo (PER)	21	21
									Laura Londoño (COL)	8	8
															5	Inés Castillo (PER)	21	21
																Ashley Montre (CHI)	8	10
									Ashley Montre (CHI)	21	21
		Gabriela Barrios (ESA)	9	18					Ailén Oliva (ARG)	13	8
		Ailén Oliva (ARG)	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
		Neila Jean (HAI)	3	0
		Vania Diaz (CHI)	21	21					Vania Diaz (CHI)	13	11
									Tahlia Richardson (JAM)	21	21
																Tahlia Richardson (JAM)	14	5
															7	Jennie Gai (USA)	21	21
									Adriana Barrios (EAI)	9	11
								7	Jennie Gai (USA)	21	21
																						7	Jennie Gai (USA)	21	21
																							Eliana Zhang (CAN)	12	18
									Eliana Zhang (CAN)	21	21
									Iona Gualdi (ARG)	11	8
																Eliana Zhang (CAN)	21	22
															3	Juliana Vieira (BRA)	13	20
									Priyanna Ramdhani (GUY)	6	0^r
								3	Juliana Vieira (BRA)	21	11

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
									Fernanda Saponara (PER)	21	21
									Mariana Palacios (EAI)	10	9
																Fernanda Saponara (PER)	9	20
															6	Haramara Gaitán (MEX)	21	22
									Fátima Centeno (ESA)	13	18
								6	Haramara Gaitán (MEX)	21	21
																						6	Haramara Gaitán (MEX)	14	21	22
																							Taymara Oropesa (CUB)	21	18	24
									Taymara Oropesa (CUB)	21	21
									Valeria Santos (CHI)	4	5
																Taymara Oropesa (CUB)	8	21	21
															2	Wen Yu Zhang (CAN)	21	16	19
									Nairoby Jiménez (DOM)	12	6
								2	Wen Yu Zhang (CAN)	21	21

References

1. "Santiago 2023 Officially Confirms Sports Venues". www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
2. "Sport Calendar Pan American Games" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
3. "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
4. "Seeded Entries". www.bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/. Badminton Pan Am. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

External links

• Draw and results