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Ding Ning was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Li Xiaoxia. Ding Ning had won the last two World Tennis Championships, 2011 and 2012. Li went on to win the title by defeating Liu Shiwen 11–8, 4–11, 11–7, 12–10, 6–11, 13–11 in the final.
Seeds
Singles matches were best of 7 games in qualification matches and best of 7 games in the 128-player sized main draw.
References
2013 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA