The Girls Singles tournament of the 2012 BWF World Junior Championships was held from October 30 until November 3. The defending champion, Ratchanok Intanon, who won the tournament for 3 years in a row decided not to take part this time even though her age was still eligible.
Japanese girl Nozomi Okuhara, who was beaten by Intanon in the semi-final of the previous year's tournament, won the all-Japanese final against her teammate Akane Yamaguchi 21-12, 21-9.
Seeded
Tai Tzu-ying (quarter-final) Busanan Ongbamrungphan (quarter-final) Nozomi Okuhara (champion) Neslihan Yiğit (third round) Sun Yu (semi-final) Iris Wang (third round) Stefani Stoeva (fourth round) Line Kjærsfeldt (third round) Liang Xiaoyu (third round) Kim Hyo-min (fourth round) Sandra-Maria Jensen (third round) Lucie Černá (third round) Hanna Ramadhini (quarter-final) Akane Yamaguchi (final) Christin Tsai (fourth round) Evgeniya Kosetskaya (third round)
Draw
Finals
Top Half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom Half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
References Main Draw (Archived 2013-07-13)