The men's singles tournament of the 2023 BWF World Championships took place from 21 to 27 August 2023 at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen.
Seeds
The seeding list was based on the World Rankings of 1 August 2023.
Viktor Axelsen (quarter-finals) Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (withdrew) Kunlavut Vitidsarn (champion) Kodai Naraoka (final) Jonatan Christie (first round) Li Shifeng (third round) Loh Kean Yew (third round) Shi Yuqi (quarter-finals)
Prannoy H. S. (semi-finals) Chou Tien-chen (third round) Lakshya Sen (third round) Anders Antonsen (semi-finals) Lu Guangzu (second round) Kenta Nishimoto (quarter-finals) Lee Cheuk Yiu (third round) Ng Ka Long (third round)
Draw The drawing ceremony was held on 10 August.
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Qualifiers' performances The table below lists out all the qualifiers of this edition by 22 July 2023. Qualifier Date of birth Appearance Best Performance(s) Note Edition(s) Result Champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn 3rd 22 S Finalist Kodai Naraoka 2nd 22 2R Semi-finalist Anders Antonsen 6th 19 S Prannoy H. S. 6th 21, 22 QF Quarter-finalist Shi Yuqi 4th 18 S Wang Tzu-wei 5th 22 3R Viktor Axelsen 8th 17, 22 G Kenta Nishimoto 5th 18, 19, 22 3R Third rounder Li Shifeng 2nd 21 2R Chou Tien-chen 9th 22 B Lee Cheuk Yiu 4th 21, 22 3R = Ng Ka Long 6th 17, 18, 19, 22 3R = Lakshya Sen 3rd 21 B Kanta Tsuneyama 6th 18 QF Lee Zii Jia 4th 19, 21 QF Loh Kean Yew 4th 21 G Second rounder Ade Resky Dwicahyo 3rd 21 2R = Julien Carraggi 2nd 22 1R Ygor Coelho 6th 18 3R Brian Yang 2nd 21 3R Reigning Pan America champion Lu Guangzu 4th 21 3R Rasmus Gemke 4th 21 3R Uriel Canjura colspan="3" First El Salvador qualifier, Christo Popov colspan="3" Youngest qualifier, Toma Junior Popov 2nd 22 1R Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 2nd 22 1R Ng Tze Yong 2nd 22 2R = Jason Teh 2nd 22 1R Jeon Hyeok-jin colspan="3" Kantaphon Wangcharoen 4th 19 B Danylo Bosniuk 2nd 22 1R Howard Shu 6th 1R First rounder Nathan Tang colspan="3" Luka Wraber 9th 18, 21 2R Zhao Junpeng 3rd 22 B Jonathan Matias colspan="3" B. R. Sankeerth colspan="3" Jan Louda 2nd 22 2R Adham Hatem Elgamal 2nd 22 1R = Kalle Koljonen 6th 21 2R Kai Schäfer 5th 22, 21 2R Max Weißkirchen colspan="3" Kevin Cordón 6th 11 QF Srikanth Kidambi 8th 21 S Jonatan Christie 5th 19, 22 QF Misha Zilberman 12th 10, 18, 19 2R Fabio Caponio colspan="3" Giovanni Toti colspan="3" colspan="3" Dmitriy Panarin colspan="3" Julien Paul 5th 22 2R Job Castillo colspan="3" Mark Caljouw 6th 21 QF Joran Kweekel 2nd 21 1R = Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori 2nd 21 1R Reigning African champion, = Bernardo Atilano 3rd 22 2R Nhat Nguyen 5th 21 3R Milan Dratva colspan="3" Pablo Abián 13th 11, 13 3R Oldest and most participated qualifier Luís Enrique Peñalver 5th 18, 19, 21, 22 2R Tobias Künzi colspan="3" Justin Ma colspan="3" Nguyễn Hải Đăng colspan="3" Withdrew Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 5th 22 QF Reigning Asian Champion
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