The defending champion was Raneem El Weleily , who reached the quarter-finals that year. The winner was world number leader Nicol David , who defeated qualifier Annie Au in the final with 13:11, 11: 5 and 11: 6.
The field of participants in the women's competition consisted of 16 players, four of which were starting places for qualifiers. A wildcard was not awarded.
At the tournament, the following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who entered the main field from qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. The total prize pool was $ 50,000.