Last year's winner was Cassie Jackman , who was eliminated in the semifinals against Natalie Grainger . Grainger also won the final against Linda Elriani 6: 9, 9: 4, 9: 6 and 9: 4 and thus secured her tenth title win on the World Tour.
The field of participants in the women's competition consisted of 16 players, four of which were starting places for qualifiers. The best eight players were seeded. A wildcard was not awarded.