This paper investigates the problem of robust stability analysis for Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy nonlinear singular systems with time-varying delays. The nonlinear functions are assumed to satisfy the Lipschitz conditions. By constructing Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional with different weighted matrices, sufficient delay-dependent asymptotic stability conditions are expressed in terms of linear matrix inequalities. Further, delay decomposition approach is used to derive less conservative results. The effectiveness of the derived theoretical result is shown through numerical examples. © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.