In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Dmitrievna and the family name is Samsonova.
Liudmila Samsonova
Samsonova at the 2023 DC Open
Country (sports)
Russia (2013, 2018[1] –present) Italy (2014–2018)
Born
(1998-11-11) 11 November 1998 (age 25) Olenegorsk, Russia
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro
2013
Plays
Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach
Danilo Pizzorno Alessandro Dumitrache[2]
Prize money
US$ 4,588,561
Singles
Career record
283–178 (61.4%)
Career titles
4
Highest ranking
No. 12 (27 February 2023)
Current ranking
No. 15 (29 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open
2R (2021, 2022, 2023)
French Open
2R (2023)
Wimbledon
4R (2021)
US Open
4R (2022)
Doubles
Career record
48–50 (49.0%)
Career titles
1
Highest ranking
No. 40 (12 June 2023)
Current ranking
No. 45 (5 February 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open
1R (2022, 2023)
French Open
QF (2023)
US Open
2R (2023)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open
2R (2024)
Wimbledon
2R (2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup
W (2020–21), record 5–0
Last updated on: 5 February 2024[3].
Liudmila Dmitrievna Samsonova (Russian: Людмила Дмитриевна Самсонова, IPA:[lʲʊdˈmʲiɫəsɐmˈsonəvə]; born 11 November 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. She also competed for Italy from 2014 to 2018. Samsonova has career-high WTA rankings of No. 12 in singles and No. 40 in doubles.[3]
She won her first WTA Tour title at the 2021 German Open, a WTA 500 title, and has overall won four singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. She has also won a total of eight singles[4] and three doubles[5] titles on the ITF Circuit. At the 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup, Samsonova led the Russian team to their first triumph since 2008, winning all five of her matches in both singles and doubles.
^Sonzogni, Christian (18 June 2018). "Tennis, il talento della Samsonova resta russo: "Ma l'Italia ora è la mia casa"" [Tennis talent Samsonova remains Russian: "But Italy is now my home"]. gezzetta.it (in Italian). Milan: La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
^"More on Samsonova..." WTA. 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
Liudmila Dmitrievna Samsonova (Russian: Людмила Дмитриевна Самсонова, IPA: [lʲʊdˈmʲiɫə sɐmˈsonəvə]; born 11 November 1998) is a Russian professional tennis...
the main career statistics of professional Russian tennis player LiudmilaSamsonova. (W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist;...
quarterfinals. In receipt of a first-round bye in Guadalajara, she lost to LiudmilaSamsonova in the second round. However, she managed to qualify for the WTA Finals...
second seed. She reached her first final of the season by defeating LiudmilaSamsonova, Markéta Vondroušová, Irina-Camelia Begu en route. Then, she defeated...
Open, where she also recorded her first win defeating second seed LiudmilaSamsonova in the first round. At the Melbourne Summer Set 1, Zheng reached her...
first WTA quarterfinal, taking out the fourth seed and top 20 player, LiudmilaSamsonova, and wildcard Arina Rodionova along the way. At the 2024 Australian...
in a high-quality first-round match. She was upset by compatriot LiudmilaSamsonova in the second round. At Wimbledon, she was upset by eventual quarterfinalist...
2021 Australian Open, she fell in the final round of qualifying to LiudmilaSamsonova. Playing at the first edition of the Phillip Island Trophy, Tsurenko...
over Lin Zhu. She then recorded her first top-20 win over 11th seed LiudmilaSamsonova since Cincinnati 2020 where she beat tenth seed Marketa Vondrousova...
October 24) Veronika Kudermetova (reached place No. 9 on October 24) LiudmilaSamsonova (reached place No. 19 on October 24) Zheng Qinwen (reached place No...
Brisbane International. She lost in the first round to qualifier LiudmilaSamsonova in three sets. At the first edition of the Adelaide International...
finished at 2:55am local time. In the semifinals Rybakina lost to LiudmilaSamsonova in three sets reporting that she felt 'destroyed' physically in the...