Laura Samson

Laura Samson
Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Born	10 March 2008 (age 16); Prague, Czech Republic
Prize money	$23,700
Singles
Career record	26–8
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 370 (19 August 2024)
Current ranking	No. 371 (26 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open Junior	F (2024)
Wimbledon Junior	3R (2024)
US Open Junior	SF (2023)
Doubles
Career record	1–2
Highest ranking	No. 1210 (29 July 2024)
Current ranking	No. 1230 (26 August 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open Junior	SF (2024)
Wimbledon Junior	W (2023)
US Open Junior	QF (2023)
	Last updated on: 26 August 2024.

Laura Samson (formerly known as Laura Samsonová; born 10 March 2008) is a Czech professional tennis player.^[1]

She won the girls' doubles title at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships and was a runner-up in girls' singles at the 2024 French Open. She was the first player born in 2008 or later to win a WTA Tour main draw match.^[2]

In 2024, she changed her surname to the gender neutral form to be distinguished from another WTA Tour tennis player, Russian Liudmila Samsonova, with whom she shared the same abbreviated name (L. Samsonova).^[3]

Career

Juniors

A member of TK Sparta Prague, Samson won her first junior title as a 13-year-old at a J5 event in Prostějov in an October 2021, without dropping a set. It was her first junior-level event. She then won her second J5 event in November 2021 in Silla-Saledar in Spain, and reached the final in her third, in Montemar.^[4]^[5]

In July 2023, she won the Wimbledon girls' doubles title with compatriot Alena Kovačková. In the final, they faced Hannah Klugman and Isabelle Lacy of Great Britain, winning in straight sets. They were the first Czech pairing to win the title since Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková in 2013.^[6]

In June 2024, she reached the final of the French Open girls' singles tournament but lost to compatriot Tereza Valentová.^[7] Defending the Wimbledon girls' doubles title alongside Kovačková in 2024, they lost in the quarterfinals to Mika Stojsavljevic and Mingge Xu.^[8]

2024: First WTA Tour wins

Given a wildcard entry into the 2024 Prague Open, Samson became the first player born in 2008 or later to win a WTA Tour main-draw match when she defeated qualifier Tara Würth in straight sets in the first round.^[9]^[10] In the second round she upset second seed Kateřina Siniaková in three sets to make it through to the quarterfinals,^[11]^[12] where she defeated Oksana Selekhmeteva.^[13]^[14] Her run came to an end in the semifinals when she retired injured while trailing in the third set against Magdalena Fręch.^[15]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
W25 tournaments
W15 tournaments (3–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2024	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Selina Dal	6–1, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Feb 2024	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Sandra Samir	0–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	May 2024	ITF Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	W15	Clay	Oana Gavrilă	6–1, 6–4
Win	3–1	May 2024	ITF Bol, Croatia	W15	Clay	Sara Svetac	6–1, 6–2