Laura Samson

Laura Samson

Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Born	(2008-03-10) 10 March 2008 Prague, Czech Republic
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$ 325,445
Singles
Career record	83–40
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 137 (8 June 2026)
Current ranking	No. 137 (8 June 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2026)
French Open	Q1 (2026)
Doubles
Career record	22–15
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 144 (5 January 2026)
Current ranking	No. 198 (8 June 2026)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open Junior	SF (2024)
Wimbledon Junior	W (2023)
US Open Junior	QF (2023)
Last updated on: 8 June 2026.

Laura Samson (formerly known as Laura Samsonová; born 10 March 2008) is a Czech professional tennis player.¹ She has a career-high singles ranking of No. 137 by the WTA, achieved on 8 June be 2026, and a best doubles ranking of No. 144, reached on 5 January 2026.

Samson won the girls' doubles title at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships and was a runner-up in girls' singles at the 2024 French Open.

In 2024, she changed her surname to the masculine form to be distinguished from another WTA Tour tennis player, Russian Liudmila Samsonova, with whom she shared the same abbreviated name (L. Samsonova).²

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.³⁴

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.⁵ 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

In October 2024, she reached the final of the ITF World Tennis Tour Junior Finals, where she lost in two close sets 4–6, 4–6 to world No. 1, Emerson Jones. She later said it was her last junior tournament with focus on pro tour since 2025. ⁹

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.¹⁰¹¹ In the second round she upset second seed Kateřina Siniaková in three sets to make it through to the quarterfinals,¹²¹³ where she defeated Oksana Selekhmeteva.¹⁴¹⁵ Her run came to an end in the semifinals when she retired injured while trailing in the third set against Magdalena Fręch.¹⁶

After reaching final at ITF Junior Finals, Samson received her second tour main-draw wildcard at 2024 Mérida Open, but she was unable to pass the first round, where she lost in two close sets to Antonia Ružić.

Samson received wildcard to compete at 2025 Abu Dhabi Open, losing in the opening round of qualification to former top 10 player Veronika Kudermetova. She and Markéta Vondroušová scored two wins before losing in the semifinals.

Samson won her first W75 title in Česká Lípa at Macha Lake Open, beating Carolina Alves in three sets.

Samson competed at 2025 Prague Open but could not defend her last year semifinal run as she lost in the opening round to fellow Czech Dominika Šalková. She and Lucie Havlíčková scored two big wins on a way to their first WTA Tour final where they lost to second seeds Makoto Ninomiya and Nadiia Kichenok in three sets, after winning opening set 6-1.

After two months hiatus, Samson won two W50 titles, in Pazardzhik and Heraklion. She reached her new career-high ranking at No. 218 as a result.

She made her major debut at the qualifiers of the Australian Open where she lost in the first round to Zeynep Sönmez. In March, she defeated Lucie Havlíčková to win the W75 Trnava Indoor in Slovakia.

Playing as a wildcard, she defeated Tatjana Maria in the first round of the Madrid Open to get her first WTA 1000 win. She went on to defeat 28th seed Wang Xinyu to reach the third round where she lost to Anna Bondár. As a result of her performance, she recorded a career-high ranking of 152.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2025	Prague Open, Czech Republic	WTA 250	Hard	Lucie Havlíčková	Makoto Ninomiya Nadiya Kichenok	6–1, 4–6, [7–10]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2025	Buenos Aires Open, Argentina	Clay	Nicole Fossa Huergo	Alicia Herrero Liñana Laura Pigossi	2–6, 6–7(5)

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
Win	4–1	Jun 2025	Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic	W75	Clay	Carolina Alves	2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	5–1	Sep 2025	Pazardzhik Cup, Bulgaria	W50+H	Clay	Andrea Lázaro García	6–2, 6–3
Win	6–1	Oct 2025	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W50	Clay	Séléna Janicijevic	5–7, 6–2, 6–1
Win	7–1	Feb 2026	Trnava Indoor, Slovakia	W75	Hard (i)	Lucie Havlíčková	6–4, 6–2
Win	8–1	May 2026	ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia	W75	Clay	Lola Radivojević	6–3, 3–6, 7–5

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2024	ITF Chihuahua City, Mexico	W50	Hard	Ana Sofía Sánchez	Haley Giavara Dalayna Hewitt	1–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Mar 2026	ITF Murska Sobota, Slovenia	W75	Hard (i)	Lucie Havlíčková	Rasheeda McAdoo Alana Smith	walkover

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2024	French Open	Clay	Tereza Valentová	3–6, 6–7(0)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2023	Wimbledon	Grass	Alena Kovačková	Isabelle Lacy Hannah Klugman	6–4, 7–5