Liudmila Samsonova

Liudmila Samsonova (also known as Ludmilla Samsonova) (born 11 November 1998) is a Russian-born Italian tennis player.

She formerly represented Italy from 2014 to 2018, until switching back to her birth country Russia in June 2018, just days before the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Samsonova defeated Katarina Zavatska for her first major ITF title, in September 2018. She also qualified for the 2018 Swiss Open – Women's Singles, where she lost to former world no.5 Eugenie Bouchard in the first round.