Qatar - Open - Feminin | 03/19 09:00 | 1 | Vladimir Samsonov v Chia-Hung Sun | W | 4-0 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 03/18 16:06 | - | Vladimir Samsonov v Viktor Yefimov | W | 4-0 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 03/18 10:39 | - | Vladimir Samsonov v Viacheslav Burov | W | 4-0 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 03/17 15:30 | 1 | Vladimir Samsonov v Tomasz Lewandowski | W | 4-0 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 03/17 09:00 | 1 | Vladimir Samsonov v Guillermo Martinez | W | 4-0 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 03/10 19:26 | - | Patrick Franziska v Vladimir Samsonov | W | 1-3 | |
Qatar Open | 02/23 15:30 | 5 | Mattias Karlsson v Vladimir Samsonov | L | 4-2 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 02/16 14:15 | 5 | Asuka Sakai v Vladimir Samsonov | L | 4-0 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 02/10 14:02 | - | Vladimir Samsonov v Robert Svensson | L | 2-3 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 02/03 19:30 | 3 | Vladimir Samsonov v Lei Kou | L | 0-3 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 02/03 15:00 | 2 | Vladimir Samsonov v Tiago Apolonia | L | 1-3 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 02/03 10:30 | 1 | Vladimir Samsonov v Emmanuel Lebesson | L | 2-3 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 01/27 19:17 | - | Daniel Kosiba v Vladimir Samsonov | W | 1-3 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 01/21 10:45 | 3 | Vladimir Samsonov v Kun Shang | L | 2-4 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 01/20 15:30 | 4 | Vladimir Samsonov v Jakub Dyjas | W | 4-1 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 01/19 14:00 | 5 | Vladimir Samsonov v Quentin Robinot | W | 4-1 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 12/08 11:00 | 4 | Yuto Muramatsu v Vladimir Samsonov | L | 4-3 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 12/02 16:04 | - | Vladimir Samsonov v Yuto Muramatsu | W | 3-1 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 11/25 19:45 | - | Christophe Legout v Vladimir Samsonov | W | 0-3 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 11/04 14:02 | - | Vladimir Samsonov v Claus Nielsen | W | 3-0 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 10/27 18:14 | - | Jakub Dyjas v Vladimir Samsonov | W | 2-3 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 10/22 12:45 | 4 | Robert Gardos v Vladimir Samsonov | L | 4-3 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 10/21 18:00 | 5 | Mattias Karlsson v Vladimir Samsonov | W | 2-4 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 10/20 19:00 | 6 | Elia Schmid v Vladimir Samsonov | W | 1-4 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 10/06 12:48 | - | Vladimir Samsonov v Jens Lundquist | W | 3-1 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 10/02 12:30 | 4 | Sangsu Lee v Vladimir Samsonov | L | 4-1 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 09/17 09:40 | 3 | Long Ma v Vladimir Samsonov | L | 4-0 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 09/17 03:40 | 4 | Minseok Kim v Vladimir Samsonov | W | 0-4 | |
Qatar - Open - Feminin | 09/16 05:00 | 5 | Muhamad Ashraf Haiqal v Vladimir Samsonov | W | 0-4 | |
German Open | 03/28 18:45 | 5 | Vladimir Samsonov v Joao Geraldo | W | 4-0 |
Vladimir Samsonov or Uladzimir Samsonau (Belarusian: Уладзімір Віктаравіч Самсонаў, Russian: Владимир Викторович Самсонов, born 17 April 1976) is a Belarusian former professional table tennis player. He is known in China as the "Tai Chi Master" because of his superb all-around style, both offensive and defensive. Samsonov competed at six consecutive Olympics between 1996 and 2016, placing fourth individually in 2016, in addition to equal fifth in 1996 and 2000.
Samsonov is also known as Mr. ECL (European Champions League), for winning a record 13 ECL titles (including two of its predecessor, European Club Cup of Champions) – three with Borussia (1997, 1998, 2000), and five each with Charleroi (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007) and Fakel Orenburg (2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019). His 13 titles are not only the most ever by an athlete in table tennis, but also more than any male or female athlete has ever won in European Champions Leagues in all sports. He started playing for European top division clubs in 1994, when he signed with Borussia Düsseldorf, then six years later joined Royal Charleroi in Belgium. In 2008, he moved to Spain to play for SuperDivision club Cajagranada, but left after only one season to join the Russian Premier League club Fakel Orenburg, where he finished his career twelve years later.
Samsonov is famous for being a top-10 player spanning over a decade. He first joined the top-10 in 1996, then climbed to the top position in 1998. He stayed in the top-10 for 15 years until November 2011. His highest ranking was No. 1 in December 1999. He used to hold the distinction of being the player with most ITTF Pro/World Tour titles (27) until Ma Long surpassed him (28). He was runner-up in the 1997 World championships, and is also a three-time European champion (1998, 2003, 2005) and three-time World Cup winner (1999, 2001, 2009).
Samsonov was awarded the Richard Bergmann Fair Play Trophy at the world championships a record three times, in 2003, 2007 and 2013.
In 2021, despite qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics, his seventh time qualifying for the Olympics, Samsonov withdrew from the tournament and shortly after announced his retirement.