Qatar Open Women | 03/19 09:00 | 1 | Vladimir Samsonov v Chia-Hung Sun | W | 4-0 | |
Qatar Open Women | 03/18 16:06 | - | Vladimir Samsonov v Viktor Yefimov | W | 4-0 | |
Qatar Open Women | 03/18 10:39 | - | Vladimir Samsonov v Viacheslav Burov | W | 4-0 | |
Qatar Open Women | 03/17 15:30 | 1 | Vladimir Samsonov v Tomasz Lewandowski | W | 4-0 | |
Qatar Open Women | 03/17 09:00 | 1 | Vladimir Samsonov v Guillermo Martinez | W | 4-0 | |
Qatar Open Women | 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 Women | 02/16 14:15 | 5 | Asuka Sakai v Vladimir Samsonov | L | 4-0 | |
Qatar Open Women | 02/10 14:02 | - | Vladimir Samsonov v Robert Svensson | L | 2-3 | |
Qatar Open Women | 02/03 19:30 | 3 | Vladimir Samsonov v Lei Kou | L | 0-3 | |
Qatar Open Women | 02/03 15:00 | 2 | Vladimir Samsonov v Tiago Apolonia | L | 1-3 | |
Qatar Open Women | 02/03 10:30 | 1 | Vladimir Samsonov v Emmanuel Lebesson | L | 2-3 | |
Qatar Open Women | 01/27 19:17 | - | Daniel Kosiba v Vladimir Samsonov | W | 1-3 | |
Qatar Open Women | 01/21 10:45 | 3 | Vladimir Samsonov v Kun Shang | L | 2-4 | |
Qatar Open Women | 01/20 15:30 | 4 | Vladimir Samsonov v Jakub Dyjas | W | 4-1 | |
Qatar Open Women | 01/19 14:00 | 5 | Vladimir Samsonov v Quentin Robinot | W | 4-1 | |
Qatar Open Women | 12/08 11:00 | 4 | Yuto Muramatsu v Vladimir Samsonov | L | 4-3 | |
Qatar Open Women | 12/02 16:04 | - | Vladimir Samsonov v Yuto Muramatsu | W | 3-1 | |
Qatar Open Women | 11/25 19:45 | - | Christophe Legout v Vladimir Samsonov | W | 0-3 | |
Qatar Open Women | 11/04 14:02 | - | Vladimir Samsonov v Claus Nielsen | W | 3-0 | |
Qatar Open Women | 10/27 18:14 | - | Jakub Dyjas v Vladimir Samsonov | W | 2-3 | |
Qatar Open Women | 10/22 12:45 | 4 | Robert Gardos v Vladimir Samsonov | L | 4-3 | |
Qatar Open Women | 10/21 18:00 | 5 | Mattias Karlsson v Vladimir Samsonov | W | 2-4 | |
Qatar Open Women | 10/20 19:00 | 6 | Elia Schmid v Vladimir Samsonov | W | 1-4 | |
Qatar Open Women | 10/06 12:48 | - | Vladimir Samsonov v Jens Lundquist | W | 3-1 | |
Qatar Open Women | 10/02 12:30 | 4 | Sangsu Lee v Vladimir Samsonov | L | 4-1 | |
Qatar Open Women | 09/17 09:40 | 3 | Long Ma v Vladimir Samsonov | L | 4-0 | |
Qatar Open Women | 09/17 03:40 | 4 | Minseok Kim v Vladimir Samsonov | W | 0-4 | |
Qatar Open Women | 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.