Sharon Fichman

Sharon Fichman

Sharon Fichman at the 2013 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes
Country (sports)	Canada
Residence	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Born	(1990-12-03) December 3, 1990 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$658,430
Singles
Career record	299–195
Career titles	0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 77 (May 19, 2014)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2010)
French Open	1R (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2014)
US Open	1R (2013, 2014)
Doubles
Career record	217–137
Career titles	1 WTA, 20 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 48 (July 7, 2014)
Current ranking	No. 1008 (May 7, 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2010, 2014)
French Open	2R (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2014)
US Open	2R (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	24–9
Medal record Representing Canada Women's tennis Maccabiah Games 2005 Israel Singles 2005 Israel Mixed doubles 2005 Israel Doubles
Last updated on: May 7, 2018.

Sharon Fichman (/ˈfɪtʃmən/ FITCH-mən; born December 3, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She plays for Canada but holds both Israeli and Canadian citizenships. Fichman was ranked No. 5 on the junior circuit in December 2006. Since turning pro, her career highs have been No. 77 in singles (May 19, 2014) and No. 48 in doubles (July 7, 2014).

She was inactive from May 2016 to April 2018, but returned to tennis in doubles at the $60,000 ITF event in Indian Harbour Beach, reaching the quarterfinals with Jamie Loeb.

Early and personal life

Fichman, who is Jewish, was born and raised in Toronto. She is a citizen of both Canada and Israel. Her parents, Julia and Bobby, emigrated from Romania to Israel in 1982, and then to Canada in 1989. Bobby was a semi-pro tennis player, and is now a nuclear engineer. Her mother is a computer engineer.

Fichman started playing tennis at the age of 6. She won her first tournament at six. By age 13, she was the World's No. 2 player under 14. In 2004, at the age of 13, she was Canada's Under-18 Indoor & Outdoor National girls champ, and also won the doubles title with partner Mélanie Gloria. In 2006, Fichman and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova dominated doubles at the Grand Slam Juniors by winning the Australian Open and French Open. At the 2006 U.S. Open Juniors, Fichman quartered in singles and came close to capturing her third Grand Slam in doubles with a finalist showing. She lost in the finals of the Canadian Open Junior Championship in both singles and doubles. She attended Forest Hill Collegiate Institute, a public high school, which she graduated from in July 2008.

Fichman's idol is Belgian Justine Henin. She is currently in a relationship with retired Canadian pairs skater Dylan Moscovitch.

Tennis career

2005

In 2005, Fichman won the gold medal in women's singles at the 17th Maccabiah Games in Israel, at the age of 14. She defeated 23-year-old Nicole Ptak of the United States in straight sets in the final. "I represented my religion and my country", she said after beating Ptak. "These Games are not just all about sports but meeting people, learning about culture and building friendship. Being the No. 1 Jewish female tennis player in the world is also not too shabby." Fichman also won a bronze medal in the women's doubles, and wrapped up the event with silver medal in mixed doubles. She was also Canada's flag-bearer at the Games.

2006–10

In October 2006, while still 15, she beat world No. 114 Hana Šromová. In August 2007, at the age of 16, Fichman beat world No. 90 Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro of France in Toronto. She finished 2007 with a singles record for the year of 16–8. In October 2008, 17 years of age, Fichman beat world No. 137 Jelena Pandžić. She finished 2008 with a singles record for the year of 25–16. In January 2009, she won the singles title at the Ace Sports Group Tennis Classic Lutz, Florida tournament, dropping only one set, and also won the doubles title with Kimberly Couts.

In April 2009, she won the Osprey, Florida tournament. Fichman reached the ITF 100K Biella Challenger singles final in September 2009, but lost to Petra Martić. In February 2010 at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Fichman defeated her first Top 50 player when she beat world No. 40 Sorana Cîrstea in the first round. She also won two ITF 100K doubles titles in July 2010 (in Biarritz and in Pétange).

2011–12

In January 2011, Sharon won her first tournament of the year, the $25,000 ITF in Plantation, by defeating Alexandra Cadanțu in the final. At the 2011 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas WTA tournament, she reached the second round but lost to Catalina Castaño, despite having two match points in the second set. In July, she won her second tournament of the year at the $50,000 ITF in Waterloo, where she defeated Julia Boserup.

In July 2012, Fichman won the $50,000 ITF Cooper Challenger for the second straight year with a win over Julia Glushko in the championship match. She won in September the $25,000 ITF in Mamaia, defeating Patricia Maria Ţig in the final.

2013

Fichman at the 2013 US Open

At the end of January, Fichman won the eighth singles title of her career at the $25,000 ITF in Port St. Lucie, with a victory over Tadeja Majerič. In August, she reached the final of the ITF $100,000 in Vancouver, but was defeated by Johanna Konta. She won the doubles title alongside Maryna Zanevska. A week later at the Rogers Cup, she reached the second round for the first time of her career in singles after defeating compatriot Stéphanie Dubois in her opening match. She also made it to the semi-finals in doubles with fellow Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski, after an upset over first seeds Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci. They were eliminated by Jelena Janković and Katarina Srebotnik.

In August at the US Open, Fichman qualified for her first-ever Grand Slam main draw with a victory over Alexandra Panova. She lost to world No. 22 Sorana Cîrstea in the first round. In September, Fichman made it to the WTA Premier Mandatory main draw in Beijing with wins over Paula Ormaechea and Yaroslava Shvedova in first and last round of qualifying respectively. She was eliminated by Galina Voskoboeva in the first round.

2014

Fichman at the 2014 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes

At the first tournament of her season, the ASB Classic, Fichman qualified and upset world No. 22 Sorana Cîrstea in the first round to record the second Top 50 win of her career (she also beat Cîrstea in 2010). The same week, she won her first WTA doubles title alongside Maria Sanchez with a victory over Lucie Hradecká and Michaëlla Krajicek in the final. In February, at the ITF $100,000 in Midland, Fichman scored her third Top 50 win when she beat world No. 45 Urszula Radwańska to reach the semi-finals. She was defeated by Ksenia Pervak in the next round. At the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in late February, Fichman upset world No. 39 Yvonne Meusburger in her opening match to advance to the second round. She lost to Caroline Garcia in her next match.

At the beginning of March, she qualified for the WTA Premier Mandatory in Indian Wells and defeated Shahar Pe'er in the first round. She was eliminated by world No. 10 Sara Errani in the second round. In May, Fichman reached her first singles final of the season at the ITF 100K in Cagnes-sur-Mer, where she won the biggest tournament of her career so far with a victory over Timea Bacsinszky. At the French Open in May, Fichman earned direct entry in the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time, but was eliminated in the opening round by world No. 7 Jelena Janković in three sets. At Wimbledon, Fichman was defeated by Timea Bacsinszky in the first round. At the US Open, her first tournament after having knee surgery at the end of July, she lost to world No. 5 Agnieszka Radwańska in the opening round.

2015–16

In August 2015 at the Rogers Cup, Fichman reached the quarterfinals in doubles with compatriot Carol Zhao.

She played a match at the ITF 100K in Trnava in May 2016, losing in the qualifying second round to Ágnes Bukta, and was inactive for nearly two years thereafter.

2018

In April 2018, Fichman returned to tennis after nearly two years away from the game at age 27, playing in doubles at the $60,000 ITF event in Indian Harbour Beach. She reached the quarterfinals with partner Jamie Loeb.

Style of play

Fichman is an aggressive counter puncher, and is known for her tenacity as well as her feistiness on the court.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Finals (0–0) Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Tier II / Premier (0–0) Tier III, IV & V / International (1–2)

Titles by surface Hard (1–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–2) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2009	Portugal Open, Portugal	International	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6–2, 3–6, [5–10]
Loss	0–2	Feb 2011	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Laura Pous Tió	Edina Gallovits-Hall Anabel Medina Garrigues	6–2, 6–7(6–8), [9–11]
Win	1–2	Jan 2014	Auckland Open, New Zealand	International	Hard	Maria Sanchez	Lucie Hradecká Michaëlla Krajicek	2–6, 6–0, [10–4]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 22 (9 titles, 13 runners-up)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–2)
$75,000 / $80,000 tournaments (0–0)
$50,000 / $60,000 tournaments (2–1)
$25,000 tournaments (5–8)
$10,000 / $15,000 tournaments (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2005	Ashkelon, Israel	10,000	Hard	Pemra Özgen	6–1, 6–1
Loss	1–1	Dec 2005	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	10,000	Hard	Margalita Chakhnashvili	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	1–2	Jul 2007	Hamilton, Canada	25,000	Clay	Stéphanie Dubois	2–6, 2–6
Loss	1–3	Jul 2007	Calgary, Canada	10,000	Hard	Ana Veselinović	2–6, 1–6
Loss	1–4	Jul 2008	Waterloo, Canada	25,000	Clay	Alexandra Mueller	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–5	Jan 2009	Boca Raton, United States	25,000	Clay	Gabriela Paz Franco	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	2–5	Jan 2009	Lutz, United States	25,000	Clay	Lauren Albanese	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win	3–5	Apr 2009	Osprey, United States	25,000	Clay	Yuliana Fedak	4–6, 1–6
Loss	3–6	Sep 2009	Biella, Italy	100,000	Clay	Petra Martić	5–7, 4–6
Win	4–6	Jan 201	Plantation, United States	25,000	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Win	5–6	Jul 2011	Waterloo, Canada	50,000	Clay	Julia Boserup	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win	6–6	Jul 2012	Waterloo, Canada	50,000	Clay	Julia Glushko	6–3, 6–2
Win	7–6	Sep 2012	Mamaia, Romania	25,000	Clay	Patricia Maria Țig	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Loss	7–7	Sep 2012	Sofia, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Cristina Mitu	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	7–8	Oct 2012	Troy, United States	25,000	Hard	Stéphanie Dubois	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	7–9	Oct 2012	Rock Hill, United States	25,000	Hard	Rebecca Marino	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss	7–10	Nov 2012	Toronto, Canada	50,000	Hard (i)	Eugenie Bouchard	1–6, 2–6
Win	8–10	Jan 2013	Port St. Lucie, United States	25,000	Clay	Tadeja Majerič	6–3, 6–2
Loss	8–11	May 2013	Wiesbaden, Germany	25,000	Clay	Yvonne Meusburger	7–5, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	8–12	Aug 2013	Vancouver, Canada	100,000	Hard	Johanna Konta	4–6, 2–6
Win	9–12	May 2014	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	100,000	Clay	Timea Bacsinszky	6–2, 6–2
Loss	9–13	Aug 2015	Winnipeg, Canada	25,000	Hard	Kristie Ahn	2–6, 5–7

Doubles: 36 (20 titles, 16 runners-up)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (3–1)
$75,000 / $80,000 tournaments (0–2)
$50,000 / $60,000 tournaments (7–8)
$25,000 tournaments (10–5)
$10,000 / $15,000 tournaments (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2007	Toronto, Canada	25,000	Hard (i)	Gabriela Dabrowski	Maria Fernanda Alves Christina Wheeler	6–3, 6–0
Loss	1–1	Oct 2008	Saguenay, Canada	50,000	Hard (i)	Gabriela Dabrowski	Katalin Marosi Marina Tavares	6–2, 4–6, [4–10]
Loss	1–2	Jan 2009	Boca Raton, United States	25,000	Clay	Kimberly Couts	Alina Jidkova Darya Kustova	4–6, 2–6
Win	2–2	Jan 2009	Lutz, United States	25,000	Clay	Kimberly Couts	Story Tweedie-Yates Mashona Washington	6–4, 7–5
Win	3–2	Nov 2009	Rock Hill, United States	$25,000	Hard	Anna Tatishvili	Lauren Albanese Jamie Hampton	7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–3]
Win	4–2	Nov 2009	Phoenix, United States	50,000	Hard	Mashona Washington	Marie-Ève Pelletier Anna Tatishvili	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss	4–3	Nov 2009	Toronto, Canada	50,000	Hard (i)	Mashona Washington	Maureen Drake Marianne Jodoin	3–2 ret.
Win	5–3	Jul 2010	Biarritz, France	100,000	Clay	Julia Görges	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Monica Niculescu	7–5, 6–4
Loss	5–4	Jul 2010	Contrexéville, France	50,000	Clay	Jelena Dokić	Nina Bratchikova Ekaterina Ivanova	6–4, 4–6, [3–10]
Win	6–4	Jul 2010	Pétange, Luxembourg	100,000	Clay	Monica Niculescu	Sophie Lefèvre Laura Thorpe	6–4, 6–2
Win	7–4	Nov 2010	Toronto, Canada	50,000	Hard (i)	Gabriela Dabrowski	Brittany Augustine Alexandra Mueller	6–4, 6–0
Loss	7–5	Jan 2011	Lutz, United States	25,000	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Ahsha Rolle Mashona Washington	4–6, 4–6
Win	8–5	Apr 2011	Jackson, United States	25,000	Clay	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Eva Hrdinová Natalie Piquion	7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–3)
Win	9–5	May 2011	Charlottesville, United States	50,000	Clay	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Julie Ditty Carly Gullickson	6–3, 6–3
Win	10–5	May 2011	Raleigh, United States	50,000	Clay	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Beatrice Capra Asia Muhammad	6–1, 6–3
Loss	10–6	Jun 2011	Boston, United States	50,000	Hard	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Tetiana Luzhanska Alexandra Mueller	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win	11–6	Jul 2011	Granby, Canada	25,000	Hard	Sun Shengnan	Viktoryia Kisialeva Nathália Rossi	6–4, 6–2
Loss	11–7	Apr 2012	Dothan, United States	50,000	Clay	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Eugenie Bouchard Jessica Pegula	4–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Win	12–7	Jul 2012	Waterloo, Canada	50,000	Clay	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Shuko Aoyama Gabriela Dabrowski	6–2, 7–5
Win	13–7	Jul 2012	Granby, Canada	25,000	Hard	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Shuko Aoyama Miki Miyamura	4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Loss	13–8	Oct 2012	Troy, United States	25,000	Hard	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Angelina Gabueva Arina Rodionova	4–6, 4–6
Loss	13–9	Oct 2012	Saguenay, Canada	50,000	Hard (i)	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Gabriela Dabrowski Alla Kudryavtseva	2–6, 2–6
Win	14–9	May 2013	Wiesbaden, Germany	25,000	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Dinah Pfizenmaier Anna Zaja	6–3, 6–3
Loss	14–10	Jun 2013	Nottingham, United Kingdom	75,000	Grass	Gabriela Dabrowski	Maria Sanchez Nicola Slater	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	15–10	Jul 2013	Waterloo, Canada	50,000	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Misa Eguchi Eri Hozumi	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win	16–10	Aug 2013	Vancouver, Canada	100,000	Hard	Maryna Zanevska	Jacqueline Cako Natalie Pluskota	6–2, 6–2
Loss	16–11	Feb 2014	Midland, United States	100,000	Hard (i)	Maria Sanchez	Anna Tatishvili Heather Watson	5–7, 7–5, [6–10]
Loss	16–12	May 2014	Saint-Gaudens, France	50,000	Clay	Johanna Konta	Verónica Cepede Royg María Irigoyen	5–7, 3–6
Loss	16–13	Jun 2014	Nottingham, United Kingdom	75,000	Grass	Maria Sanchez	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	6–7(5–7), 6–4, [5–10]
Win	17–13	Oct 2014	Rock Hill, United States	25,000	Hard	Cindy Burger	Despina Papamichail Janina Toljan	4–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Loss	17–14	May 2015	Grado, Italy	25,000	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Viktorija Golubic Beatriz Haddad Maia	3–6, 2–6
Win	18–14	Aug 2015	Winnipeg, Canada	25,000	Hard	Jovana Jakšić	Kristie Ahn Lorraine Guillermo	6–2, 6–1
Loss	18–15	Oct 2015	Saguenay, Canada	50,000	Hard (i)	Maria Sanchez	Mihaela Buzărnescu Justyna Jegiołka	6–7(6–8), 6–4, [7–10]
Win	19–15	Oct 2015	Toronto, Canada	50,000	Hard (i)	Maria Sanchez	Kristie Ahn Fanny Stollár	6–2, 6–7(6–8), [10–6]
Loss	19–16	Jan 2016	Daytona Beach, United States	25,000	Clay	Carol Zhao	Natela Dzalamidze Veronika Kudermetova	4–6, 3–6
Win	20–16	Apr 2016	Jackson, United States	25,000	Clay	Jarmila Wolfe	Yuki Kristina Chiang Lauren Herring	6–2, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2006	Australian Open	Hard	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Alizé Cornet Corinna Dentoni	6–2, 6–2
Win	2006	French Open	Clay	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Agnieszka Radwańska Caroline Wozniacki	6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–1
Loss	2006	US Open	Hard	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Mihaela Buzărnescu Ioana Raluca Olaru	5–7, 2–6

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q2	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	Q1	A	A	Q1	Q1	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	Q2	Q3	Q2	Q2	1R	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	0–0	0 / 4	0–4	0%

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	1R	A	A	A	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
French Open	A	A	A	A	2R	0 / 1	1–0	100%
Wimbledon	A	A	Q2	Q1	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–Loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	0 / 6	2–5	29%

Record against top-50 players

Fichman's win-loss record (4–7, 36%) against players who were ranked world No. 50 or higher when played is as follows:
Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.

• Sorana Cîrstea 2–1
• Urszula Radwańska 1–0
• Yvonne Meusburger 1–0
• Agnieszka Radwańska 0–1
• Maria Kirilenko 0–1
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands 0–1
• Kiki Bertens 0–1
• Jelena Janković 0–2

*Statistics as of March 7, 2016

See also

• List of select Jewish tennis players

External links

• Sharon Fichman at the Women's Tennis Association
• Sharon Fichman at the International Tennis Federation
• Sharon Fichman at the Billie Jean King Cup