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Sharon Fichman
Country (sports) Canada
ResidenceToronto, Ontario, Canada
Born (1990-12-03) December 3, 1990 (age 33)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned pro2009[1]
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$620,967
Singles
Career record264–171
Career titles0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 77 (May 19, 2014)
Current rankingNo. 126 (December 1, 2014)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2010)
French Open1R (2014)
Wimbledon1R (2014)
US Open1R (2013, 2014)
Doubles
Career record190–123
Career titles1 WTA, 17 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 48 (July 7, 2014)
Current rankingNo. 82 (December 1, 2014)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2010, 2014)
French Open2R (2014)
Wimbledon1R (2014)
US Open2R (2013)
Last updated on: December 3, 2014.
Sharon Fichman
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Maccabiah Games
Women's tennis
Gold medal – first place 2005 Israel Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 2005 Israel Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Israel Women's doubles

Sharon Fichman (born December 3, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She plays for Canada but also holds Israeli citizenship.[2]

Fichman was ranked No. 5 on the junior circuit in December 2006. Since turning pro, so far her career highs are No. 77 in singles (May 19, 2014) and No. 48 in doubles (July 7, 2014).

Early and personal life

Fichman, who is Jewish, was born and raised in Toronto.[2] She is a dual citizen, in Canada and Israel.[2] Her parents, Julia and Bobby, emigrated from Romania to Israel in 1982, and then to Canada in 1989.[2] Bobby was a semi-pro tennis player, and is now a nuclear engineer. Her mother is a computer engineer.[2]

Fichman started playing tennis at the age of 6. She won her first tournament at six.[3] By age 13, she was the World's No. 2 player under 14.[4] 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 in July 2008.

Her idol is Belgian Justine Henin.[3]

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, minutes 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."[5] 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.[5]

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.[6] 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).[7][8]

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, a 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.[9] 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.[10] 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 semifinals 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.[11]

In August at the US Open, Fichman qualified for her first-ever Grand Slam main draw with a victory over Alexandra Panova.[12] She lost to World No. 22 Sorana Cîrstea in the first round.[13] 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.[14]

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.[15] 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 semifinals. She was defeated by Ksenia Pervak in the next round.[16] 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.[17]

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.[18] 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.[19] 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.[20][21] At Wimbledon, Fichman was defeated by Timea Bacsinszky in the first round.[22] 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.[23][24]

Style of play

Fichman is an aggressive counter puncher, and is known for her tenacity as well as her feistiness on the court.[3]

WTA career finals

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

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (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)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner–up 1. May 9, 2009 Portugal Open, Portugal Clay Hungary Katalin Marosi United States Raquel Kops-Jones
United States Abigail Spears
6–2, 3–6, [5–10]
Runner–up 2. February 19, 2011 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay Spain Laura Pous Tió Romania Edina Gallovits-Hall
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
6–2, 6–7(6–8), [9–11]
Winner 1. January 4, 2014 Auckland Open, New Zealand Hard United States Maria Sanchez Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
2–6, 6–0, [10–4]

WTA Challenger and ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 21 (9 titles, 12 runners-up)

Legend
WTA Challenger 125s (0–0)
ITF $100,000 (1–2)
ITF $75,000 (0–0)
ITF $50,000 (2–1)
ITF $25,000 (5–7)
ITF $15,000 (0–0)
ITF $10,000 (1–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. November 26, 2005 Ashkelon, Israel Hard Turkey Pemra Özgen 6–1, 6–1
Runner–up 1. December 3, 2005 Ramat HaSharon, Israel Hard Georgia (country) Margalita Chakhnashvili 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner–up 2. July 22, 2007 Hamilton, Canada Clay Canada Stéphanie Dubois 2–6, 2–6
Runner–up 3. July 28, 2007 Calgary, Canada Hard Serbia Ana Veselinović 2–6, 1–6
Runner–up 4. July 6, 2008 Waterloo, Canada Clay United States Alexandra Mueller 3–6, 3–6
Runner–up 5. January 18, 2009 Boca Raton, United States Clay Venezuela Gabriela Paz-Franco 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner 2. January 25, 2009 Lutz, United States Clay United States Lauren Albanese 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Winner 3. April 19, 2009 Osprey, United States Clay Ukraine Yuliana Fedak 4–6, 1–6
Runner–up 6. September 13, 2009 Biella, Italy Clay Croatia Petra Martić 5–7, 4–6
Winner 4. January 16, 2011 Plantation, United States Clay Romania Alexandra Cadanțu 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Winner 5. July 10, 2011 Waterloo, Canada Clay United States Julia Boserup 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Winner 6. July 15, 2012 Waterloo, Canada Clay Israel Julia Glushko 6–3, 6–2
Winner 7. September 2, 2012 Mamaia, Romania Clay Romania Patricia Maria Ţig 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Runner–up 7. September 16, 2012 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Romania Cristina Mitu 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner–up 8. October 14, 2012 Troy, United States Hard Canada Stéphanie Dubois 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Runner–up 9. October 21, 2012 Rock Hill, United States Hard Canada Rebecca Marino 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Runner–up 10. November 4, 2012 Toronto, Canada Hard (i) Canada Eugenie Bouchard 1–6, 2–6
Winner 8. January 20, 2013 Port St. Lucie, United States Clay Slovenia Tadeja Majerič 6–3, 6–2
Runner–up 11. May 5, 2013 Wiesbaden, Germany Clay Austria Yvonne Meusburger 7–5, 4–6, 1–6
Runner–up 12. August 4, 2013 Vancouver, Canada Hard United Kingdom Johanna Konta 4–6, 2–6
Winner 9. May 11, 2014 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 30 (17 titles, 13 runners-up)

Legend
WTA Challenger 125s (0–0)
ITF $100,000 (3–1)
ITF $75,000 (0–2)
ITF $50,000 (6–7)
ITF $25,000 (8–3)
ITF $15,000 (0–0)
ITF $10,000 (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. November 11, 2007 Toronto, Canada Hard (i) Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves
Australia Christina Wheeler
6–3, 6–0
Runner–up 1. October 25, 2008 Saguenay, Canada Hard (i) Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Hungary Katalin Marosi
Brazil Marina Tavares
6–2, 4–6, [4–10]
Runner–up 2. January 18, 2009 Boca Raton, United States Clay United States Kimberly Couts Russia Alina Jidkova
Belarus Darya Kustova
4–6, 2–6
Winner 2. January 24, 2009 Lutz, United States Clay United States Kimberly Couts United States Story Tweedie-Yates
United States Mashona Washington
6–4, 7–5
Winner 3. November 8, 2009 Rock Hill, United States Hard Georgia (country) Anna Tatishvili United States Lauren Albanese
United States Jamie Hampton
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–3]
Winner 4. November 15, 2009 Phoenix, United States Hard United States Mashona Washington Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier
Georgia (country) Anna Tatishvili
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Runner–up 3. November 21, 2009 Toronto, Canada Hard (i) United States Mashona Washington Canada Maureen Drake
Canada Marianne Jodoin
3–2 ret.
Winner 5. July 10, 2010 Biarritz, France Clay Germany Julia Görges Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Romania Monica Niculescu
7–5, 6–4
Runner–up 4. July 18, 2010 Contrexéville, France Clay Australia Jelena Dokić Russia Nina Bratchikova
Russia Ekaterina Ivanova
6–4, 4–6, [3–10]
Winner 6. July 24, 2010 Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Romania Monica Niculescu France Sophie Lefèvre
France Laura Thorpe
6–4, 6–2
Winner 7. November 6, 2010 Toronto, Canada Hard (i) Canada Gabriela Dabrowski United States Brittany Augustine
United States Alexandra Mueller
6–4, 6–0
Runner–up 5. January 22, 2011 Lutz, United States Clay Canada Gabriela Dabrowski United States Ahsha Rolle
United States Mashona Washington
4–6, 4–6
Winner 8. April 9, 2011 Jackson, United States Clay Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier Czech Republic Eva Hrdinová
France Natalie Piquion
7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–3)
Winner 9. May 1, 2011 Charlottesville, United States Clay Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier United States Julie Ditty
United States Carly Gullickson
6–3, 6–3
Winner 10. May 15, 2011 Raleigh, United States Clay Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier United States Beatrice Capra
United States Asia Muhammad
6–1, 6–3
Runner–up 6. June 26, 2011 Boston, United States Hard Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier Ukraine Tetiana Luzhanska
United States Alexandra Mueller
6–7(3–7), 3–6
Winner 11. July 16, 2011 Granby, Canada Hard China Sun Shengnan Belarus Vyktoria Kisialeva
Brazil Nathalia Rossi
6–4, 6–2
Runner–up 7. April 22, 2012 Dothan, United States Clay Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier Canada Eugenie Bouchard
United States Jessica Pegula
4–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Winner 12. July 14, 2012 Waterloo, Canada Clay Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier Japan Shuko Aoyama
Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
6–2, 7–5
Winner 13. July 21, 2012 Granby, Canada Hard Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Miki Miyamura
4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Runner–up 8. October 13, 2012 Troy, United States Hard Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier Russia Angelina Gabueva
Russia Arina Rodionova
4–6, 4–6
Runner–up 9. October 27, 2012 Saguenay, Canada Hard (i) Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
2–6, 2–6
Winner 14. May 4, 2013 Wiesbaden, Germany Clay Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Germany Dinah Pfizenmaier
Germany Anna Zaja
6–3, 6–3
Runner–up 10. June 7, 2013 Nottingham, United Kingdom Grass Canada Gabriela Dabrowski United States Maria Sanchez
United Kingdom Nicola Slater
6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Winner 15. July 6, 2013 Waterloo, Canada Clay Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Japan Misa Eguchi
Japan Eri Hozumi
7–6(8–6), 6–3
Winner 16. August 3, 2013 Vancouver, Canada Hard Ukraine Maryna Zanevska United States Jacqueline Cako
United States Natalie Pluskota
6–2, 6–2
Runner–up 11. February 16, 2014 Midland, United States Hard (i) United States Maria Sanchez Georgia (country) Anna Tatishvili
United Kingdom Heather Watson
5–7, 7–5, [6–10]
Runner–up 12. May 16, 2014 Saint-Gaudens, France Clay United Kingdom Johanna Konta Paraguay Verónica Cepede Royg
Argentina María Irigoyen
5–7, 3–6
Runner–up 13. June 6, 2014 Nottingham, United Kingdom Grass United States Maria Sanchez United Kingdom Jocelyn Rae
United Kingdom Anna Smith
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [5–10]
Winner 17. October 12, 2014 Rock Hill, United States Hard Netherlands Cindy Burger Greece Despina Papamichail
Austria Janina Toljan
4–6, 6–1, [10–6]

Junior Grand Slam finals

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

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 2006 Australian Open Hard Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova France Alizé Cornet
Italy Corinna Dentoni
6–2, 6–2
Winner 2006 French Open Clay Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–1
Winner 2006 US Open Hard Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu
Romania Ioana Raluca Olaru
5–7, 2–6

Singles performance timeline

This table is current through the 2015 Australian Open.

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 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon Q1 A A Q1 Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open Q2 Q3 Q2 Q2 1R 1R 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

This table is current through the 2015 Australian Open.

Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R A A A 1R A 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%

Head-to-head vs. top 50 ranked players

Fichman's win-loss record (4–7, 36%) against players who were ranked world no. 50 or higher when played is as follows:[25]
Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Has a 1–2 overall record vs. Meusburger
  2. ^ Has a 0–2 overall record vs. Mattek-Sands
  3. ^ Has a 1–2 overall record vs. Bertens

References

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  3. ^ a b c Mike Ulmer. Teen phenom serves notice. Slam!Sports, July 21, 2004. Retrieved June 11, 2010
  4. ^ Sarah Scott. Athletes' World. Today's Parent, August 2004. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
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  11. ^ "Rogers Cup: Canada's Sharon Fichman and Gabriela Dabrowski ousted in doubles semi". TheStar.com. Toronto. August 10, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  12. ^ "Une première pour Fichman". RDS.ca. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  13. ^ "Fichman éliminée". Radio-Canada.ca. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
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  18. ^ "Results". BNPParibasOpen.com. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
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  20. ^ "Canadian Fichman earns direct entry into French Open". TSN.ca. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  21. ^ "Canadians Fichman, Wozniak fall in first round in Paris". TSN.ca. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  22. ^ "Canadians at Wimbledon: Raonic, Dancevic, Bouchard advance; Fichman ousted". CTVNews.ca. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
  23. ^ "After knee surgery, Sharon Fichman is back for the U.S. Open". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  24. ^ "Completed matches". USOpen.org. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  25. ^ "Results". WTATennis.com. Retrieved March 11, 2014.

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