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	December 3, 1990 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2009[1]
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$620,967
Singles
Career record	264–171
Career titles	0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 77 (May 19, 2014)
Current ranking	No. 371 (January 18, 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2010)
French Open	1R (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2014)
US Open	1R (2013, 2014)
Doubles
Career record	190–123
Career titles	1 WTA, 20 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 48 (July 7, 2014)
Current ranking	No. 139 (January 18, 2016)
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: January 18, 2016.

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

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).

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 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 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 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.^[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 semi-finals. 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]

2015

In August at the Rogers Cup, Fichman reached the quarterfinals in doubles with compatriot Carol Zhao.^[25]

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	Katalin Marosi	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6–2, 3–6, [5–10]
Runner–up	2.	February 19, 2011	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	Clay	Laura Pous Tió	Edina Gallovits-Hall Anabel Medina Garrigues	6–2, 6–7^(6–8), [9–11]
Winner	1.	January 4, 2014	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Maria Sanchez	Lucie Hradecká Michaëlla Krajicek	2–6, 6–0, [10–4]

WTA Challenger and ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 22 (9 titles, 13 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 (5–8)
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	Pemra Özgen	6–1, 6–1
Runner–up	1.	December 3, 2005	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Margalita Chakhnashvili	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Runner–up	2.	July 22, 2007	Hamilton, Canada	Clay	Stéphanie Dubois	2–6, 2–6
Runner–up	3.	July 28, 2007	Calgary, Canada	Hard	Ana Veselinović	2–6, 1–6
Runner–up	4.	July 6, 2008	Waterloo, Canada	Clay	Alexandra Mueller	3–6, 3–6
Runner–up	5.	January 18, 2009	Boca Raton, United States	Clay	Gabriela Paz-Franco	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Winner	2.	January 25, 2009	Lutz, United States	Clay	Lauren Albanese	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
Winner	3.	April 19, 2009	Osprey, United States	Clay	Yuliana Fedak	4–6, 1–6
Runner–up	6.	September 13, 2009	Biella, Italy	Clay	Petra Martić	5–7, 4–6
Winner	4.	January 16, 2011	Plantation, United States	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	6–3, 7–6^(7–2)
Winner	5.	July 10, 2011	Waterloo, Canada	Clay	Julia Boserup	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	6.	July 15, 2012	Waterloo, Canada	Clay	Julia Glushko	6–3, 6–2
Winner	7.	September 2, 2012	Mamaia, Romania	Clay	Patricia Maria Țig	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–3
Runner–up	7.	September 16, 2012	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Cristina Mitu	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner–up	8.	October 14, 2012	Troy, United States	Hard	Stéphanie Dubois	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Runner–up	9.	October 21, 2012	Rock Hill, United States	Hard	Rebecca Marino	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 2–6
Runner–up	10.	November 4, 2012	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Eugenie Bouchard	1–6, 2–6
Winner	8.	January 20, 2013	Port St. Lucie, United States	Clay	Tadeja Majerič	6–3, 6–2
Runner–up	11.	May 5, 2013	Wiesbaden, Germany	Clay	Yvonne Meusburger	7–5, 4–6, 1–6
Runner–up	12.	August 4, 2013	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Johanna Konta	4–6, 2–6
Winner	9.	May 11, 2014	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Timea Bacsinszky	6–2, 6–2
Runner–up	13.	August 30, 2015	Winnipeg, Canada	Hard	Kristie Ahn	2–6, 5–7

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

Legend
WTA Challenger 125s (0–0)
ITF $100,000 (3–1)
ITF $75,000 (0–2)
ITF $50,000 (7–8)
ITF $25,000 (10–5)
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)	Gabriela Dabrowski	Maria Fernanda Alves Christina Wheeler	6–3, 6–0
Runner–up	1.	October 25, 2008	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Gabriela Dabrowski	Katalin Marosi Marina Tavares	6–2, 4–6, [4–10]
Runner–up	2.	January 18, 2009	Boca Raton, United States	Clay	Kimberly Couts	Alina Jidkova Darya Kustova	4–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	January 24, 2009	Lutz, United States	Clay	Kimberly Couts	Story Tweedie-Yates Mashona Washington	6–4, 7–5
Winner	3.	November 8, 2009	Rock Hill, United States	Hard	Anna Tatishvili	Lauren Albanese Jamie Hampton	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, [10–3]
Winner	4.	November 15, 2009	Phoenix, United States	Hard	Mashona Washington	Marie-Ève Pelletier Anna Tatishvili	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Runner–up	3.	November 21, 2009	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Mashona Washington	Maureen Drake Marianne Jodoin	3–2 ret.
Winner	5.	July 10, 2010	Biarritz, France	Clay	Julia Görges	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Monica Niculescu	7–5, 6–4
Runner–up	4.	July 18, 2010	Contrexéville, France	Clay	Jelena Dokić	Nina Bratchikova Ekaterina Ivanova	6–4, 4–6, [3–10]
Winner	6.	July 24, 2010	Pétange, Luxembourg	Clay	Monica Niculescu	Sophie Lefèvre Laura Thorpe	6–4, 6–2
Winner	7.	November 6, 2010	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Gabriela Dabrowski	Brittany Augustine Alexandra Mueller	6–4, 6–0
Runner–up	5.	January 22, 2011	Lutz, United States	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Ahsha Rolle Mashona Washington	4–6, 4–6
Winner	8.	April 9, 2011	Jackson, United States	Clay	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Eva Hrdinová Natalie Piquion	7–6^(7–1), 7–6^(7–3)
Winner	9.	May 1, 2011	Charlottesville, United States	Clay	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Julie Ditty Carly Gullickson	6–3, 6–3
Winner	10.	May 15, 2011	Raleigh, United States	Clay	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Beatrice Capra Asia Muhammad	6–1, 6–3
Runner–up	6.	June 26, 2011	Boston, United States	Hard	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Tetiana Luzhanska Alexandra Mueller	6–7^(3–7), 3–6
Winner	11.	July 16, 2011	Granby, Canada	Hard	Sun Shengnan	Viktoryia Kisialeva Nathália Rossi	6–4, 6–2
Runner–up	7.	April 22, 2012	Dothan, United States	Clay	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Eugenie Bouchard Jessica Pegula	4–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Winner	12.	July 14, 2012	Waterloo, Canada	Clay	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Shuko Aoyama Gabriela Dabrowski	6–2, 7–5
Winner	13.	July 21, 2012	Granby, Canada	Hard	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Shuko Aoyama Miki Miyamura	4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Runner–up	8.	October 13, 2012	Troy, United States	Hard	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Angelina Gabueva Arina Rodionova	4–6, 4–6
Runner–up	9.	October 27, 2012	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Gabriela Dabrowski Alla Kudryavtseva	2–6, 2–6
Winner	14.	May 4, 2013	Wiesbaden, Germany	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Dinah Pfizenmaier Anna Zaja	6–3, 6–3
Runner–up	10.	June 7, 2013	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Gabriela Dabrowski	Maria Sanchez Nicola Slater	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Winner	15.	July 6, 2013	Waterloo, Canada	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Misa Eguchi Eri Hozumi	7–6^(8–6), 6–3
Winner	16.	August 3, 2013	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Maryna Zanevska	Jacqueline Cako Natalie Pluskota	6–2, 6–2
Runner–up	11.	February 16, 2014	Midland, United States	Hard (i)	Maria Sanchez	Anna Tatishvili Heather Watson	5–7, 7–5, [6–10]
Runner–up	12.	May 16, 2014	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Johanna Konta	Verónica Cepede Royg María Irigoyen	5–7, 3–6
Runner–up	13.	June 6, 2014	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Maria Sanchez	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, [5–10]
Winner	17.	October 12, 2014	Rock Hill, United States	Hard	Cindy Burger	Despina Papamichail Janina Toljan	4–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Runner–up	14.	May 29, 2015	Grado, Italy	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Viktorija Golubic Beatriz Haddad Maia	3–6, 2–6
Winner	18.	August 29, 2015	Winnipeg, Canada	Hard	Jovana Jakšić	Kristie Ahn Lorraine Guillermo	6–2, 6–1
Runner–up	15.	October 24, 2015	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Maria Sanchez	Mihaela Buzărnescu Justyna Jegiołka	6–7^(6–8), 6–4, [7–10]
Winner	19.	October 30, 2015	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Maria Sanchez	Kristie Ahn Fanny Stollár	6–2, 6–7^(6–8), [10–6]
Runner–up	16.	January 16, 2016	Daytona Beach, United States	Clay	Carol Zhao	Natela Dzalamidze Veronika Kudermetova	4–6, 3–6
Winner	20.	April 9, 2016	Jackson, United States	Clay	Jarmila Wolfe	Yuki Kristina Chiang Lauren Herring	6–2, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

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

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

Singles performance timeline

This table is current through the 2016 Australian Open.

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q2	Absent		Q1	Q1	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	Absent			Q1	Q2	1R	A		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	Q1	Absent		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	0–0	0 / 4	0–4	0%

Doubles performance timeline

This table is current through the 2016 Australian Open.

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	1R	Absent			1R	Absent		0 / 2	0–2	0%
French Open	Absent				2R	A		0 / 1	1–0	100%
Wimbledon	Absent		Q2	Q1	1R	A		0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	Absent			2R	1R	A		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–Loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	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:^[26]
Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.

• Sorana Cîrstea 2–1
• Urszula Radwańska 1–0
• Yvonne Meusburger 1–0^{[nb 1]}
• Agnieszka Radwańska 0–1
• Maria Kirilenko 0–1
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands 0–1^{[nb 2]}
• Kiki Bertens 0–1^{[nb 3]}
• Jelena Janković 0–2

*Statistics as of March 7, 2016

See also

• List of select Jewish tennis players

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

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External links

• Sharon Fichman at the Women's Tennis Association
• Sharon Fichman at the International Tennis Federation
• Sharon Fichman at the Fed Cup
• Sharon Fichman on Twitter