Sharon Fichman

Sharon Fichman (/ˈfɪmən/ FITCH-mən;[1] born December 3, 1990) is a Canadian former tennis player. She achieved a career-highs of No. 77 in singles (May 2014) and No. 21 in doubles (January 2022).

Sharon Fichman
Sharon Fichman at the 2013 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer
Country (sports) Canada
ResidenceToronto, Ontario
Born (1990-12-03) December 3, 1990
Toronto
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned pro2009
RetiredNovember 2021 (last match played)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$936,706
Singles
Career record299–196 (60.4%)
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 77 (19 May 2014)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2010)
French Open1R (2014)
Wimbledon1R (2014)
US Open1R (2013, 2014)
Doubles
Career record289–197 (59.5%)
Career titles4 WTA, 21 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 21 (17 January 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2021)
French Open3R (2021)
Wimbledon3R (2021)
US Open2R (2013)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsRR (2021)
Olympic Games1R (2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon2R (2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup24–10 (70.6%)
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Women's tennis
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place2005 IsraelSingles
Silver medal – second place2005 IsraelMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2005 IsraelDoubles

In 2004, at the age of 13, she was Canada's Under-18 Indoor & Outdoor National girls' champion, and also won the doubles title. In 2005, Fichman won the gold medal in women's singles at the 2005 Maccabiah Games in Israel, at the age of 14. In 2006, she won the Australian Open and French Open junior doubles championships. Fichman was ranked No. 5 on the ITF Junior Circuit in December 2006.

She was inactive from May 2016 to April 2018, but returned to tennis in doubles at the $60k event in Indian Harbour Beach, reaching the quarterfinals with Jamie Loeb.[2] She qualified for the 2021 WTA Finals with Giuliana Olmos.

Personal life

Fichman, who is Jewish, was born and raised in Forest Hill in Toronto, Canada.[3][4] She is a citizen of both Canada and Israel.[4] Her parents, Julia and Bobby, emigrated from Romania to Israel in 1982, and then to Canada in 1989.[4] Bobby was a semi-pro tennis player, and is now a nuclear engineer. Her mother is a computer engineer and also a tennis fan.[4]

Fichman started playing tennis at the age of four,[5] and won her first tournament at six.[6] By age 13, she was the world No. 2 player under-14.[7] In 2004, at the age of 13, she was Canada's Under-18 Indoor & Outdoor National girls champion, 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 Juniors US Open, Fichman reach the quarterfinals in singles and came close to capturing her third Grand Slam title 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.[8]

Fichman's idol at the beginning was Belgian tennis player Justine Henin.[6]

Career overview

2005

In 2005, Fichman won the gold medal in women's singles at the 2005 Maccabiah Games in Israel, at the age of 14. She defeated Israeli Julia Glushko in the semifinals[9] and 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."[10] 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.[10]

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 tournament in Lutz, Florida 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 $100k Biella Challenger singles final in September 2009, but lost to Petra Martić.[11] 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 $100k doubles titles in July 2010 (in Biarritz and in Pétange).[12][13]

2011–12

In January 2011, Sharon won her first tournament of the year, the $25k in Plantation, by defeating Alexandra Cadanțu in the final. At the Copa 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 $50k event in Waterloo, where she defeated Julia Boserup.

In July 2012, Fichman won the Waterloo Challenger for the second straight year with a win over Julia Glushko in the championship match. She won in September the $25k 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 $25k event in Port St. Lucie, with a victory over Tadeja Majerič.[14] In August, she lost the final of the $100k Vancouver Open to Johanna Konta but won the doubles title alongside Maryna Zanevska.[15] 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.[16]

At the US Open, Fichman qualified for her first-ever Grand Slam main draw with a victory over Alexandra Panova.[17] She lost to world No. 22, Sorana Cîrstea, in the first round.[18] In September, Fichman made it to the Premier Mandatory main draw in Beijing with wins over Paula Ormaechea and Yaroslava Shvedova in first and last round of qualifying, respectively. In the main draw, she was eliminated by Galina Voskoboeva in the first round.[19]

2014

Fichman at the 2014 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer

At the first tournament of her season, the Auckland Open, 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.[20] In February, at the $100k 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.[21] 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.[22]

At the beginning of March, she qualified for the Premier Mandatory Indian Wells Open and defeated Shahar Pe'er in the first round. She was eliminated by world No. 10, Sara Errani, in the second round.[23] In May, Fichman reached her first singles final of the season at the $100k Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, where she won the biggest tournament of her career so far with a victory over Timea Bacsinszky.[24] At the French Open in May, Fichman earned direct entry in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, but was eliminated in the opening round by world No. 7, Jelena Janković, in three sets.[25][26] At Wimbledon, Fichman was defeated by Timea Bacsinszky in the first round.[27] 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.[28][29]

2015–16

In August 2015 at the Rogers Cup, Fichman reached the quarterfinals in doubles with compatriot Carol Zhao.[30]

She played a match at the $100k event in Trnava in May 2016, losing in the qualifying second round to Ágnes Bukta, and was inactive for nearly two years thereafter,[31] claiming injuries, mental fatigue and a growing interest in broadcasting and coaching made her decide to take a break from playing.[32]

2018

In April 2018, Fichman returned to the pro circuit at age 27, playing in doubles at the $60k event in Indian Harbour Beach. She reached the quarterfinals with partner Jamie Loeb.[2] Fichman credited her return to fiancé Dylan Moscovitch suffering an accident that cut off his chances of qualifying to the 2018 Winter Olympics, making her decide to take up tennis again and rise enough in the rankings to attend the 2020 Summer Olympics and bring Moscovitch along.[5]

2021: First Grand Slam doubles quarterfinal, WTA 1000 title, Olympics

In May 2021, Fichman won the first WTA 1000 and biggest title in her doubles career at the Italian Open, partnering with Mexican player Giuliana Olmos. In the final, they defeated the pair of Kristina Mladenovic and Markéta Vondroušová who were making their debut playing together. They had entered the tournament as alternates and defeated top seeds Hsieh/Mertens and the Japanese fourth seeded duo Aoyama/Shibahara en route to the championship match.[33][34] As a result, she entered the top 40 in doubles for the first time in her career at No. 31. In February, Fichman and Olmos also reached their first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2021 Australian Open. Fichman managed to qualify for the Olympic tennis tournament, partnering Gabriela Dabrowski, and the 2021 WTA Finals.[35]

2022–23: Best doubles ranking, extended two years hiatus

She reached a career-high ranking in doubles of No. 21 on 17 January 2022.

She sat out of the 2022 WTA Tour and the 2023 WTA Tour to recover from 2021's injuries, in the meantime joining Sportsnet and its team of tennis commentators.[36]

Style of play

Fichman is an aggressive counter puncher, and is known for her tenacity as well as her feistiness on the court.[6]

Significant finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2021 Italian Open Clay Mexico Giuliana Olmos France Kristina Mladenovic
Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová
4–6, 7–5, [10–5]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5 / WTA 1000 (1–0)
Premier / WTA 500
International / WTA 250 (3–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (2–3)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2009 Estoril Open,
Portugal
International Clay Hungary Katalin Marosi United States Raquel Kops-Jones
United States Abigail Spears
6–2, 3–6, [5–10]
Loss 0–2 Feb 2011 Copa Colsanitas,
Colombia
International Clay Spain Laura Pous Tió Romania Edina Gallovits-Hall
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
6–2, 6–7(6–8), [9–11]
Win 1–2 Jan 2014 Auckland Open,
New Zealand
International Hard United States Maria Sanchez Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
2–6, 6–0, [10–4]
Loss 1–3 May 2019 Nuremberg Cup,
Germany
International Clay United States Nicole Melichar Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
China Xu Yifan
6–4, 6–7(5–7), [5–10]
Win 2–3 Jul 2019 Baltic Open,
Latvia
International Clay Serbia Nina Stojanović Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko
Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva
2–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–6]
Loss 2–4 Feb 2020 Mexican Open,
Mexico
International Hard Ukraine Kateryna Bondarenko United States Desirae Krawczyk
Mexico Giuliana Olmos
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 3–4 Mar 2020 Monterrey Open,
Mexico
International Hard Ukraine Kateryna Bondarenko Japan Miyu Kato
China Wang Yafan
4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win 4–4 May 2021 Italian Open,
Italy
WTA 1000 Clay Mexico Giuliana Olmos France Kristina Mladenovic
Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová
4–6, 7–5, [10–5]

WTA 125 finals

Doubles: 1 (runner–up)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2019 Houston Challenger, United States Hard Japan Ena Shibahara Australia Ellen Perez
Brazil Luisa Stefani
6–1, 4–6, [5–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 22 (9 titles, 13 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–2)
$75,000 tournaments (0–0)
$50,000 tournaments (2–1)
$25,000 tournaments (5–8)
$10,000 tournaments (1–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2005 ITF Ashkelon, Israel 10,000 Hard Turkey Pemra Özgen 6–1, 6–1
Loss 1–1 Dec 2005 ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel 10,000 Hard Georgia (country) Margalita Chakhnashvili 3–6, 6–7(4)
Loss 1–2 Jul 2007 ITF Hamilton, Canada 25,000 Clay Canada Stéphanie Dubois 2–6, 2–6
Loss 1–3 Jul 2007 ITF Calgary, Canada 10,000 Hard Serbia Ana Veselinović 2–6, 1–6
Loss 1–4 Jul 2008 Waterloo Challenger, Canada 25,000 Clay United States Alexandra Mueller 3–6, 3–6
Loss 1–5 Jan 2009 ITF Boca Raton, United States 25,000 Clay Venezuela Gabriela Paz Franco 4–6, 6–7(4)
Win 2–5 Jan 2009 ITF Lutz, United States 25,000 Clay United States Lauren Albanese 6–4, 7–6(5)
Win 3–5 Apr 2009 Osprey Challenger, United States 25,000 Clay Ukraine Yuliana Fedak 4–6, 1–6
Loss 3–6 Sep 2009 Internazionali di Biella, Italy 100,000 Clay Croatia Petra Martić 5–7, 4–6
Win 4–6 Jan 201 ITF Plantation, United States 25,000 Clay Romania Alexandra Cadanțu 6–3, 7–6(2)
Win 5–6 Jul 2011 Waterloo Challenger, Canada 50,000 Clay United States Julia Boserup 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win 6–6 Jul 2012 Waterloo Challenger, Canada 50,000 Clay Israel Julia Glushko 6–3, 6–2
Win 7–6 Sep 2012 ITF Mamaia, Romania 25,000 Clay Romania Patricia Maria Țig 6–3, 6–7(5), 6–3
Loss 7–7 Sep 2012 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Romania Cristina Mitu 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 7–8 Oct 2012 ITF Troy, United States 25,000 Hard Canada Stéphanie Dubois 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 7–9 Oct 2012 ITF Rock Hill, United States 25,000 Hard Canada Rebecca Marino 6–3, 6–7(5), 2–6
Loss 7–10 Nov 2012 Toronto Challenger, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) Canada Eugenie Bouchard 1–6, 2–6
Win 8–10 Jan 2013 ITF Port St. Lucie, United States 25,000 Clay Slovenia Tadeja Majerič 6–3, 6–2
Loss 8–11 May 2013 Wiesbaden Open, Germany 25,000 Clay Austria Yvonne Meusburger 7–5, 4–6, 1–6
Loss 8–12 Aug 2013 Vancouver Open, Canada 100,000 Hard United Kingdom Johanna Konta 4–6, 2–6
Win 9–12 May 2014 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 100,000 Clay Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky 6–2, 6–2
Loss 9–13 Aug 2015 Winnipeg Challenger, Canada 25,000 Hard United States Kristie Ahn 2–6, 5–7

Doubles: 40 (21 titles, 19 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (3–1)
$75/80,000 tournaments (0–2)
$50/60,000 tournaments (8–9)
$25,000 tournaments (10–7)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2007 Toronto Challenger, Canada 25,000 Hard (i) Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves
Australia Christina Wheeler
6–3, 6–0
Loss 1–1 Oct 2008 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Hungary Katalin Marosi
Brazil Marina Tavares
6–2, 4–6, [4–10]
Loss 1–2 Jan 2009 ITF Boca Raton, United States 25,000 Clay United States Kimberly Couts Russia Alina Jidkova
Belarus Darya Kustova
4–6, 2–6
Win 2–2 Jan 2009 ITF Lutz, United States 25,000 Clay United States Kimberly Couts United States Story Tweedie-Yates
United States Mashona Washington
6–4, 7–5
Win 3–2 Nov 2009 ITF Rock Hill, United States $25,000 Hard Georgia (country) Anna Tatishvili United States Lauren Albanese
United States Jamie Hampton
7–6(5), 4–6, [10–3]
Win 4–2 Nov 2009 Phoenix Tennis Classic, United States 50,000 Hard United States Mashona Washington Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier
Georgia (country) Anna Tatishvili
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss 4–3 Nov 2009 Toronto Challenger, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) United States Mashona Washington Canada Maureen Drake
Canada Marianne Jodoin
3–2 ret.
Win 5–3 Jul 2010 Open de Biarritz, France 100,000 Clay Germany Julia Görges Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Romania Monica Niculescu
7–5, 6–4
Loss 5–4 Jul 2010 Contrexéville Open, France 50,000 Clay Australia Jelena Dokić Russia Nina Bratchikova
Russia Ekaterina Ivanova
6–4, 4–6, [3–10]
Win 6–4 Jul 2010 ITF Pétange, Luxembourg 100,000 Clay Romania Monica Niculescu France Sophie Lefèvre
France Laura Thorpe
6–4, 6–2
Win 7–4 Nov 2010 Toronto Challenger, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) Canada Gabriela Dabrowski United States Brittany Augustine
United States Alexandra Mueller
6–4, 6–0
Loss 7–5 Jan 2011 ITF Lutz, United States 25,000 Clay Canada Gabriela Dabrowski United States Ahsha Rolle
United States Mashona Washington
4–6, 4–6
Win 8–5 Apr 2011 ITF Jackson, United States 25,000 Clay Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier Czech Republic Eva Hrdinová
France Natalie Piquion
7–6(1), 7–6(3)
Win 9–5 May 2011 Charlottesville Open, United States 50,000 Clay Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier United States Julie Ditty
United States Carly Gullickson
6–3, 6–3
Win 10–5 May 2011 ITF Raleigh, United States 50,000 Clay Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier United States Beatrice Capra
United States Asia Muhammad
6–1, 6–3
Loss 10–6 Jun 2011 ITF Boston, United States 50,000 Hard Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier Ukraine Tetiana Luzhanska
United States Alexandra Mueller
6–7(3), 3–6
Win 11–6 Jul 2011 Challenger de Granby, Canada 25,000 Hard China Sun Shengnan Belarus Viktoryia Kisialeva
Brazil Nathália Rossi
6–4, 6–2
Loss 11–7 Apr 2012 Dothan Pro Classic, United States 50,000 Clay Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier Canada Eugenie Bouchard
United States Jessica Pegula
4–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Win 12–7 Jul 2012 Waterloo Challenger, Canada 50,000 Clay Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier Japan Shuko Aoyama
Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
6–2, 7–5
Win 13–7 Jul 2012 Challenger de Granby, Canada 25,000 Hard Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Miki Miyamura
4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Loss 13–8 Oct 2012 ITF Troy, United States 25,000 Hard Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier Russia Angelina Gabueva
Russia Arina Rodionova
4–6, 4–6
Loss 13–9 Oct 2012 Saguenay Challenger, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
2–6, 2–6
Win 14–9 May 2013 Wiesbaden Open, Germany 25,000 Clay Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Germany Dinah Pfizenmaier
Germany Anna Zaja
6–3, 6–3
Loss 14–10 Jun 2013 Nottingham Trophy, United Kingdom 75,000 Grass Canada Gabriela Dabrowski United States Maria Sanchez
United Kingdom Nicola Slater
6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Win 15–10 Jul 2013 Waterloo Challenger, Canada 50,000 Clay Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Japan Misa Eguchi
Japan Eri Hozumi
7–6(6), 6–3
Win 16–10 Aug 2013 Vancouver Open, Canada 100,000 Hard Ukraine Maryna Zanevska United States Jacqueline Cako
United States Natalie Pluskota
6–2, 6–2
Loss 16–11 Feb 2014 Midland Tennis Classic, United States 100,000 Hard (i) United States Maria Sanchez Georgia (country) Anna Tatishvili
United Kingdom Heather Watson
5–7, 7–5, [6–10]
Loss 16–12 May 2014 Open Saint-Gaudens, France 50,000 Clay United Kingdom Johanna Konta Paraguay Verónica Cepede Royg
Argentina María Irigoyen
5–7, 3–6
Loss 16–13 Jun 2014 Nottingham Trophy, United Kingdom 75,000 Grass United States Maria Sanchez United Kingdom Jocelyn Rae
United Kingdom Anna Smith
6–7(5), 6–4, [5–10]
Win 17–13 Oct 2014 ITF Rock Hill, United States 25,000 Hard Netherlands Cindy Burger Greece Despina Papamichail
Austria Janina Toljan
4–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Loss 17–14 May 2015 Grado Tennis Cup, Italy 25,000 Clay Poland Katarzyna Piter Switzerland Viktorija Golubic
Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia
3–6, 2–6
Win 18–14 Aug 2015 Winnipeg Challenger, Canada 25,000 Hard Serbia Jovana Jakšić United States Kristie Ahn
United States Lorraine Guillermo
6–2, 6–1
Loss 18–15 Oct 2015 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) United States Maria Sanchez Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu
Poland Justyna Jegiołka
6–7(6), 6–4, [7–10]
Win 19–15 Oct 2015 Toronto Challenger, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) United States Maria Sanchez United States Kristie Ahn
Hungary Fanny Stollár
6–2, 6–7(6), [10–6]
Loss 19–16 Jan 2016 ITF Daytona Beach, United States 25,000 Clay Canada Carol Zhao Russia Natela Dzalamidze
Russia Veronika Kudermetova
4–6, 3–6
Win 20–16 Apr 2016 ITF Jackson, United States 25,000 Clay Australia Jarmila Wolfe United States Yuki Kristina Chiang
United States Lauren Herring
6–2, 6–3
Loss 20–17 Oct 2018 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada 60,000 Hard (i) United States Maria Sanchez United Kingdom Tara Moore
Switzerland Conny Perrin
0–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Win 21–17 Oct 2018 Toronto Challenger, Canada 60,000 Hard (i) United States Maria Sanchez Poland Maja Chwalińska
Bulgaria Elitsa Kostova
6–0, 6–4
Loss 21–18 Dec 2018 Pune Championships, India 25,000 Hard Russia Valeria Savinykh Indonesia Beatrice Gumulya
Montenegro Ana Veselinović
6–7(4), 6–1, [9–11]
Loss 21–19 Apr 2019 Chiasso Open, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Australia Jaimee Fourlis Spain Cristina Bucșa
Ukraine Marta Kostyuk
1–6, 6–3, [7–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

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

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win2006Australian OpenHardRussia Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaFrance Alizé Cornet
Italy Corinna Dentoni
6–2, 6–2
Win2006French OpenClayRussia Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPoland Agnieszka Radwańska
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
6–7(4), 6–2, 6–1
Loss2006US OpenHardRussia Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaRomania Mihaela Buzărnescu
Romania Raluca Olaru
5–7, 2–6

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament2009201020112012201320142015SRW–LWin %
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

Tournament201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021SRW–LWin %
Australian Open 1R A A A 1R A A A A A 1R QF 0 / 4 3–4 43%
French Open A A A A 2R A A A A A 1R 3R 0 / 3 3–2 60%
Wimbledon A A Q2 Q1 1R A A A A A NH 3R 0 / 2 1–1 50%
US Open A A A 2R 1R A A A A 1R 1R A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 6–2 0 / 14 8–11 35%

Head-to-head record

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:[37]
Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.

* statistics as of March 7, 2016

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

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