Sharon Fichman

Summary

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 (age 33)
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 place 2005 Israel Singles
Silver medal – second place 2005 Israel Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Israel Doubles

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 edit

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 edit

2005 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

 
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 edit

 
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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Significant finals edit

WTA 1000 tournaments edit

Doubles: 1 (title) edit

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

WTA Tour finals edit

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

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   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]
Loss 1–3 May 2019 Nuremberg Cup,
Germany
International Clay   Nicole Melichar   Gabriela Dabrowski
  Xu Yifan
6–4, 6–7(5–7), [5–10]
Win 2–3 Jul 2019 Baltic Open,
Latvia
International Clay   Nina Stojanović   Jeļena Ostapenko
  Galina Voskoboeva
2–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–6]
Loss 2–4 Feb 2020 Mexican Open,
Mexico
International Hard   Kateryna Bondarenko   Desirae Krawczyk
  Giuliana Olmos
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 3–4 Mar 2020 Monterrey Open,
Mexico
International Hard   Kateryna Bondarenko   Miyu Kato
  Wang Yafan
4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win 4–4 May 2021 Italian Open,
Italy
WTA 1000 Clay   Giuliana Olmos   Kristina Mladenovic
  Markéta Vondroušová
4–6, 7–5, [10–5]

WTA 125 finals edit

Doubles: 1 (runner–up) edit

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

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 22 (9 titles, 13 runner–ups) edit

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

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

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

Junior Grand Slam finals edit

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

Result Year Championship 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), 6–2, 6–1
Loss 2006 US Open Hard   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova   Mihaela Buzărnescu
  Raluca Olaru
5–7, 2–6

Grand Slam performance timelines edit

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 edit

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 SR W–L Win %
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 edit

Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L Win %
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 edit

Record against top-50 players edit

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 edit

Notes edit

  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 edit

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