Sharon Fichman

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

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.

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

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

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 professional, her career highs have been No. 77 in singles (May 19, 2014) and No. 48 in doubles (July 7, 2014).

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.

In July 2012, Fichman won the 50K Cooper 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.

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 $50,000 event in Waterloo, where she defeated Julia Boserup.

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 100K ITF 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.

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. 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).

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 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.

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 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 quartered 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.

Sharon Fichman (/ˈ f ɪ tʃ m ə n / FITCH -mən; born December 3, 1990) is a Canadian tennis player.

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.