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==Biography==

 

In 2002, Fichman won the under-12 title at the Eddie Herr International Championships and the under-12 title at the Orange Bowl. 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 2005, she won the Grade A tournament Porto Alegre Junior Championships. Also in 2005, she 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. 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. In 2006, Fichman and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova dominated doubles at the Grand Slam Juniors by winning the Australian Open and French Open. At the 2006 junior US Open, Fichman quartered in singles and came close to capturing her third Grand Slam in doubles with a finalist showing. At the [[Canadian Open|Rogers Cup]] in 2013, 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. In 2014 at the ASB Classic, she won her first WTA doubles title alongside Maria Sanchez with a victory over Lucie Hradecká and Michaëlla Krajicek in the final. Also in 2014, she won the biggest tournament of her career so far with a victory over Timea Bacsinszky at the ITF 100K in Cagnes-sur-Mer. Fichman was inactive from May 2016 to April 2018, but returned to tennis in doubles at the ITF 60K event in Indian Harbour Beach, reaching the quarterfinals with Jamie Loeb. She announced her official comeback in August 2018 and made her return at the [[Tournoi de Québec|Coupe Banque Nationale]] in September 2018, playing in doubles. In 2019, she won her second WTA doubles title, winning at the International tournament in Jūrmala, Latvia with partner Nina Stojanović. In 2020 at the Monterrey Open, Fichman captured her third WTA doubles title, this time partnering Kateryna Bondarenko. In 2021, she won the WTA 1000 doubles title in Rome, winning as alternates with Giuliana Olmos.