He attended Sutherland High School from 1988 to 1993, where his talent for golf was nurtured.

He partnered Retief Goosen in South Africa's WGC-World Cup team in 2000.

In 2012, Fichardt ended a nine-year title drought on the European Tour when he won the Saint-Omer Open by three strokes from Gary Lockerbie.

He claimed his fourth European Tour title by two strokes over Grégory Bourdy and Jaco van Zyl.

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour Sunshine Tour playoff record (2–3) 1Dual-ranking event with the European Tour CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic 1Cancelled due to 9/11 "T" = Tied NT = No tournament Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.