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Jaime Faria

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Jaime Faria
Country (sports)BERJAYA Portugal
Born (2003-08-06) 6 August 2003 (age 23)
Lisbon, Portugal
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)[1]
CoachPedro Sousa
Prize moneyUS $1,566,711[2]
Singles
Career record14–21
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 79 (27 July 2026)
Current rankingNo. 79 (27 July 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2025, 2026)
French Open3R (2026)
Wimbledon2R (2026)
US Open1R (2025)
Doubles
Career record1–5
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 192 (6 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 469 (27 July 2026)
Last updated on: 27 July 2026.

Jaime Faria (born 6 August 2003) is a Portuguese professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 79 achieved on 27 July 2026 and a doubles ranking of No. 192, reached on 6 May 2024.[2] He is currently the No. 2 singles player from Portugal.[3]

Career

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2021-2022: Professional beginnings

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In October 2021, Faria won his first ATP point in Setúbal.[4] In July 2022, he won his first singles and doubles titles in Castelo Branco, Portugal, on consecutive days.[5]

2023: ATP Challenger Tour debut

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In January 2023, he made his debut on the ATP Challenger Tour.[6] The same month he made headlines when he threw his racquet in frustration during a match at the 2023 Oeiras Indoors II in Portugal and nearly struck his opponent Aziz Dougaz.[7]

2024: Maiden Challenger title, ATP and top 125 debuts

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In February and March, he won four consecutive tournaments on the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour, winning the Vale do Lobo Open in Portugal as well as the Vila Real de Santo António, the Faro Open, and the Quinta do Lago.[8][9]

He qualified for the main draw at the 2024 Estoril Open, making his ATP Tour debut.[10]

In May, following his maiden Challenger title at the 2024 Open de Oeiras II, Portugal, he reached the top 200 at world No. 183 on 20 May 2024. He defeated Elias Ymer in the final.[11] Faria won his second title at the 2024 Curitiba Challenger and moved into the top 120 in the rankings on 28 October 2024.[12][13]

2025: Major debut and first win, two ATP quarterfinals, top 100

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Ranked at world No. 124, Faria qualified for the main draw of a Grand Slam event for the first time at the 2025 Australian Open.[14][15] In the first round he defeated Pavel Kotov in straight sets for his first ATP and Grand Slam win.[16] In the second round he was drawn against seventh seed Novak Djokovic[17][18] and lost in four sets.[19]

Ranked No. 106 at the 2025 Rio Open, where he entered the main draw as a lucky loser, Faria defeated qualifier Tomás Barrios Vera[20] and Jaume Munar for his first two wins at the ATP 500-level and first two outside the Majors. It was his first ATP quarterfinal and first at the 500-level.[21] As a result he reached the top 100 in the singles rankings on 24 February 2025.[22][23][24] The match between him and another lucky loser (LL) Camilo Ugo Carabelli marked only the second LL vs LL quarterfinal in ATP Tour history (since 1990) after LL Max Purcell defeated LL Andreas Seppi in 2021 Eastbourne.[25][26] Ranked No. 87[27] in the next Golden Swing event, the 2025 Chile Open in Santiago, Faria upset eight seed Luciano Darderi on his debut at the tournament.[28] Next he defeated qualifier Gustavo Heide in three sets to reach back-to-back ATP quarterfinals.

In the first round of the 2025 French Open, he was defeated by Jenson Brooksby of the United States, in four sets.[29] In the first round of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships he was defeated by Lorenzo Sonego of Italy, in straight sets.[30]

2026: Major third round, Masters debut

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Faria qualified for the 2026 Australian Open, defeating Croatian Luka Mikrut and Lebanese player Benjamin Hassan, before overcoming Argentine Marco Trungelliti in the final qualification round.[31][32] He defeated former Australian Open junior champion Alexander Blockx in the first round in four sets.[33] He was defeated in the second round by 13th seed Andrey Rublev.[34]

He made his Masters debut at the 2026 Mutua Madrid Open after qualifying for the main draw. In the first round of qualifying for the 2026 French Open, Faria recorded a win over Grigor Dimitrov, and also qualified for the main draw with a win over Lukas Neumayer.[35][36] In the main draw he recorded straight sets wins over Denis Shapovalov and Jan-Lennard Struff.[37][38] He was denied a first Grand Slam fourth round after a five-set defeat against Frances Tiafoe, with his opponent coming back from two sets down.[39]

Faria passed through the qualifying phase of the Wimbledon 2026 slam by beating Hugo Grenier, Luka Pavlovic and Rei Sakamoto respectively. He then beat Sho Shimabukuro to make it into the second round where he lost in four sets to Zizou Bergs.

He made his debut at the 2026 National Bank Open, as a lucky loser, entering the main draw directly into the second round, after the late withdrawal of second seed and home favourite Felix Auger-Aliassime.[40]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

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Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (–)
Clay (2–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2024 Open de Oeiras II, Portugal Challenger Clay Sweden Elias Ymer 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss 1–1 Oct 2024 Copa Faulcombridge, Spain Challenger Clay Spain Pedro Martínez 1–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 Oct 2024 Curitiba Challenger, Brazil Challenger Clay Brazil Felipe Meligeni Alves 6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Mar 2026 LA Open, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Román Andrés Burruchaga 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–3 May 2026 Upper Austria Open, Austria Challenger Clay BERJAYA Roman Safiullin 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(4–7)

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (2–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2023 Open de Oeiras II, Portugal Challenger Clay Portugal Henrique Rocha United Kingdom Luke Johnson
Netherlands Sem Verbeek		 7–6(8–6), 5–7, [6–10]
Loss 0–2 Oct 2023 Lisboa Belém Open, Portugal Challenger Clay Portugal Henrique Rocha Poland Karol Drzewiecki
Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář		 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 1–2 Apr 2024 Ostra Group Open, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Portugal Henrique Rocha Germany Jakob Schnaitter
Germany Mark Wallner		 7–5, 6–3
Win 2–2 Sep 2024 Cassis Open Provence, France Challenger Hard Portugal Henrique Rocha France Manuel Guinard
France Matteo Martineau		 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 3–2 Mar 2026 Brasília Tennis Open, Brazil Challenger Clay Portugal Henrique Rocha Argentina Mariano Kestelboim
Brazil Marcelo Zormann		 6–3, 6–2

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 7 (6 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
ITF WTT (6–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–1)
Clay (–)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2022 M15 Castelo Branco, Portugal WTT Hard France Robin Bertrand 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Win 2–0 Oct 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Lebanon Hady Habib 7–5, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Sep 2023 M25 Sintra, Portugal WTT Hard United Kingdom Harry Wendelken 6–3, 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 3–1 Feb 2024 M25 Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal WTT Hard Netherlands Jelle Sels 6–3, 6–0
Win 4–1 Mar 2024 M25 Faro, Portugal WTT Hard Lithuania Vilius Gaubas 6–1, 6–3
Win 5–1 Mar 2024 M25 Quinta do Lago, Portugal WTT Hard Lebanon Hady Habib 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3), 6–1
Win 6–1 Mar 2024 M25 Vale do Lobo, Portugal WTT Hard Czech Republic Hynek Bartoň 6–2, 3–1, ret.

Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runners-up)

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Legend
ITF WTT (6–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–2)
Clay (0–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2022 M15 Castelo Branco, Portugal WTT Hard Portugal Fábio Coelho France Maxence Broville
France Pierre Delage		 6–2, 6–4
Win 2–0 Aug 2022 M25 Setúbal, Portugal WTT Hard Portugal Fábio Coelho Finland Eero Vasa
United Kingdom Mark Whitehouse		 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 2–1 Apr 2023 M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy WTT Clay Portugal Henrique Rocha Germany Kai Wenhelt
Netherlands Mick Veldheer		 6–3, 1–6, [12–14]
Loss 2–2 Sep 2023 M25 Mataró, Spain WTT Clay Portugal Henrique Rocha Switzerland Rémy Bertola
Italy Gianmarco Ferrari		 6–7(4–7), 6–2, [9–11]
Win 3–2 Jun 2023 M25 Martos, Spain WTT Hard Portugal Henrique Rocha India Parikshit Somani
India Ramkumar Ramanathan		 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 3–3 Sep 2023 M25 Sintra, Portugal WTT Hard Portugal Henrique Rocha Denmark Johannes Ingildsen
Sweden Fred Simonsson		 6–7(5–7), 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 3–4 Sep 2023 M25 Sintra, Portugal WTT Hard Portugal Henrique Rocha United States Dali Blanch
United States Martin Damm Jr.		 1–6, 2–6
Win 4–4 Oct 2023 M25 Setúbal, Portugal WTT Hard Portugal Henrique Rocha Portugal Diogo Marques
Portugal Fred Gil		 6–3, 6–3
Win 5–4 Oct 2023 M25 Tavira, Portugal WTT Hard Portugal Henrique Rocha Ukraine Aleksandr Braynin
Austria David Pichler		 6–3, 6–1
Win 6–4 Feb 2024 M25 Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal WTT Hard Portugal João Domingues Australia Thomas Fancutt
United States Hunter Reese		 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)

Record against top 10 players

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  • Faria has a 1–2 win-loss record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.[41]

Wins over top 10 players

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Season 2026 Total
Wins 1 1
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score JFR
2026
1. United States Ben Shelton 6 Cincinnati Open, United States Hard 2R 6–4, 6–4 79
*As of 17 August 2026

References

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  1. ↑ "Jaime Faria". tietennis.com. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Jaime Faria". Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Portugal ATP Rankings | ATP Tour". ATP Tour.
  4. ↑ Sousa, Daniel (7 October 2021). "Jaime Faria derrotado por cabeça de série na segunda ronda em Setúbal". Raquetc.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  5. ↑ Pinto, Pedro (31 July 2022). "Jaime Faria fecha semana de sonho e sagra-se campeão em Castelo Branco". Bolamarela (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Jaime Faria eliminado na primeira ronda do 'challenger' Oeiras 2". Record.pt (in Portuguese). 9 January 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  7. ↑ Martelli, Joel (13 January 2023). "Tennis player Jaime Faria throws his racquet and 'nearly decapitates' opponents in furious outburst". 7News. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Jaime Faria wins the Vale do Lobo Open". Sul Informação. March 17, 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "Jaime Faria wins Faro Open". The Portugal News. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  10. ↑ "Estoril Open: Jaime Faria estreia-se no quadro principal de um torneio ATP". dn.pt (in Portuguese). 31 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  11. ↑ "Fils finishes 'perfect week' with Bordeaux Challenger title". ATPTour. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  12. ↑ "Faria's childhood art was in a museum... now he's a professional tennis player". ATPTour. 28 October 2024.
  13. ↑ "Virtanen saves three championship points to make Top 100 debut; Faria, 21, captures second Challenger title of season". ATPTour. 28 October 2024.
  14. ↑ "Jaime Faria brilha em Melbourne e chega ao quadro principal do Australian Open". Raquetc.com (in Portuguese). 9 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  15. ↑ "Fonseca, Tien, Landaluce make history with Australian Open qualifying success". ATPTour. 9 January 2025.
  16. ↑ "Australian Open: Qualifier Faria eases past Kotov to move into second round". Tennis Majors. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  17. ↑ "Faria vs. Djokovic: From being inspired by McEnroe to playing in front of him". ATPTour. 15 January 2025.
  18. ↑ "The young Jaime Faria, very excited to play against "the greatest of all time"". Punto de Break. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  19. ↑ "Novak Djokovic recovers from blip to see off 'lights out' Jaime Faria at 2025 Australian Open and break another record". Eurosport. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  20. ↑ "Francisco Cabral vence na primeira ronda de pares no torneio do Rio de Janeiro" (in Portuguese). 19 February 2025.
  21. ↑ "In Rio, Portugal's Faria Reaches First ATP Quarterfinal". 20 February 2025.
  22. ↑ @TennisTV (February 18, 2025). "Breaking New Ground 💪 Jaime Faria defeats Barrios Vera to claim his first ATP tour level victory and is poised to crack the top 100! @RioOpenOficial" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
  23. ↑ @TennisTV (February 20, 2025). "A blistering return to seal it 🔥 Jaime Faria gets the biggest win of his young career, knocking out Munar to reach his first tour-level QF!@RioOpenOficial" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
  24. ↑ @josemorgado (February 20, 2025). "WHAT A MOMENT! 21yo 🇵🇹 Jaime Faria beats #55 Jaime Munar (Race Top 20) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 for the biggest win of his career. - 1st ATP QFs - 2nd Portuguese EVER to reach the QFs of an ATP 500 (Sousa twice) - Into the top 90. What a performance" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
  25. ↑ @ATPMediaInfo (February 20, 2025). "Lucky losers Jaime Faria and Camilo Ugo Carabelli both advanced to their 1st @atptour QFs at 2025 @RioOpenOficial and will now meet in the quarter-finals. It marks 2nd LL vs LL QF in ATP Tour history (since 1990) after LL Max Purcell d. LL Andreas Seppi at 2021 Eastbourne" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
  26. ↑ "Cerundolo finds balance between aggression & 'overhitting', reaches Rio QFs". ATPTour. 21 February 2025.
  27. ↑ @ATPChallenger (February 24, 2025). "Jaime Faria is breaking new ground 💯 #OnTheRise @atptour" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
  28. ↑ "Ugo Carabelli elimina a Jarry y Etcheverry avanza a octavos: Los resultados del "Súper Martes"" (in Spanish).
  29. ↑ "Roland-Garros: Brooksby into second round in Paris for first time". Tennis Majors. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  30. ↑ "Wimbledon: Sonego reaches second round". Tennis Majors. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  31. ↑ "Portuguese Tennis Player Jaime Faria Qualifies for the Main Draw of the Australian Open". plataformamedia.com. 15 January 2026. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  32. ↑ Imhoff, Dan (12 January 2026). "Day 1 men's qualifying: Wins for Hassan, Faria, Rocha". Ausopen.com. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  33. ↑ "A Austrália continua a ser o Happy Slam dos portugueses: Jaime Faria apurado para segunda ronda em Melbourne". observador.pt. 18 Jan 2026. Retrieved 21 Jan 2026.
  34. ↑ "Fresh Rublev battles past Faria to reach third round". Tennismajors. 21 January 2026. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  35. ↑ "Jaime Faria defeats Dimitrov in the qualifications". tennistonic.com. 19 May 2026. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  36. ↑ "Who qualified for Roland Garros on Thursday?". ATP Tour. 21 May 2026. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  37. ↑ "Canadian Shapovalov eliminated from Roland-Garros after first round loss to Faria". tsn.ca. 26 May 2026. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  38. ↑ "Jaime Faria bate alemão Jan-Lennard Struff e passa à terceira ronda de Roland Garros". lusa.pt (in Portuguese). 28 May 2026. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  39. ↑ "Tiafoe rallies from brink to outlast Faria, matches Agassi Roland Garros record". 30 May 2026. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  40. ↑ "Auger-Aliassime out of Montreal with back injury". National Bank Open. 5 August 2026.
  41. ↑ "JF Win/Loss". ATP Tour.
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