Jaime Faria
Jaime Faria is a Portuguese professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 87, achieved on 24 February 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 192, achieved on 6 May 2024. He is currently the No. 2 singles player from Portugal.
Career
2021-2022: Professional beginnings
In October 2021, Faria won his first ATP point in Setúbal. In July 2022, he won his first singles and doubles titles in Castelo Branco, Portugal, on consecutive days.2023: ATP Challenger Tour debut
In January 2023, he made his debut on the ATP Challenger Tour. 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.2024: Maiden Challenger title, ATP and top 125 debuts
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.He qualified for the main draw at the 2024 Estoril Open, making his ATP Tour debut.
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. Faria won his second title at the 2024 Curitiba Challenger and moved into the top 120 in the rankings on 28 October 2024.
2025: Major debut, first win and two ATP quarterfinals, top 100
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. In the first round he defeated Pavel Kotov in straight sets for his first ATP and Grand Slam win. In the second round he was drawn against seventh seed Novak Djokovic and lost in four sets.Ranked No. 106 at the 2025 Rio Open, where he entered the main draw as a lucky loser, Faria defeated qualifier Tomás Barrios Vera 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. As a result he reached the top 100 in the singles rankings on 24 February 2025. The match between him and another lucky loser Camilo Ugo Carabelli marked only the second LL vs LL quarterfinal in ATP Tour history after LL Max Purcell defeated LL Andreas Seppi in 2021 Eastbourne. Ranked No. 87 in the next Golden Swing event, the 2025 Chile Open in Santiago, Faria upset eight seed Luciano Darderi on his debut at the tournament. 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. In the first round of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships he was defeated by Lorenzo Sonego of Italy, in straight sets.
2026
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. He beat former Australia junior champion Alexander Blockx in tne first round in four sets. He was defeated by 13th seed Andrei Rublev in the second round.ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Win | 1–0 | 2024 Open de Oeiras II – Singles| | Open de Oeiras II, Portugal | Challenger | Clay |  dts|Oct 2024Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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dts|Oct 2022