Jaime Faria (born 6 August 2003) is a Portuguese professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 60 achieved on 5 October 2026 and a doubles ranking of No. 192, reached 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 and first win, 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 (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. 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: Major third round, Masters debut, top 70 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 defeated former Australian Open junior champion Alexander Blockx in the first round in four sets. He was defeated in the second round by 13th seed Andrey Rublev.
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. In the main draw he recorded straight sets wins over Denis Shapovalov and Jan-Lennard Struff. 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.
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. At the 2026 Cincinnati Open he recorded his first victory against a top-ten ranked player with a win against Ben Shelton. At the 2026 US Open, he won in the first round in five sets against Jenson Brooksby, in doing so he became the third Portuguese player to win a main-draw match at all four Grand Slam tournaments. In the second round he was defeated in four sets by defending champion Carlos Alcaraz.
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up) LegendATP Challenger Tour (2–3)Finals by surfaceHard (–)Clay (2–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Open de Oeiras II, PortugalChallengerClay Elias Ymer3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4Loss1–1Copa Faulcombridge, SpainChallengerClay Pedro Martínez1–6, 3–6Win2–1Curitiba Challenger, BrazilChallengerClay Felipe Meligeni Alves6–4, 6–4Loss2–2LA Open, BrazilChallengerClay Román Andrés Burruchaga7–6(7–5), 4–6, 4–6Loss2–3Upper Austria Open, AustriaChallengerClay Roman Safiullin6–4, 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up) LegendATP Challenger Tour (3–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (2–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Open de Oeiras II, PortugalChallengerClay Henrique Rocha Luke Johnson Sem Verbeek7–6(8–6), 5–7, [6–10] Loss0–2Lisboa Belém Open, PortugalChallengerClay Henrique Rocha Karol Drzewiecki Zdeněk Kolář3–6, 6–7(5–7)Win1–2Ostra Group Open, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Henrique Rocha Jakob Schnaitter Mark Wallner7–5, 6–3Win2–2Cassis Open Provence, FranceChallengerHard Henrique Rocha Manuel Guinard Matteo Martineau7–6(7–5), 6–4Win3–2Brasília Tennis Open, BrazilChallengerClay Henrique Rocha Mariano Kestelboim Marcelo Zormann6–3, 6–2
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 7 (6 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendITF WTT (6–1)Finals by surfaceHard (6–1)Clay (–)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0M15 Castelo Branco, PortugalWTTHard Robin Bertrand6–3, 7–6(8–6)Win2–0M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Hady Habib7–5, 6–4Loss2–1M25 Sintra, PortugalWTTHard Harry Wendelken6–3, 2–6, 6–7(4–7)Win3–1M25 Vila Real de Santo António, PortugalWTTHard Jelle Sels6–3, 6–0Win4–1M25 Faro, PortugalWTTHard Vilius Gaubas6–1, 6–3Win5–1M25 Quinta do Lago, PortugalWTTHard Hady Habib6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3), 6–1Win6–1M25 Vale do Lobo, PortugalWTTHard Hynek Bartoň6–2, 3–1, ret.
Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runners-up) LegendITF WTT (6–4)Finals by surfaceHard (6–2)Clay (0–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0M15 Castelo Branco, PortugalWTTHard Fábio Coelho Maxence Broville Pierre Delage6–2, 6–4Win2–0M25 Setúbal, PortugalWTTHard Fábio Coelho Eero Vasa Mark Whitehouse7–6(7–4), 6–3Loss2–1M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyWTTClay Henrique Rocha Kai Wenhelt Mick Veldheer6–3, 1–6, [12–14]Loss2–2M25 Mataró, SpainWTTClay Henrique Rocha Rémy Bertola Gianmarco Ferrari6–7(4–7), 6–2, [9–11]Win3–2M25 Martos, SpainWTTHard Henrique Rocha Parikshit Somani Ramkumar Ramanathan6–3, 7–6(7–3)Loss3–3M25 Sintra, PortugalWTTHard Henrique Rocha Johannes Ingildsen Fred Simonsson6–7(5–7), 6–3, [7–10] Loss3–4M25 Sintra, PortugalWTTHard Henrique Rocha Dali Blanch Martin Damm Jr.1–6, 2–6Win4–4M25 Setúbal, PortugalWTTHard Henrique Rocha Diogo Marques Fred Gil6–3, 6–3Win5–4M25 Tavira, PortugalWTTHard Henrique Rocha Aleksandr Braynin David Pichler6–3, 6–1Win6–4M25 Vila Real de Santo António, PortugalWTTHard João Domingues Thomas Fancutt Hunter Reese7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)
Record against top 10 players Faria has a win-loss record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Wins over top 10 players Season2026TotalWins11
#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScore20261. Ben Shelton6Cincinnati Open, United StatesHard2R6–4, 6–479 *
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