Jaime Faria

Jaime Faria

Country (sports)	Portugal
Born	(2003-08-06) 6 August 2003 (age 21) Lisbon
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand) [1]
Prize money	US $210,682
Singles
Career record	5–8
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 87 (24 February 2025)
Current ranking	No. 87 (24 February 2025) [2]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2025)
French Open	Q3 (2024)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2024)
US Open	Q1 (2024)
Doubles
Career record	0–2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 192 (6 May 2024)
Current ranking	No. 297 (28 October 2024)
Last updated on: 12 February 2025.

Jaime Faria (born 6 August 2003) is a Portuguese 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. ^[2] He is currently the No. 2 Portuguese player. ^[3]

Career

2021-2022: Professional beginnings

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

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

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 & first win, first 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. ^{[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 Marcelo 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.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2024	Oeiras II, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Elias Ymer	3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss	1–1	Oct 2024	Valencia, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Pedro Martínez	1–6, 3–6
Win	2–1	Oct 2024	Curitiba, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Felipe Meligeni Alves	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (2–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2023	Oeiras II, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Henrique Rocha	Luke Johnson Sem Verbeek	7–6(8–6), 5–7, [6–10]
Loss	0–2	Oct 2023	Lisbon, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Henrique Rocha	Karol Drzewiecki Zdeněk Kolář	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	1–2	Apr 2024	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Henrique Rocha	Jakob Schnaitter Mark Wallner	7–5, 6–3
Win	2–2	Sep 2024	Cassis, France	Challenger	Hard	Henrique Rocha	Manuel Guinard Matteo Martineau	7–6(7–5), 6–4

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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

Legend ITF WTT (6–1)

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

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend ITF WTT (4–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2023	M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	WTT	Clay	Henrique Rocha	Kai Wenhelt Mick Veldheer	6–3, 1–6, [12–14]
Loss	0–2	Sep 2023	M25 Mataró, Spain	WTT	Clay	Henrique Rocha	Rémy Bertola Gianmarco Ferrari	6–7(4–7), 6–2, [9–11]
Win	1–2	Jun 2023	M25 Martos, Spain	WTT	Hard	Henrique Rocha	Parikshit Somani Ramkumar Ramanathan	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	1–3	Sep 2023	M25 Sintra, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Henrique Rocha	Johannes Ingildsen Fred Simonsson	6–7(5–7), 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	1–4	Sep 2023	M25 Sintra, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Henrique Rocha	Dali Blanch Martin Damm Jr.	1–6, 2–6
Win	2–4	Oct 2023	M25 Setúbal, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Henrique Rocha	Diogo Marques Fred Gil	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–4	Oct 2023	M25 Tavira, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Henrique Rocha	Aleksandr Braynin David Pichler	6–3, 6–1
Win	4–4	Feb 2024	M25 Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal	WTT	Hard	João Domingues	Thomas Fancutt Hunter Reese	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)

References

1. "Jaime Faria". tietennis.com. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
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 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 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 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 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 Twitter.
28. "Ugo Carabelli elimina a Jarry y Etcheverry avanza a octavos: Los resultados del "Súper Martes"" (in Spanish).

External links

• Jaime Faria at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jaime Faria at the International Tennis Federation