Jakub Paul

Jakub Paul

Country (sports)	Switzerland
Residence	Chur, Switzerland
Born	(1999-03-22) 22 March 1999 (age 26) Chur, Switzerland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$279,153
Singles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 288 (25 August 2025)
Current ranking	No. 341 (5 January 2026)
Doubles
Career record	7–7 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 74 (10 November 2025)
Current ranking	No. 81 (1 December 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2026)
French Open	2R (2025)
Last updated on: 10 January 2026.

Jakub Paul (born 22 March 1999) is a Swiss tennis player who specializes in doubles. ^[1] He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 74 achieved on 10 November 2025 and a singles ranking of No. 288 achieved in 25 August 2025. ^[2]

Career

2018–2026: ATP, top 100, United Cup debuts

Paul made his ATP main draw debut as a wildcard at the 2018 Swiss Open Gstaad in the doubles draw partnering Adrian Bodmer, defeating fellow Swiss wildcards Marc-Andrea Hüsler and Luca Margaroli before losing to top seeds Robin Haase and Matwe Middelkoop in the quarterfinals. ^[3] At the same tournament he also participated in the qualifying competition where he defeated Matteo Donati. ^[4]

He received a wildcard for the singles qualifying competition at the 2021 Geneva Open but lost to Pablo Cuevas in three sets. ^[5] He also entered the 2021 Swiss Open Gstaad as a wildcard in the doubles draw partnering with Leandro Riedi and the pair won their maiden doubles match as a team against Evan King and Max Schnur and then reached the semifinals after a walkover from Zizou Bergs and Tallon Griekspoor. ^{[6] [7]}

Paul also entered the 2022 Geneva Open as a wildcard with Riedi where they reached the quarterfinals defeating second seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares. ^[8] At the same tournament, he received a wildcard for the singles qualifying competition. ^[9] He also received wildcards in doubles for the 2024 Geneva Open partnering Antoine Bellier and in singles for the qualifying competition. ^[8]

Paul made his debut at the 2026 United Cup as part of team Switzerland and recorded four wins in mixed doubles with Belinda Bencic, helping the team reach the final of the event for the first time. ^[10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 11 (5–6)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (5–6)

Finals by surface Hard (4–3) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2018	Switzerland F1, Oberentfelden	Futures	Carpet (i)	Tobias Simon	4–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Apr 2019	M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Lukas Klein	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Aug 2021	M25, Muttenz, Switzerland	WTT	Clay	Otto Virtanen	6-1, 7-5
Win	2–2	Oct 2021	M25, Hamburg, Germany	WTT	Hard (i)	Henri Squire	6-4, 6-2
Loss	2–3	Feb 2022	M15, Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Guy den Ouden	5–7, 7–5, 5–7
Win	3–3	Feb 2023	M25, Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Enrico Dalla Valle	6–3, 7–5
Win	4–3	Nov 2023	M15, Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Étienne Donnet	6–2, 6–3
Loss	4–4	Dec 2023	M15, Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Guy den Ouden	3–6, 2–6
Win	5–4	Jan 2024	M15, Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Evgenii Tiurnev	7–5, 6–3
Loss	5–5	Jun 2024	M25, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	WTT	Clay	Mirza Bašić	1–6, 5–7
Loss	5–6	Sep 2024	M25, Sion, Switzerland	WTT	Clay	Christoph Negritu	2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 55 (35–20)

Legend ATP Challenger (6–8) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (29–12)

Finals by surface Hard (16–12) Clay (16–8) Carpet (3–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2017	Switzerland F3, Collonge	Futures	Clay	Damien Wenger	Luca Margaroli Louroi Martinez	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2017	Switzerland F4, Neuchâtel	Futures	Clay	Rémy Bertola	Hugo Voljacques Rémi Boutillier	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Feb 2018	Switzerland F1, Oberentfelden	Futures	Carpet	Marc-Andrea Hüsler	Jan Mertl Michael Vrbenský	4–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–8]
Win	2–2	Aug 2018	Switzerland F3, Sion	Futures	Clay	Marc-Andrea Hüsler	Tomás Lipovšek Puches Juan Pablo Ficovich	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–3	Oct 2018	Israel F13, Ashkelon	Futures	Hard	Aidan McHugh	Sidane Pontjodikromo Guy Den Heijer	5–7, 4–6
Win	3–3	Mar 2019	M15 Oslo, Norway	WTT	Hard	Yannik Steinegger	Jakob Groener Lukas Hellum Lilleengen	6–4, 6–1
Win	4–3	Mar 2019	M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Marat Deviatiarov	Kacper Żuk Daniel Michalski	6–3, 6–4
Win	5–3	Nov 2019	M15 Villers-lès-Nancy, France	WTT	Hard	Yannik Steinegger	Sebastien Boltz Arthur Bouquier	4–6, 6–4, [13–11]
Loss	5–4	Sep 2020	M25 Klosters, Switzerland	WTT	Clay	Damien Wenger	Neil Oberleitner Patrick Zahraj	3–6, 7–6(7–5), [6–10]
Win	6–4	Oct 2020	M15 Forbach, France	WTT	Carpet	Luca Castelnuovo	Louis Dussin Arthur Bouquier	7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win	7–4	Nov 2020	M15 Heraklion, Greece	WTT	Hard	Mick Veldheer	Artem Dubrivnyy Denis Yevseyev	6–1, 6–4
Win	8–4	Feb 2021	M15 Grenoble, France	WTT	Hard	Yannik Steinegger	Luca Castelnuovo Dominic Stephan Stricker	7–5, 6–1
Win	9–4	Mar 2021	M25 Trimbach, Switzerland	WTT	Carpet	Yannik Steinegger	Alexander Erler Elmar Ejupovic	6–3, 7–5
Loss	9–5	Apr 2021	M25 Biel, Switzerland	WTT	Hard	Yannik Steinegger	Alexander Erler Maximilian Neuchrist	3–6, 6–4, [2–10]
Win	10–5	Jul 2021	M25 Bourg-en-Bresse, France	WTT	Clay	Markus Eriksson	Leandro Riedi Damien Wenger	7–6(8–6), 6–7(3–7), [10–4]
Win	11–5	Aug 2021	M25 Caslano, Switzerland	WTT	Clay	Leandro Riedi	Jamie Vance Jack Vance	6–0, 6–4
Win	12–5	Sep 2021	M25 Sierre, Switzerland	WTT	Clay	Yannik Steinegger	Rémy Bertola Luca Castelnuovo	6–3, 6–2
Win	13–5	Jun 2022	M25 Klosters, Switzerland	WTT	Clay	Rémy Bertola	Lukas Neumayer Alexander Weis	6–4, 7–5
Loss	13–6	Sep 2021	M25 Sierre, Switzerland	WTT	Clay	Rémy Bertola	Damien Wenger Patrick Zahraj	1–6, 7–6(7–1), [3–10]
Loss	13–7	Oct 2022	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Karol Drzewiecki	Guido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán	3–6, 2–6
Loss	13–8	Oct 2022	Coquimbo, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Karol Drzewiecki	Franco Agamenone Hernán Casanova	3–6, 4–6
Loss	13–9	Feb 2023	M25 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Alexander Merino	Luca Potenza Samuel Vincent Ruggeri	3–6, 3–6
Win	14–9	May 2023	M25 Prague, Czech Republic	WTT	Clay	Stuart Parker	Martin Damm Alex Rybakov	3–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win	15–9	May 2023	M25 Most, Czech Republic	WTT	Clay	Stuart Parker	Ondrej Horak Daniel Siniakov	6–3, 6–2
Win	16–9	Jun 2023	M25 Duffel, Belgium	WTT	Clay	Mika Brunold	Buvaysar Gadamauri Zura Tkemaladze	6–2, 4–6, [10–3]
Win	17–9	Sep 2023	M25 Sion, Switzerland	WTT	Clay	Rémy Bertola	Ronan Jachuk Henry von der Schulenburg	6–1, 6–2
Loss	17–10	Oct 2023	M25 Nevers, France	WTT	Hard	Yannik Steinegger	Jakob Schnaitter Mark Wallner	3–6, 4–6
Win	18–10	Oct 2023	M25 Rodez, France	WTT	Hard	Arthur Bouquier	Ben Jones Joshua Paris	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss	18–11	Oct 2023	Ortisei, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Maximilian Neuchrist	Andrew Paulson Patrik Rikl	6–4, 6–7(7–9), [9–11]
Win	19–11	Nov 2023	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Jakob Schnaitter	Alexander Merino Christoph Negritu	7–6(7–5), 7–5
Win	20–11	Nov 2023	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Christoph Negritu	Thiemo de Bakker Ronetto Van Tilburg	5–0 ret.
Loss	20–12	Jan 2024	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Stuart Parker	Christoph Negritu Michael Zhu	3–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Loss	20–13	Jan 2024	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Christoph Negritu	Aleksandr Lobanov Evgenii Tiurnev	7–6(5–7), 4–6, [8–10]
Win	21–13	Feb 2024	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Adrien Berrut	Robin Bertrand Benjamin Pietri	6–1, 6–2
Loss	21–14	Feb 2024	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Miloš Karol	Alexander Merino Christoph Negritu	3–6, 3–6
Win	22–14	Mar 2024	M25 Trnava, Slovakia	WTT	Hard	Neil Oberleitner	David Poljak Matěj Vocel	7–5, 6–0
Win	23–14	Apr 2024	M25 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Ben Jones	Grigoriy Lomakin Ilia Simakin	6–2, 6–2
Win	24–14	Apr 2024	M25 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Ben Jones	Hamish Stewart Harry Wendelken	2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss	24–15	May 2024	M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia & Herzegovina	WTT	Clay	Matěj Vocel	Koki Matsuda Rio Noguchi	6–2, 6–7(5–7), [9–11]
Win	25–15	Jun 2024	M25 Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	WTT	Clay	Matěj Vocel	Finn Reynolds Adam Taylor	6–0, 6–4
Win	26–15	Jun 2024	M25 Villeneuve-Loubet, France	WTT	Clay	Rémy Bertola	Dan Added Arthur Reymond	3–6, 7–6(7–3), [14–12]
Win	27–15	Jun 2024	M25 Klosters, Switzerland	WTT	Clay	Rémy Bertola	Benjamin Lock Courtney John Lock	6–4, 7–5
Win	28–15	Jul 2024	Troyes, France	Challenger	Clay	Neil Oberleitner	Denis Istomin Evgeny Karlovskiy	6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Win	29–15	Aug 2024	M25 Muttenz, Switzerland	WTT	Clay	Matěj Vocel	Johan Nikles Damien Wenger	6–4, 7–2
Win	30–15	Aug 2024	M25 Sion, Switzerland	WTT	Clay	Matěj Vocel	Johan Nikles Damien Wenger	6–2, 6–0
Loss	30–16	Oct 2024	Roanne, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Matěj Vocel	David Pel Nicolas Barrientos	6–4, 3–6, [6-10]
Loss	30–17	Oct 2024	Saint-Brieuc, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Matěj Vocel	Geoffrey Blancaneaux Gabriel Debru	3–3, def.
Loss	30–18	Oct 2024	Brest, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Matěj Vocel	Nicolás Barrientos Skander Mansouri	5–7, 6–4, [5–10]
Win	31–18	Nov 2024	Yokkaichi, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Thomas Fancutt	Kokoro Isomura Hikaru Shiraishi	6–2, 7–5
Win	32–18	Feb 2025	Koblenz, Germany	Challenger	Hard (i)	David Pel	Geoffrey Blancaneaux Joshua Paris	Walkover
Win	33–18	Feb 2025	Lille, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	David Pel	Karol Drzewiecki Piotr Matuszewski	6–3, 6–4
Loss	33–19	Mar 2025	Lugano, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard (i)	Matěj Vocel	Cleeve Harper David Stevenson	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	34–19	Mar 2025	Thionville, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	David Pel	Matteo Martineau Luca Sanchez	6–1, 6–4
Loss	34–20	Apr 2025	Madrid, Spain	Challenger	Clay	David Pel	Francisco Cabral Lucas Miedler	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win	35–20	Jul 2025	Trieste, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Matěj Vocel	Robin Haase Johannes Ingildsen	7–5, 6–1

References

1. "Jakub Paul About Me".
2. "Jakub Paul ATP Rankings history".
3. "Der Auftritt von Nadals Jünger Jaume Munar" (in German). 25 July 2018.
4. "Deux Suisses en finale des qualifications à Gstaad" (in French). 21 July 2021.
5. "Pablo Cuevas : le livre n'est pas fermé" (in French). 18 May 2021.
6. "ATP Tour – Thursday, July 22, 2021 final results". 22 July 2021.
7. "Kommts zum Schweizer Doppelfinal in Gstaad?" (in German). 22 July 2022.
8. "Two wild cards for the Swiss". 14 May 2024.
9. "Jakub Paul sichert sich begehrte Wildcard" (in German). 12 May 2022.
10. "Meet Jakub Paul, the Cinderella story of United Cup 2026". 10 January 2025.

External links

• Jakub Paul at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jakub Paul at the International Tennis Federation
• Jakub Paul at the Davis Cup