# Jaime Faria

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. He is currently the No. 2 Portuguese player.

## 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, 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. 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 Marcelo 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.

## 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$^{(7–2)}$ |