Jaime Faria | Bio | ATP Tour

When Faria was five, his father, Nuno, took Jaime and his younger brother Vicente to an exhibition to watch John McEnroe, Marcelo Rios and Mats Wilander. Jaime was hooked on the sport from there.
Favourite shot is backhand, surface is clay, tournament is Australian Open and city on Tour is Estoril.
The tennis player he looked up to growing up was Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Enjoys football and favourite club is Sporting.
Outside of tennis, favourite athlete is Michael Jordan. Hero is Lionel Messi.
Favourite superhero is Black Panther show is Peaky Blinders and actor is Cillian Murphy.
Favourite food is Caril de gamba.
Dream job was to become a tennis player.
Secret talent is that he could be a good sports journalist because he knows many things about other sports.
Guilty pleasure is sleeping.

(UPDATED 24 MAY 2025)

Achieved new career-high ranking 24 times in 2024, breaking into Top 400 in January, Top 300 in March and Top 200 in May before peaking at No. 87 in February 2025.
Advanced to 1st ATP Tour QFs of career at 2025 Rio de Janeiro as LL and Santiago in back-to-back weeks.
Defeated Kotov in 2025 Australian Open 1R for 1st tour-level win to become the youngest Portuguese man to play and win a match in Grand Slam main draw since Marques at 1991 US Open.
He is 31-23 on ATP Challenger Tour (2-1 in finals), winning titles at 2024 Oeiras-4 and Curitiba.
Went on a 20-match winning streak on ITF World Tennis Tour in February-March 2024, claiming 4 titles in a row at M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio, M25 Faro, M25 Quinta do Lago, and M25 Vale de Lobo.