Jaime Faria reached his best ranking ever, rising to 56th place in the ATP ranking, being only four positions from number one Portuguese, Nuno Borges, which went down to 52nd.
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19/10/2026
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Jaime Faria rose today to its best ranking ever, occupying the 56th rank of the ATP hierarchy, placing only four places of number one Portuguese, Nuno Borges, which fell to 52nd.
In updating the ranking after the Masters 1000 of Shanghai, Jaime Faria ascended four seats, although he fell in the first round, while Nuno Borges, who arrived in the second, dropped a post.
Also Henrique Rocha improved his best position ever and is now 105th in the world, in a ranking that continues to be led by Jannik Sinner, followed by German Alexander Zverev, who knows he will finish the year as number one, and Spanish Carlos Alcaraz.
Semifinalist in Shanghai, Russian Daniil Medvedev rose to fifth place, with the winner, Spanish Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, rising 13 positions, to 13th place, two behind countryman Rafael Jodar, finalist in China.
In pairs, Francisco Cabral rose to 24th place after, alongside American J.J. Tracy, he first reached the final of a Masters 1,000, losing in Shanghai with Austrians Lucas Miedler and Neil Oberleitner.
The female hierarchy did not change in the top 10, with Kazakh Elena Rybakina in the first place, ahead of Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and Russian Mirra Andreeva.
Francisca Jorge is the best-positioned Portuguese woman, despite having fallen nine places, to 218.a, ahead of sister Matilde Jorge, which is 247.a.