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Eric Taino

Eric Taino (born March 18, 1975, in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States) is a retired ATP Tour American tennis player, who later represented the Philippines in international competition.

Eric Taino
Country (sports) Philippines
ResidenceLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Born (1975-03-18) 18 March 1975 (age 49)
Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Turned pro1997
Retired2008
PlaysLeft-handed
CollegeUCLA
Prize money$542,367
Singles
Career record14-20 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 122 (3 November 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2001, 2003)
French OpenQ1 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006)
WimbledonQ2 (2002)
US Open1R (2001, 2002)
Doubles
Career record50-65 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 52 (24 April 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1999, 2000)
French Open2R (2001)
Wimbledon1R (2000, 2001)
US Open2R (2002)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
WimbledonQF (2000)
Medal record
Tennis
Representing  Philippines
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha Doubles
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Manila Team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Manila Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2007 Korat Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Manila Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Korat Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Korat Team
Last updated on: 26 June 2021.

Before turning pro, he was the #1 player and captain of the then #2 nationally ranked UCLA tennis team and achieved All-American honors. His teammates included fellow pros Justin Gimelstob and Kevin Kim.

As a junior player, he won the 1992 US Open – Boys' Doubles with Jimmy Jackson by defeating the Chileans future World no. 1 singles player Marcelo Ríos and Gabriel Silberstein. He started a professional career in 1997 and achieved the highest ranking of World No. 122 as a singles player on the ATP Tour in November 2003. He was also ranked as high as 52nd in the world in April 2000 as a doubles player. He won a doubles title in 1999 Singapore Open with Belarusian partner and future World no. 1 doubles player Max Mirnyi beating The Woodies in the final.

In 2006, Taino won the bronze medal in the men's doubles tournament at the Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar together with his fellow Filipino-American partner Cecil Mamiit, losing to Indian pair and top doubles players Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes.

He played for the Philippines Davis Cup team until 2008. Since his retirement, Taino returned to UCLA to finish his degree and remains active in tennis, coaching and playing in Los Angeles, where he resides with his family.

Junior Grand Slam finals edit

Doubles: 1 (1 title) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1992 US Open Hard   Jimmy Jackson   Marcelo Ríos
  Gabriel Silberstein		 6–3, 3–6, 6–1

ATP Career Finals edit

Doubles: 7 (1 title, 6 runner-ups) edit

Legend (doubles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (1–0)
ATP World Series (0–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–0)
Indoor (1–6)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 1998 Bogotá, Colombia World Series Clay   Gábor Köves   Diego del Río
  Mariano Puerta 		7–6, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Jun 1999 Merano Open, Italy World Series Clay   Marc-Kevin Goellner   Lucas Arnold Ker
  Jaime Oncins 		4–6, 6–7
Loss 0–3 Jul 1999 Gstaad, Switzerland World Series Clay   Aleksandar Kitinov   Donald Johnson
  Cyril Suk 		5–7, 6–7
Win 1–3 Oct 1999 Singapore Open, Singapore Championship Series Hard   Max Mirnyi   Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–4 Feb 2000 San Jose, United States International Series Hard   Lucas Arnold Ker   Scott Humphries
  Jan-Michael Gambill 		1–6, 4–6
Loss 1–5 Jun 2000 Queen's, United Kingdom International Series Grass   Jonathan Stark   Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde 		7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss 1–6 Jun 2001 Queen's, United Kingdom International Series Grass   David Wheaton   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan 		3–6, 6–3, 1–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 7 (3–4) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–3)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 1999 USA F20, Clearwater Futures Hard   James Blake 4–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win 1–1 Nov 2000 Yokohama, Japan Challenger Carpet   Julian Knowle 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 2–1 Aug 2001 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Challenger Hard   Flávio Saretta 5–7, 6–1, 6–2
Win 3–1 Aug 2002 Tarzana, United States Challenger Hard   Brian Vahaly 6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 3–2 Nov 2002 Champaign-Urbana, United States Challenger Hard   Robby Ginepri 1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 3–3 Mar 2003 Besançon, France Challenger Hard   Cyril Saulnier 6–7(8–10), 4–6
Loss 3–4 Jul 2003 Granby, Canada Challenger Hard   Frank Dancevic 6–7(10–12), 1–6

Doubles: 21 (10–11) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (9–11)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–10)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 1997 Sedona, United States Challenger Hard   Adam Peterson   John-Laffnie de Jager
  Robbie Koenig 		2–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Mar 1998 Philippines F1, Manila Futures Hard   Cecil Mamiit   Maxime Boyé
  Thierry Guardiola 		4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss 1–2 Apr 1998 Birmingham, United States Challenger Clay   Eyal Erlich   Doug Flach
  David Witt 		4–6, 5–7
Win 2–2 Jun 1998 Biella, Italy Challenger Clay   Diego del Río   Emanuel Couto
  João Cunha-Silva 		7–6, 5–7, 6–2
Loss 2–3 Aug 1998 Tijuana, Mexico Challenger Hard   Mitch Sprengelmeyer   Michael Hill
  Scott Humphries 		3–6, 2–6
Win 3–3 Jun 1999 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Dinu-Mihai Pescariu   Devin Bowen
  Eyal Ran 		6–3, 6–3
Win 4–3 Aug 2000 Gramado, Brazil Challenger Hard   André Sá   Daniel Melo
  Alexandre Simoni 		7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–3)
Loss 4–4 Nov 2000 Osaka, Japan Challenger Hard   Yaoki Ishii   František Čermák
  Ota Fukárek 		1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 5–4 Feb 2001 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Challenger Hard   Takao Suzuki   Filippo Messori
  Vincenzo Santopadre 		7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–4
Loss 5–5 Aug 2001 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Challenger Hard   Barry Cowan   Dejan Petrovic
  Andy Ram 		3–6, 4–6
Win 6–5 May 2002 Rocky Mount, United States Challenger Clay   Mark Merklein   Huntley Montgomery
  Brian Vahaly 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 6–6 Aug 2002 Lexington, United States Challenger Hard   Brandon Coupe   Glenn Weiner
  Jack Brasington 		2–6, 6–4, 5–7
Loss 6–7 Nov 2002 Champaign-Urbana, United States Challenger Hard   Martin Verkerk   Glenn Weiner
  Gabriel Trifu 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 6–8 Feb 2004 Dallas, United States Challenger Hard   Rik de Voest   Jordan Kerr
  Todd Perry 		5–7, 3–6
Loss 6–9 Jul 2004 Aptos, United States Challenger Hard   Diego Ayala   Tripp Phillips
  Huntley Montgomery 		6–7(3–7), 5–7
Loss 6–10 Oct 2004 Burbank, United States Challenger Hard   Prakash Amritraj   Nick Rainey
  Brian Wilson 		2–6, 3–6
Win 7–10 Jan 2005 Waikoloa, United States Challenger Hard   André Sá   Sonchat Ratiwatana
  Sanchai Ratiwatana 		7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–6(7–2)
Win 8–10 Mar 2005 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Challenger Hard   Cecil Mamiit   Aisam Qureshi
  Orest Tereshchuk 		6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win 9–10 Jul 2005 Aptos, United States Challenger Hard   Nathan Healey   Noam Okun
  Harel Levy 		7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Win 10–10 Jul 2006 Winnetka, United States Challenger Hard   Cecil Mamiit   Scoville Jenkins
  Rajeev Ram 		6–2, 6–4
Loss 10–11 Apr 2007 Valencia, United States Challenger Hard   Cecil Mamiit   Sam Warburg
  Harel Levy 		2–6, 4–6

Performance timelines edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles edit

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2 Q1 Q1 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A Q1 Q2 Q1 Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A 1R 1R Q1 Q1 A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 0–2 0%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A Q1 A Q2 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A A Q1 Q2 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 

Doubles edit

Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A 2R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 4 2–4 33%
French Open A A A A A 1R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Wimbledon A A A A A A 1R 1R Q1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open Q1 Q1 A 1R A 1R 1R 1R 2R 0 / 5 1–5 17%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–4 1–4 1–3 0 / 15 4–15  – 
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami Open A A A A A Q1 2R Q1 A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Monte Carlo A A A A A Q1 2R A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Canada Masters A A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Masters A A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 0 / 3 2–3 40%

External links edit

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