Eric Taino (born March 18, 1975) is a retired ATP Tour American tennis player, who later represented the Philippines in international competition.
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
Doubles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1992US OpenHard Jimmy Jackson Marcelo Ríos Gabriel Silberstein6–3, 3–6, 6–1
ATP Career Finals Doubles: 7 (1 title, 6 runner-ups)
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 surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (0–3)Grass (0–2)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–0)Indoor (1–6)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Bogotá, ColombiaWorld SeriesClay Gábor Köves Diego del Río Mariano Puerta7–6, 3–6, 2–6Loss0–2Merano Open, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Marc-Kevin Goellner Lucas Arnold Ker Jaime Oncins4–6, 6–7Loss0–3Gstaad, SwitzerlandWorld SeriesClay Aleksandar Kitinov Donald Johnson Cyril Suk5–7, 6–7Win1–3Singapore Open, SingaporeChampionship SeriesHard Max Mirnyi Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde6–3, 6–4Loss1–4San Jose, United StatesInternational SeriesHard Lucas Arnold Ker Scott Humphries Jan-Michael Gambill1–6, 4–6Loss1–5Queen's, United KingdomInternational SeriesGrass Jonathan Stark Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–7(1–7)Loss1–6Queen's, United KingdomInternational SeriesGrass David Wheaton Bob Bryan Mike Bryan3–6, 6–3, 1–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 7 (3–4) LegendATP Challenger (3–3)ITF Futures (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (2–4)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1USA F20, ClearwaterFuturesHard James Blake4–6, 7–6, 6–7Win1–1Yokohama, JapanChallengerCarpet Julian Knowle7–6(7–5), 6–4Win2–1Belo Horizonte, BrazilChallengerHard Flávio Saretta5–7, 6–1, 6–2Win3–1Tarzana, United StatesChallengerHard Brian Vahaly6–2, 7–6(8–6)Loss3–2Champaign-Urbana, United StatesChallengerHard Robby Ginepri1–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss3–3Besançon, FranceChallengerHard Cyril Saulnier6–7(8–10), 4–6Loss3–4Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Frank Dancevic6–7(10–12), 1–6
Doubles: 21 (10–11) LegendATP Challenger (9–11)ITF Futures (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (7–10)Clay (3–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Sedona, United StatesChallengerHard Adam Peterson John-Laffnie de Jager Robbie Koenig2–6, 2–6Win1–1Philippines F1, ManilaFuturesHard Cecil Mamiit Maxime Boyé Thierry Guardiola4–6, 6–2, 6–1Loss1–2Birmingham, United StatesChallengerClay Eyal Erlich Doug Flach David Witt4–6, 5–7Win2–2Biella, ItalyChallengerClay Diego del Río Emanuel Couto João Cunha-Silva7–6, 5–7, 6–2Loss2–3Tijuana, MexicoChallengerHard Mitch Sprengelmeyer Michael Hill Scott Humphries3–6, 2–6Win3–3Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Dinu-Mihai Pescariu Devin Bowen Eyal Ran6–3, 6–3Win4–3Gramado, BrazilChallengerHard André Sá Daniel Melo Alexandre Simoni7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–3)Loss4–4Osaka, JapanChallengerHard Yaoki Ishii František Čermák Ota Fukárek1–6, 6–7(5–7)Win5–4Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamChallengerHard Takao Suzuki Filippo Messori Vincenzo Santopadre7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–4Loss5–5Belo Horizonte, BrazilChallengerHard Barry Cowan Dejan Petrovic Andy Ram3–6, 4–6Win6–5Rocky Mount, United StatesChallengerClay Mark Merklein Huntley Montgomery Brian Vahaly6–3, 6–4Loss6–6Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Brandon Coupe Glenn Weiner Jack Brasington2–6, 6–4, 5–7Loss6–7Champaign-Urbana, United StatesChallengerHard Martin Verkerk Glenn Weiner Gabriel Trifu3–6, 2–6Loss6–8Dallas, United StatesChallengerHard Rik de Voest Jordan Kerr Todd Perry5–7, 3–6Loss6–9Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Diego Ayala Tripp Phillips Huntley Montgomery6–7(3–7), 5–7Loss6–10Burbank, United StatesChallengerHard Prakash Amritraj Nick Rainey Brian Wilson2–6, 3–6Win7–10Waikoloa, United StatesChallengerHard André Sá Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–6(7–2)Win8–10Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamChallengerHard Cecil Mamiit Aisam Qureshi Orest Tereshchuk6–3, 2–6, 6–4Win9–10Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Nathan Healey Noam Okun Harel Levy7–5, 7–6(7–4)Win10–10Winnetka, United StatesChallengerHard Cecil Mamiit Scoville Jenkins Rajeev Ram6–2, 6–4Loss10–11Valencia, United StatesChallengerHard Cecil Mamiit Sam Warburg Harel Levy2–6, 4–6
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament20002001200220032004200520062007SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ1Q2Q1Q2Q1Q1Q1A0 / 00–0French OpenAQ1Q1Q1Q1AQ1A0 / 00–0WimbledonAQ1Q2Q1Q1AAA0 / 00–0US OpenA1R1RQ1Q1AAA0 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–10–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 20–2ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAAAQ1AQ2Q10 / 00–0Miami OpenAAAQ1Q2AAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
Doubles Tournament199419951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAA2R2R1R1R0 / 42–4French OpenAAAAA1R1R2R1R0 / 41–4WimbledonAAAAAA1R1RQ10 / 20–2US OpenQ1Q1A1RA1R1R1R2R0 / 51–5Win–loss0–00–00–00–10–01–31–41–41–30 / 154–15ATP Tour Masters 1000Miami OpenAAAAAQ12RQ1A0 / 11–1Monte CarloAAAAAQ12RAA0 / 11–1Canada MastersAAAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1Cincinnati MastersAAAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–12–20–00–00 / 32–3
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