Eric Taino Explained

Eric Taino
Residence:	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Birth Date:	1975 3, df=yes
Birth Place:	Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Turnedpro:	1997
Retired:	2008
Plays:	Left-handed
Careerprizemoney:	$542,367
Singlesrecord:	14–20
Singlestitles:	0
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 122 (3 November 2003)
Australianopenresult:	Q2 (2001, 2003)
Frenchopenresult:	Q1 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006)
Wimbledonresult:	Q2 (2002)
Usopenresult:	1R (2001, 2002)
Doublesrecord:	50–65
Doublestitles:	1
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 52 (24 April 2000)
Australianopendoublesresult:	2R (1999, 2000)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	2R (2001)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	1R (2000, 2001)
Usopendoublesresult:	2R (2002)
Wimbledonmixedresult:	QF (2000)
Updated:	26 June 2021

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)

Result	Year	width=150	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	class=unsortable	Score
Win	1992	US Open	Hard	Jimmy Jackson	Marcelo Ríos Gabriel Silberstein	6–3, 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 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	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Bogotá, Colombia	World Series	Clay	Gábor Köves	Diego del Río Mariano Puerta	7–6, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Merano Open, Italy	World Series	Clay	Marc-Kevin Goellner	Lucas Arnold Ker Jaime Oncins	4–6, 6–7
Loss	0–3	Gstaad, Switzerland	World Series	Clay	Aleksandar Kitinov	Donald Johnson Cyril Suk	5–7, 6–7
Win	1–3	Singapore Open, Singapore	Championship Series	Hard	Max Mirnyi	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–4	San Jose, United States	International Series	Hard	Lucas Arnold Ker	Scott Humphries Jan-Michael Gambill	1–6, 4–6
Loss	1–5	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	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

Singles: 7 (3–4)

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	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	USA F20, Clearwater	Futures	Hard	James Blake	4–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win	1–1	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Julian Knowle	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Win	2–1	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Flávio Saretta	5–7, 6–1, 6–2
Win	3–1	Tarzana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Brian Vahaly	6–2, 7–6^(8–6)
Loss	3–2	Champaign-Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Robby Ginepri	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	3–3	Besançon, France	Challenger	Hard	Cyril Saulnier	6–7^(8–10), 4–6
Loss	3–4	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Frank Dancevic	6–7^(10–12), 1–6

Doubles: 21 (10–11)

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

Performance timelines

Singles

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
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 2	0–2
ATP Tour Masters 1000
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	Q2	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Miami Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0

Doubles

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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
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 4	1–4
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	Q1	0 / 2	0–2
US Open	Q1	Q1	A	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	0 / 5	1–5
style=text-align:left	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
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	2R	Q1	A	0 / 1	1–1
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0 / 3	2–3