Eric Taino

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Template other 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	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1992	US Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Jackson	Template:Flagicon Marcelo Ríos Template:Flagicon 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	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	[[1998 Cerveza Club Colombia Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Bogotá, Colombia	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Gábor Köves	Template:Flagicon Diego del Río Template:Flagicon Mariano Puerta	7–6, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	[[1999 Merano Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Merano Open, Italy	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marc-Kevin Goellner	Template:Flagicon Lucas Arnold Ker Template:Flagicon Jaime Oncins	4–6, 6–7
Loss	0–3	[[1999 Rado Swiss Open Gstaad – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Gstaad, Switzerland	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Aleksandar Kitinov	Template:Flagicon Donald Johnson Template:Flagicon Cyril Suk	5–7, 6–7
Win	1–3	[[Singapore Open (men's tennis)|Template:Dts]]	Singapore Open, Singapore	Championship Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Max Mirnyi	Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–4	[[2000 Sybase Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	San Jose, United States	International Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Lucas Arnold Ker	Template:Flagicon Scott Humphries Template:Flagicon Jan-Michael Gambill	1–6, 4–6
Loss	1–5	[[2000 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Queen's, United Kingdom	International Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Stark	Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss	1–6	[[2001 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Queen's, United Kingdom	International Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon David Wheaton	Template:Flagicon Bob Bryan Template:Flagicon 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	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	USA F20, Clearwater	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon James Blake	4–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win	1–1	Template:Dts	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Julian Knowle	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win	2–1	Template:Dts	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Flávio Saretta	5–7, 6–1, 6–2
Win	3–1	Template:Dts	Tarzana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Brian Vahaly	6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Loss	3–2	Template:Dts	Champaign-Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Robby Ginepri	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	3–3	Template:Dts	Besançon, France	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Cyril Saulnier	6–7(8–10), 4–6
Loss	3–4	Template:Dts	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Sedona, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Adam Peterson	Template:Flagicon John-Laffnie de Jager Template:Flagicon Robbie Koenig	2–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Template:Dts	Philippines F1, Manila	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Cecil Mamiit	Template:Flagicon Maxime Boyé Template:Flagicon Thierry Guardiola	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	1–2	Template:Dts	Birmingham, United States	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Eyal Erlich	Template:Flagicon Doug Flach Template:Flagicon David Witt	4–6, 5–7
Win	2–2	Template:Dts	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Diego del Río	Template:Flagicon Emanuel Couto Template:Flagicon João Cunha-Silva	7–6, 5–7, 6–2
Loss	2–3	Template:Dts	Tijuana, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Mitch Sprengelmeyer	Template:Flagicon Michael Hill Template:Flagicon Scott Humphries	3–6, 2–6
Win	3–3	Template:Dts	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Dinu-Mihai Pescariu	Template:Flagicon Devin Bowen Template:Flagicon Eyal Ran	6–3, 6–3
Win	4–3	Template:Dts	Gramado, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon André Sá	Template:Flagicon Daniel Melo Template:Flagicon Alexandre Simoni	7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–3)
Loss	4–4	Template:Dts	Osaka, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Yaoki Ishii	Template:Flagicon František Čermák Template:Flagicon Ota Fukárek	1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	5–4	Template:Dts	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Takao Suzuki	Template:Flagicon Filippo Messori Template:Flagicon Vincenzo Santopadre	7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–4
Loss	5–5	Template:Dts	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Barry Cowan	Template:Flagicon Dejan Petrovic Template:Flagicon Andy Ram	3–6, 4–6
Win	6–5	Template:Dts	Rocky Mount, United States	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mark Merklein	Template:Flagicon Huntley Montgomery Template:Flagicon Brian Vahaly	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–6	Template:Dts	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Brandon Coupe	Template:Flagicon Glenn Weiner Template:Flagicon Jack Brasington	2–6, 6–4, 5–7
Loss	6–7	Template:Dts	Champaign-Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Martin Verkerk	Template:Flagicon Glenn Weiner Template:Flagicon Gabriel Trifu	3–6, 2–6
Loss	6–8	Template:Dts	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rik de Voest	Template:Flagicon Jordan Kerr Template:Flagicon Todd Perry	5–7, 3–6
Loss	6–9	Template:Dts	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Diego Ayala	Template:Flagicon Tripp Phillips Template:Flagicon Huntley Montgomery	6–7(3–7), 5–7
Loss	6–10	Template:Dts	Burbank, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Prakash Amritraj	Template:Flagicon Nick Rainey Template:Flagicon Brian Wilson	2–6, 3–6
Win	7–10	Template:Dts	Waikoloa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon André Sá	Template:Flagicon Sonchat Ratiwatana Template:Flagicon Sanchai Ratiwatana	7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–6(7–2)
Win	8–10	Template:Dts	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Cecil Mamiit	Template:Flagicon Aisam Qureshi Template:Flagicon Orest Tereshchuk	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win	9–10	Template:Dts	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Nathan Healey	Template:Flagicon Noam Okun Template:Flagicon Harel Levy	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Win	10–10	Template:Dts	Winnetka, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Cecil Mamiit	Template:Flagicon Scoville Jenkins Template:Flagicon Rajeev Ram	6–2, 6–4
Loss	10–11	Template:Dts	Valencia, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Cecil Mamiit	Template:Flagicon Sam Warburg Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	1R	1R	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	Q2	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage

Doubles

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	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 4	1–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	Q1	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	Q1	Q1	A	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	0 / 5	1–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–4	1–4	1–3	0 / 15	4–15	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	2R	Q1	A	0 / 1	1–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0 / 3	2–3	Template:Tennis win percentage

External links

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