Eric Taino

Eric Taino
Country (sports) Philippines
ResidenceLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Born (1975-03-18) 18 March 1975
Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Turned pro1997
Retired2008
PlaysLeft-handed
CollegeUCLA
Prize money$542,367
Singles
Career record14–20
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
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
2006 Doha Doubles
Southeast Asian Games
2005 Manila Team
2005 Manila Doubles
2007 Korat Doubles
2005 Manila Singles
2007 Korat Doubles
2007 Korat Team
Last updated on: 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 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

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    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

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    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)

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

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

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

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%
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