Eric Taino

Eric Taino
Country (sports)	Philippines
Residence	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Born	18 March 1975 (age 49); Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Turned pro	1997
Retired	2008
Plays	Left-handed
College	UCLA
Prize money	$542,367
Singles
Career record	14–20
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 122 (3 November 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2001, 2003)
French Open	Q1 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2002)
US Open	1R (2001, 2002)
Doubles
Career record	50–65
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 52 (24 April 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1999, 2000)
French Open	2R (2001)
Wimbledon	1R (2000, 2001)
US Open	2R (2002)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	QF (2000)
Medal record
Tennis
Representing Philippines
Asian Games
Southeast Asian Games
	Last updated on: 26 June 2021.

Last updated July 17, 2024

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

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%

External links

Eric Taino at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Eric Taino at the International Tennis Federation
Eric Taino at the Davis Cup

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