Eric Taino
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| Bio | He is a retired ATP Tour American tennis player, who later represented the Philippines in international competition. Before turning pro, he was the No.1 player and captain of the then No.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. He won a total of twelve tournaments on the ATP Challenger Tour, three in singles and nine in doubles with changing partners. In doubles he also reached several finals on the World Tour. In 1998 he entered a final in Bogotá with Gábor Köves for the first time, which they lost in three sets against Diego del Río and Mariano Puerta. In June and July 1999, two more finals followed in Meran with Marc-Kevin Goellner and in Gstaad with Aleksandar Kitinov. Taino lost both matches with the respective partner in two sets. He won a doubles title in 1999 Singapore Open with Belarusian partner and future World no. 1 doubles player Max Mirnyi beating The Woodies (Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde) in the final by 6–3 6–4. In 2000 two more finals followed in San José with Lucas Arnold Ker and in the Queen's Club with Jonathan Stark . In the 2001 season, Taino again reached the final at Queen's Club with David Wheaton. He reached his highest placings in the world rankings with rank 122 in singles on November 3, 2003 and rank 52 in doubles on April 24, 2000. In Grand Slam tournaments he never got beyond the first round in singles, but he also kicked only competed in the main draw of the US Open in 2000 and 2001. Between 1999 and 2002 he reached the second round on multiple occasions in the doubles competition of the Australian Open, the French Open and the US Open. At Wimbledon he always failed in the opening round. 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. Between 2006 and 2008, Taino played a total of ten ties for the Philippines Davis Cup team. He won eight of his ten singles games and four of his six in doubles. He completed all doubles games alongside Cecil Mamiit. His last appearance was in April 2008 against Uzbekistan . 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. |
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