Eric Taino

Eric Taino
2008 at the Davis Cup match against Japan
Nation:	Philippines
Birthday:	March 18, 1975
Size:	175 cm
Weight:	75 kg
1st professional season:	1997
Resignation:	Time unknown
Playing hand:	Left
Prize money:	$ 542,367
singles
Career record:	14:20
Highest ranking:	122 (November 3, 2003)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	50:65
Career title:	1
Highest ranking:	52 (April 24, 2000)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Eric Taino medal table
tennis
Philippines
Asian Games
bronze	Doha 2006	Double

Eric Taino (born March 18, 1975 in Jersey City , United States ) is a retired Filipino tennis player .

Career

He already celebrated major successes in his junior years. With Jimmy Jackson he won the doubles competition at the US Open in 1992 . He began his 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 reached a final several times on the World Tour . In 1998 he moved in Bogotá with Gábor Köves for the first time in a final, which they lost against Diego del Río and Mariano Puerta in three sets. In June and July 1999 two more finals followed in Merano with Marc-Kevin Goellner and in Gstaad with Aleksandar Kitinov . Taino lost both games with the respective partner in two sets. In October of the same year he won his only title on the tour with Max Mirny . In Singapore , a World Tour 500 tournament , they defeated Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde 6-3 and 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 the Queen's Club with David Wheaton . He reached his highest placements 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 stepped only in 2000 and 2001 in the main draw of the US Open . Between 1999 and 2002 he reached the second round several times in the doubles competition at the Australian Open , the French Open and the US Open. At Wimbledon , he always failed in the opening round. In 2006 he took part in the Asian Games in Doha , where he won the bronze medal in a double competition. At the side of Cecil Mamiit , he had to admit defeat in the semifinals of the Indian pairing Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes .

Between 2006 and 2008, Taino played a total of ten games for the Philippine Davis Cup team . He won eight of his ten singles games and four of his six games in doubles. He completed all double games alongside Cecil Mamiit. His last mission was against Uzbekistan in April 2008 .

successes

Legend

Grand Slam

ATP World Tour Finals

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP World Tour 500 (1)

ATP World Tour 250

ATP Challenger Tour (12)

Double

Tournament victory

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 18, 1999	Singapore	Hard court (i)	Max Mirny	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6: 3, 6: 4

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	November 8, 1998	Bogotá	sand	Gábor Köves	Diego del Río Mariano Puerta	7: 6, 3: 6, 2: 6
2.	June 13, 1999	Meran	sand	Marc-Kevin Goellner	Lucas Arnold Ker Jaime Oncins	4: 6, 6: 7
3.	July 12, 1999	Gstaad	sand	Aleksandar Kitinov	Cyril Suk Donald Johnson	5: 7, 6: 7
4th	February 13, 2000	San Jose	Hard court	Lucas Arnold Ker	Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries	1: 6, 4: 6
5.	June 19, 2000	Queen's Club (1)	race	Jonathan Stark	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7: 6, 3: 6, 6: 7
6th	June 11, 2001	Queen's Club (2)	race	David Wheaton	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3: 6, 6: 3, 1: 6

Web links

Commons : Eric Taino  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Eric Taino (English)
• ITF profile for Eric Taino (English)
• Davis Cup statistics Eric Taino (English)