Eric Taino is a retired minor tour tennis player who represented the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. He started a professional career in 1997. Before turning pro, he played for the UCLA Bruins

UCLA Bruins

The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California, Los Angeles . The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Pacific-12 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation . For football, they are in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I...

 along with fellow pros Justin Gimelstob

Justin Gimelstob

Justin Jeremy Gimelstob is a retired American tennis player. Gimelstob has been a resident of Morristown, New Jersey and as of 2009 resided in Santa Monica, California....

 and Kevin Kim

Kevin Kim

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Taino achieved his highest ranking of World No. 122 as a singles player on the ATP Tour in November 2003 and ranked as high as 52nd in the world in April 2000 as a doubles player capturing a doubles title in Singapore

ATP Singapore Open

The Singapore Open is a defunct Grand Prix and ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1989 to 1993 and from 1996 to 1999. It was held at the National Stadium in Singapore and was held on outdoor hard courts.-Men's Singles:-Men's Doubles:-References:*...

 along the way.

In 2006, Taino won the bronze medal in the men's doubles tournament at the Asian Games

Tennis at the 2006 Asian Games

Tennis were contested at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar from December 2 to December 14, 2006. Tennis had team, doubles, and singles events for men and women, as well as a mixed doubles competition. The tennis competition was held at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex.-Medal summary:Also...

 held in Doha

Doha

Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...

, Qatar

Qatar

Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...

. Taino, with partner Cecil Mamiit

Cecil Mamiit

Cecil Valdeavilla Mamiit is a tennis player from the United States who now represents the Philippines. He began his professional career in 1996. He reached his highest individual ranking in the ATP Tour on October 11, 1999, when he became World No...

, lost to Indian pair Mahesh Bhupathi

Mahesh Bhupathi

Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament...

 and Leander Paes

Leander Paes

Leander Adrian Paes, pronounced pās, is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament...

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Taino played for the Philippines Davis Cup team

Philippines Davis Cup team

The Philippines Davis Cup team represents the Philippines in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Philippine Tennis Association.The Philippines currently compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group I...

 until 2008.

Titles (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	October 11, 1999	Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...	Hard	Max Mirnyi Max Mirnyi Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a...	Todd Woodbridge Todd Woodbridge Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman...     Mark Woodforde Mark Woodforde Mark Woodforde is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge....	6–3, 6–4