Cristian Ignacio Garín Medone was born on 30 May 1996, he is a Chilean professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 17 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in singles, which he first achieved on 13 September 2021, and is the current Chilean No. 1. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 206, achieved on 10 May 2021.
Garín became the youngest Chilean player to win an ATP Tour match, by defeating Dušan Lajović at 16 years and 8 months old in the first round of the 2013 VTR Open. He was the winner of the 2013 Junior French Open, beating Alexander Zverev in the final.
Garín has won five ATP tour titles, all on clay courts. In early 2019, he achieved his first consistent results in the ATP Tour, reaching three finals in five tournaments: he finished runner-up in the 2019 Brasil Open, won his first ATP title at the 2019 U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships and won his second title at the 2019 BMW Open. Garín obtained his third title at the 2020 Córdoba Open. By winning his first ATP Tour 500 title at the 2020 Rio Open, Garín became the sixth-ever Chilean man to be ranked in the top 20.
Garín started his 2022 season by representing Chile at the ATP Cup. Chile was in Group A alongside Spain, Serbia, and Norway. He lost his first match to Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain. In his second match, he beat Dušan Lajović of Serbia via retirement.
In his third match, he lost to Casper Ruud of Norway. In the end, Chile ended second in Group A. Seeded 16th at the Australian Open, he reached the third round where he was defeated by 17th seed Gaël Monfils.
How old is Cristian Garín?
Cristian GarínCristian Garín is 26 years old.
