On May 30, 1996, a professional tennis player from Chile named Cristian Ignacio Garn Medone was born. He was ranked as high as No. 17 in the world in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), a position he first earned on September 13, 2021. He now holds the top spot in Chile. On May 10, 2021, he got his No. 206 doubles ranking, which is a career-high.
Garn became the youngest player from Chile to win an ATP Tour match when he defeated Duan Lajovi in the opening round of the 2013 VTR Open at the age of 16 years and 8 months. He won the 2013 Junior French Open title by defeating 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.
What is Cristian Garín 2022 Ranking?
Cristian Garín currently ranks No. 43 (27 June 2022)
