Cristian Ignacio Garn Medone, a professional tennis player from Chile, was born on May 30, 1996. The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has placed him as high as No. 17 in the world in singles, a position he first attained on September 13, 2021. He is currently ranked No. 1 in Chile. His career-high doubles ranking of No. 206 was attained on May 10, 2021.
In the first round of the 2013 VTR Open, Garn defeated Duan Lajovi at the age of 16 years and 8 months to become the youngest player from Chile to win an ATP Tour match. He defeated Alexander Zverev in the championship match to claim the 2013 Junior French Open title.
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 Tall is Cristian Garín?
Cristian Garín is 6 feet 1 inch tall.
