Cristian Ignacio Garin Medone, a Chilean professional tennis player, was born on May 30, 1996. The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) gave him a singles ranking as high as No. 17, which he attained on September 13, 2021. He is currently in charge in Chile. He had a career-high doubles ranking of No. 206 on May 10, 2021.
At the age of 16 years and 8 months, Garin defeated Duan Lajovi in the first round of the 2013 VTR Open to become the youngest player from Chile to win an ATP Tour match. Alexander Zverev was defeated in the Junior French Open championship match, and he took the crown.
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.
