Cristian Ignacio Garín Medone (born 30 May 1996) 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.
He also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 206, achieved on 10 May 2021.
He is the current Chilean No. 3.
2010
In 2010, Garín won the U14 world championship with Bastián Malla and Sebastián Santibáñez, defeating Italy in the final.
The next year, at 14 years old, Garín won his first ITF Junior title at the Pascuas Bowl, a Grade 5 tournament.
2012
In 2012 when Garín was 16 years old, he broke top ten in the ITF Junior Rankings after winning the Eddie Herr (G1) in singles and doubles and the Orange Bowl Doubles, partnering with Nicolás Jarry.
In March, he made his ATP Challenger debut, in the 2012 Cachantún Cup.
He lost in three sets to Fernando Romboli.
On 16 September, he became the youngest Chilean player to debut Davis Cup, before losing to Simone Bolelli.
Garín made his best performance of the year in the F11 Chile in October, reaching the semifinals after defeating Juan Carlos Sáez, No. 435 in the ATP ranking.
2013
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.
At the 2013 French Open, Garín reached his first Junior Grand Slam finals in both singles and doubles.
He dropped only one set on his way to the singles final, meeting Alexander Zverev of Germany who he defeated in straight sets to win his first Junior Grand Slam title.
In the doubles event, partnered by fellow Chilean Nicolás Jarry, they faced Kyle Edmund of Great Britain, and Portuguese Frederico Ferreira Silva, to whom they lost in two sets.
He entered in the ATP ranking in February, after defeating Felipe Mantilla in the F1 Chile.
In February, he received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2013 VTR Open, ATP 250 tournament.
In the first round, he defeated Dušan Lajović in two sets, gaining 20 points for the ranking.
He lost in three sets to Jérémy Chardy in the second round, after winning the first set.
He also represented his country on the 2nd round of the 2013 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I against Ecuador, playing two single matches.
2014
In his first year as a professional, he received a wild card for 2014 Royal Guard Open, ATP 250 tournament in his home country, Chile.
He couldn't repeat previous year second round, losing in his first match against Chardy in straight sets.
The next week, he won a qualifier spot at main draw of 2014 Copa Claro, another ATP 250 event.
After these stints in ATP Tour, he spent most of the year between Challengers and Futures, winning four of the latter.
He ended the year as world No. 252.
In January, he played for Chile in 2014 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II, losing his singles match and doubles match.
Chile lost against Barbados 3–2.
Later, in march, he won two singles matches against the Paraguayan team.
Garín did not reach any main draws of professional tournaments this year, having as year best results semifinals of challenger tournaments.
2015
In January, he played for Chile in 2015 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II, winning his singles match against Perú, series that Chile won 5–0.
In July, he won two singles matches against Mexico, series that Chile also won 5–0.
In September, Garín with Hans Podlipnik won the doubles match against Venezuela, series that Chile won 5–0 too, and achieved the promotion for Group I. Garín ended the year as World No. 321.
2016
Garín only played the 2016 Geneva Open in the professional tour, after winning in the qualifying draw.
The rest of the season he took part of Challenger tournaments and Futures, winning four of the latter and achieving his first Challenger title in Lima, at the end of the season.
Garín ended the year as world No. 211.
2019
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.
2020
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.
