Christian Garín

Christian Garín Medone
Country (sports)  Chile
Residence Santiago, Chile
Born (1996-05-30) 30 May 1996
Iquique, Chile[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro 2013
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $330,396
Singles
Career record 10–16 (at ATP Tour & Grand Slam level and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 3 Challenger, 8 ITF
Highest ranking No. 121 (8 October 2018)
Current ranking No. 121 (8 October 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open Q1 (2015, 2017, 2018)
Wimbledon 1R (2017, 2018)
US Open Q2 (2017)
Doubles
Career record 2–3 (at ATP Tour & Grand Slam level and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 1 Challenger, 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 298 (31 July 2017)
Current ranking No. 924 (8 October 2018)
Last updated on: 8 October 2018.

Christian Ignacio Garín Medone (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkɾistjaŋ ɡaˈɾin];[lower-alpha 1] born 30 May 1996) is a Chilean professional tennis player. He achieved his highest ATP singles ranking of 121 in October 2018. He was the winner of the 2013 Junior French Open, beating Alexander Zverev in the final. He is the youngest Chilean player to win a high-level ATP match, defeating Dušan Lajović at just 16 years and 8 months old, in the first round of the 2013 VTR Open.[2]

Notable wins include players as Nicolas Mahut, Nicolás Almagro, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Florian Mayer, Borna Coric, Alexander Zverev and Dušan Lajović, among others.

In October 2016 he won his first Challenger title in Lima, Peru. Two years later, he won his second Challenger title in Campinas, Brazil.

Junior career

In 2010, he won the U14 world championship with Bastián Malla and Sebastián Santibañez, defeating Italy in the final. The next year, with only 14 years, Garín won his first ITF U18 title in the Pascuas Bowl, a Grade 5 tournament.[3] In 2012, with 16 years, he reached the U-18 "top ten", after winning the Eddie Herr Tournament (G1) in singles and the Yucatán Cup (G1), the Eddie Herr (G1) and the Orange Bowl (GA) in doubles with Nicolás Jarry.

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 Jr. of Germany whom 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 2 sets.

Professional career

2012

He entered in the ATP ranking in February, after defeating Felipe Mantilla in the F1 Chile. In March, he made his ATP Challenger debut, in the 2012 Cachantún Cup. He lost in 3 sets to Fernando Romboli. On 16 September, he became the youngest Chilean player to debut Davis Cup, before losing to Simone Bolelli 4–6 3–6. 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

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.

In February, he received a wild card 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 6–4.

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 7-5, 6-0. The next week, he won a qualifier spot at main draw of 2014 Copa Claro, another ATP 250 event.

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals

Singles

Legend
ATP Challengers (3–3)
ITF Futures (8–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 0–1 5 May 2013 Santiago, Chile Future Clay Australia James Duckworth 1–6, 3–6
Winner 1–1 3 May 2014 Natal, Brazil Future Clay Brazil Thales Turini 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up 1–2 18 May 2014 United States F14 Future Clay United States Bjorn Fratangelo 2–6, 3–6
Winner 2–2 8 June 2014 Madrid, Spain Future Clay Chile Nicolás Jarry 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Winner 3–2 2 November 2014 Brazil F11 Future Clay Brazil Caio Zampieri 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Winner 4–2 14 December 2014 Argentina F20 Future Clay Poland Grzegorz Panfil 6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Winner 5–2 28 February 2016 Cartagena, Spain Future Clay Spain Oriol Roca Batalla 6–4, 6–2
Winner 6–2 29 May 2016 Hammamet, Tunisia Future Clay Spain Carlos Taberner 6–3, 7–6 (7–1)
Winner 7–2 5 June 2016 Hammamet, Tunisia Future Clay Serbia Nikola Milojević 6–4, 2–6, 6–0
Winner 8–2 10 July 2016 Napoli, Italy Future Clay Argentina Juan Pablo Paz 6–2, 6–0
Winner 1–0 30 October 2016 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay Argentina Guido Andreozzi 3–6, 7–5, 7–6 (7–3)
Runner-up 1–1 24 February 2018 Cuernavaca, Mexico Challenger Hard United States Dennis Novikov 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 1–2 20 May 2018 Lisbon, Portugal Challenger Clay Spain Tommy Robredo 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 1–3 2 September 2018 Como, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Salvatore Caruso 5–7, 4–6
Winner 2–3 7 October 2018 Campinas, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Federico Delbonis 6–3, 6–4
Winner 3–3 13 October 2018 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Challenger Clay Argentina Federico Delbonis 6–4, 5–7, 6–4

Doubles

Legend (Singles)
Challengers (1–4)
Futures (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1–0 5 May 2013 Santiago Future Clay Chile Nicolás Jarry Chile Guillermo Rivera
Chile Cristóbal Saavedra		 6–2, 6–2
Winner 1–0 19 April 2014 Santiago Challenger Clay Chile Nicolás Jarry Chile Jorge Aguilar
Chile Hans Podlipnik		 W/O
Runner-up 1–1 14 December 2014 Argentina F20 Future Clay Chile Jorge Aguilar Argentina Facundo Mena
Argentina Mateo Nicolas Martinez		 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Runner-up 1–1 28 June 2015 Milan, Italy Challenger Clay Chile Juan Carlos Saez Croatia Nikola Mektic
Croatia Antonio Sancic		 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 1–2 4 October 2015 Porto Alegre, Brazil Challenger Clay Chile Juan Carlos Saez Portugal Gastao Elias
Portugal Frederico Ferreira Silva		 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 1–3 7 August 2016 Cortina, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Roberto Carballes Baena United States James Cerretani
Austria Philipp Oswald		 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 1–4 20 November 2016 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay Brazil Fabiano De Paula Argentina Andrés Molteni
Argentina Diego Schwartzman		 W/O

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles finals: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win2013French OpenClayGermany Alexander Zverev Jr.6–4, 6–1

Doubles finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up2013French OpenClayChile Nicolás JarryUnited Kingdom Kyle Edmund
Portugal Frederico Ferreira Silva		3–6, 3–6

Singles performance timeline

Tournament2015201620172018W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 0–0
French Open Q1 A Q1 Q1 0–0
Wimbledon A A 1R 1R 0–2
US Open A A Q2 Q1 0–0
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–2

Records against other players

Record against top-10 players

Player Years Matches Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Carpet
Number 8 ranked players
United States Jack Sock 2017 1 0–1 0% 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0
Number 10 ranked players
Spain Pablo Carreño Busta 2016 1 0–1 0% 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0

Record against No. 11-20 players

Garin's record against players who have been ranked world No. 11–20:

* Statistics correct as of 20 July 2018.

Notes

  1. ↑ In isolation, Christian is pronounced [ˈkɾistjan].

References

  1. ↑ "Christian Garin". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "16-year-old Garin posts first ATP World Tour win". ATP World Tour. 5 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Christian Garín y Daniela Seguel ganan sus primeros títulos" (in Spanish). Emol. 23 April 2011.
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