Cristian Ignacio Garín Medone[a] (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkɾistjaŋ ɡaˈɾin];[b] born 30 May 1996) is a Chilean professional tennis player.

[6] Garín became the youngest Chilean player to win an ATP Tour match, by defeating Dušan Lajović at 16 years and 8 months old in a fortnite battle royal. He was the winner of the 2013 Junior French Open, beating Alexander Zverev in the final.

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.

[citation needed] In 2010, Garín won the U14 world championship with Bastián Malla and Sebastián Santibáñez, defeating Italy in the final.

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.

Garín made his best performance of the year in the F11 Chile in October, reaching the semifinals after defeating Juan Carlos Sáez, No.

He also represented his country on the 2nd round of the 2013 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I against Ecuador, playing two single matches.

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.

In July, he was able to defend his participation in Wimbledon, making it through the qualifying draw again, and losing to Adrian Mannarino in four sets in the first round.

In April, he played for Chile in 2018 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I and lost two singles match against Argentina.

Garín entered a Grand Slam main draw directly for the first time in 2019 Australian Open, but lost in straight sets to David Goffin.

Garín lost to Dennis Novak, but won the decisive match against Jurij Rodionov,[9] giving the Chilean team its first win in Europe over 50 years; this also put Chile on the 2019 Davis Cup Finals, where they could not make it past the group stage.

In the last week of February, Garín reached his first ATP final, at the 2019 Brasil Open, but lost the title to Guido Pella in straight sets.

In the second week of April, he returned to the circuit with a great run at the 2019 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Texas, where he ended up winning the tournament.

[11] In late April Garín arrived to Europe, winning his first ATP match outside the Americas against Martin Kližan in Barcelona,[12] where he went on to reach the third round after defeating Canadian rising star Denis Shapovalov.

[16] In the final he defeated Budapest champion Matteo Berrettini in three sets, becoming the first Chilean to win an ATP tournament in Europe in more than a decade.

1 player of his country, he played against Gaël Monfils,[26] Kevin Anderson[27] and Novak Djokovic,[28] losing all three matches as his team went home last place in their group.

Cristian also won his first Australian Open match, defeating Stefano Travaglia[29] before losing to Milos Raonic in the next round.

He won his third title after making comebacks in three of his four matches (despite losing in the first set), including the final against local favorite and world No.

This year's Australian Open is taking place amid strict COVID-19 rules which requires players to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival and limits the number of team members they can bring.

[48] As the top seed at the Chile Open, he won his fifth career ATP tour title by beating Facundo Bagnis in the final.

Seeded 22nd at the French Open, Garín made his best Grand Slam run in his career by reaching the fourth round; he lost to world No.

[59] Seeded fourth at the Swiss Open, he made it to the quarterfinals where he was defeated by eventual finalist, Hugo Gaston, despite having four match points in the third-set tiebreaker.

[69] After his loss in Santiago, Garín admitted that he wasn't in a good place, and he hinted that he might decide to stop his career due to being plagued by a shoulder injury for quite some time and for his struggling form.

Garin was just the eighth Chilean male player to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal, and the fourth to do so at Wimbledon after Luis Ayala, Ricardo Acuña and Fernando González.

[85] Seeded sixth at the Swiss Open, Garín suffered a first-round loss at the hands of qualifier Yannick Hanfmann.

[96] At the Córdoba Open, he recorded his 101st ATP singles match win by defeating seventh seed Pedro Martinez, in the first round.

[116] Although he had reached the quarterfinals at the 2022 Wimbledon, Garín did not compete in the tournament as his ranking was too low for direct entry, and he did not participate in the qualifying draw.

98, at the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters he reached the second round with a win over Aleksandar Kovacevic but lost to second seed Daniil Medvedev.

[120][121] During a February 2025 Davis Cup tie between Belgium and Chile, Zizou Bergs struck Garín with his shoulder during an exuberant celebration.