Christian Garin

Christian Garin Medone

Garin in 2013
Country	Chile
Residence	Santiago, Chile
Born	(1996-05-30) 30 May 1996 Santiago, Chile[1]
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$17,820
Singles
Career record	2–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level and in and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 393 (12 August 2013)
Current ranking	No. 393 (12 August 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	–
French Open	–
Wimbledon	–
US Open	–
Doubles
Career record	0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level and in and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 640 (13 May 2013)
Current ranking	No. 662 (12 August 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	–
French Open	–
Wimbledon	–
US Open	–
Last updated on: 12 August 2013.

Christian Garin Medone (born 30 May 1996) is a Chilean professional tennis player ranked no. 397 in the world, and 5th in the ITF rankings. He is the youngest Chilean player to win a high-level ATP match, defeating Dusan Lajovic at just 16 years and 8 months old, in the first round of the 2013 VTR Open.^[2]

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, Garin 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, Garin 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 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.

Junior Grand Slam results

Junior finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	18 April 2011	Asunción, Paraguay (G5)	Clay	Rodrigo Senattore	6–1 6–1
Winner	2.	26 November 2012	Bradenton, USA (G1)	Clay	Laslo Djere	0–6 6–4 7–5
Winner	3	8 June 2013	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Alexander Zverev	6–4 6–1

Doubles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	8 June 2013	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Nicolás Jarry	Kyle Edmund Frederico Ferreira Silva	3–6 3–6

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. Garin 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 February, he received a wild card for the main draw of the 2013 VTR Open, ATP 250 tournament. In the first round, he defeated Dusan Lajovic 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.

References

External links

• ATP Profile
• ITF Profile

v t e Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Chilean male singles tennis players as of January 13, 2014. 1. Paul Capdeville (155 ) · 2. Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (295 1) · 3. Gonzalo Lama (296 1) · 4. Jorge Aguilar (361 2) · 5. Christian Garín (386 1) 6. Cristóbal Saavedra-Corvalán (388 1)  · 7. Ricardo Urzua-Rivera (413 1)  · 8. Juan Carlos Sáez (463 1)  · 9. Guillermo Nuñez (686 1)  · 10. Bastián Malla (731 1)