Christian Garín
Garin in 2013
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| Country (sports) |
 Chile
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| Residence | Santiago, Chile |
| Born |
30 May 1996 Iquique, Chile |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 2013 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach(es) | Jorge Aguilar (2015–) |
| Prize money | $119,789 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 8–11 (at ATP Tour & Grand Slam level and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 1 Challenger, 7 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 191 (16 January 2017) |
| Current ranking | No. 191 (16 January 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| French Open | Q1 (2015) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 2–3 (at ATP Tour & Grand Slam level and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 316 (5 May 2014) |
| Current ranking | No. 402 (16 January 2017) |
| Last updated on: 16 January 2017. | |
Christian Garin Medone (born 30 May 1996) is a Chilean professional tennis player ranked No. 191 in the world, and ranked as high as 5th in the ITF Junior rankings. 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.
Notable wins include players as Horacio Zeballos, Carlos Berlocq, and Dušan Lajović, among others.
Since October 2015, Garin is coached by former tennis player Jorge Aguilar.
In October 2016 he won his first Challenger title in Lima, Peru.
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. 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 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.
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.
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