42 Facts About Christian Garin

1.

Cristian Ignacio Garin Medone is a Chilean professional tennis player.

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Christian Garin has been ranked as high as world No 17 by the Association of Tennis Professionals in singles, which he first achieved on 13 September 2021, and is the current Chilean No 2.

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Christian Garin has a career-high doubles ranking of world No 206, achieved on 10 May 2021.

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Christian Garin became the youngest Chilean player to win an ATP Tour match, by defeating Dusan Lajovic at 16 years and 8 months old in the first round of the 2013 VTR Open.

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Christian Garin was the winner of the 2013 Junior French Open, beating Alexander Zverev in the final.

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6.

In 2010, Christian Garin won the U14 world championship with Bastian Malla and Sebastian Santibanez, defeating Italy in the final.

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The next year, at 14 years old, Christian Garin won his first ITF Junior title at the Pascuas Bowl, a Grade 5 tournament.

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In 2012 when Christian Garin was 16 years old, he broke top ten in the ITF Junior Rankings after winning the Eddie Herr in singles and doubles and the Orange Bowl Doubles, partnering with Nicolas Jarry.

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9.

At the 2013 French Open, Christian Garin reached his first Junior Grand Slam finals in both singles and doubles.

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10.

Christian Garin 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.

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11.

Christian Garin lost in three sets to Jeremy Chardy in the second round, after winning the first set.

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12.

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

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13.

Christian Garin did not reach any main draws of professional tournaments this year, having as year best results semifinals of challenger tournaments.

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14.

Christian Garin only played the 2016 Geneva Open in the professional tour, after winning in the qualifying draw.

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15.

Christian Garin successfully made it through the qualifying draw of Wimbledon, at his first attempt.

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16.

Christian Garin ended his year with fifteen consecutive victories and three back-to-back titles at Challenger level.

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17.

However, 2018 was the seventh consecutive year for Christian Garin representing his country at the Davis Cup, an impressive achievement considering he was only 21 years old at the time.

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18.

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

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

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20.

However, it was the first time Christian Garin reached such an advanced stage in a high category event.

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21.

Christian Garin started his year representing Chile at the 2020 ATP Cup.

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22.

Christian Garin obtained his third title after making comebacks in three of his four matches, including the final against local and world No 14 Diego Schwartzman.

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23.

Christian Garin entered as the No 3 seed, behind world No 22 Dusan Lajovic and world No 4 Dominic Thiem.

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24.

Less than a week later, Christian Garin would enter the 2020 Chile Open as a local and first seed.

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25.

Christian Garin defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber and Marc Polmans before losing to Karen Khachanov at the third round of the 2020 French Open.

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26.

Christian Garin withdrew from the Australian Open due to suffering a fall in which he injured his left wrist.

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27.

Christian Garin reached the third round where he lost to fourth seed and eventual champion, Stefanos Tsitsipas.

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28.

Christian Garin ended up losing to eighth seed and eventual finalist, Matteo Berrettini.

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29.

Christian Garin ended up losing to top seed, five-time champion, and eventual champion, Novak Djokovic.

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30.

Christian Garin is the first Chilean to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon since Fernando Gonzalez ran to the last eight in 2005.

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31.

Christian Garin started his 2022 season by representing Chile at the ATP Cup.

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32.

Christian Garin lost his first match to Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain.

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33.

Christian Garin started his clay-court season at the 2022 US Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston.

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34.

Christian Garin beat second seed, world No 13, and American, Taylor Fritz, in the quarterfinals.

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35.

Christian Garin lost in his semifinal match to fourth seed and world No 27, John Isner, in three sets.

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36.

Christian Garin pulled out of the Monte-Carlo Masters due to unknown reasons.

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37.

At the Italian Open, Christian Garin reached his third career Masters 1000 quarterfinals.

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38.

Christian Garin ended up losing to second seed, world No 3, and 2017 champion, Alexander Zverev.

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39.

Christian Garin reached the third round defeating Ilya Ivashka before losing to seventh seed, Andrey Rublev, in a tight four-set match.

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40.

Christian Garin then stunned 19th seed and World No 27, Alex de Minaur, in a tight five-set match to reach the first Grand Slam quarterfinal of his career.

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41.

Christian 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 Acuna and Fernando Gonzalez.

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42.

Christian Garin's run came to an end as he lost in the quarterfinals to eventual finalist Nick Kyrgios.

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