Who is Cristian Garin?
Cristian Ignacio Garin Medone is a Chilean professional tennis player who is excellently known as Cristian Garin. He is well noted for being the youngest Chilean player to win a high-level ATP match, defeating Dusan Lajovic aged 16 years and 8 months old in the first round of the 2013 VTR Open. He won the Under-14 World Championship in 2010 and defeated Alexander Zverev Jr. to become the winner of the 2013 Junior French Open. At the 2019 Davis Cup, he delivered Chile its first win outside the Americas in almost 50 years. Cristian attained a career-high ATP singles rating of world No. 18 on 24th February 2020, and is the current Chilean No. 1. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 206 attained on 10 May 2021. Moreover, seeded 17th in the 2021 Wimbledon Championships he reached the fourth round for the first time in his career and a second time in a row at a major in 2021.
Relationship Details, Cristian Garin is in a Relationship?
Cristian Gain is an unmarried guy. He is dating his lovely girlfriend Valeria Polesel. Cristian is a pretty private guy, as he rarely publishes anything about his family or partner. But with that being said, he did earlier post a picture with his lover Polesel where they are snuggling together. As a celebration of his 24th birthday, he tweeted the below image with the message “celebrating 24 with my princess. Thank you all for your messages and good energy, forever thankful”. However, this post has been recently deleted. A few reports assure that the pair separated however no comprehensive evidence could be obtained anywhere. Concerning Garin’s sexual orientation, he is straight.
Quick facts about Cristian Garin
| Celebrated Name | Cristian Garin |
|---|---|
| Age | 26 years old. |
| Nick Name | Cristian |
| Birth Name | Cristian Ignacio Garin Medone |
| Birth Date | 1996-05-30 |
| Gender | Male |
| Profession | Tennis Player |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Place Of Birth | Arica, Chile |
| Birth Nation | Chile |
| Ethnicity | Hispanic |
| Religion | Christian |
| Horoscope | Gemini |
| Race | White |
| Father | Sergio Garin |
| Mother | Anna Claudia Medone |
| Brothers | Sebastian Antonio Garin Medone |
| Marital Status | Unmarried |
| Girlfriend | Valeria Polesel |
| Sexual Orientation | Straight |
| Source of Wealth | Tennis career |
| Net Worth | $5 million |
| Salary | $ 2,178,485 per year |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 85 kg or 187.5 lbs |
| Body Type | Athletic |
| Eye Color | Hazel |
| Hair Color | Dark brown |
| Links | WikipediaInstagramTwitter |
Cristian Garin: Early Life, Age, Wiki, Parents, Ethnicity
Cristian Garin was born on 30th May 1996 with the real name of Cristian Ignacio Garin Madone in Arica, Chile. He is of Chilean nationality and he belongs to the Hispanic race. Similarly, his faith is Christian and his race is white. Garin has celebrated his 25th birthday as of 2021 and as per his birthdate, his star sign is Gemini. His father Sergio Garin and his mother, Anna Claudia Medone both are engineers. He has a brother named Sebastian Antonio Garin Medone.
Cristian Garin sets off his tennis career with the U14 world championship with Bastian Malla and Sebastian Santibanez, defeating Italy in the final in 2010 following which he won his first ITF Junior title at the Pascuas Bowl, a Grade 5 tournament. He broke top 10 in the ITF Junior Rankings after winning the Eddie Herr (G1) in singles and doubles and the Orange Bowl Doubles in 2012. Then he reached his first Junior Grand Slam finals in both singles and doubles at the 2013 French Open.
Education, Schooling, University
There is no information about his education and schooling.
Professional Career, (Tennis Player)
- Cristian entered the ATP ranking in February and made his ATP Challenger debut in March, in the 2012 Cachantun Cup and became the youngest Chilean player to debut in Davis Cup on 16th September of the following year.
- He achieved his greatest performance of the year in the F11 Chile in October, reaching the semifinals after defeating Juan Carlos Saez, No. 435 in the ATP rating.
- He won a wildcard for the main draw of the 2013 VTR Open in February, ATP 250 tournament, and represented his country in the 2nd round of the 2013 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I against Ecuador, playing two singles matches.
- He obtained a wild card for the 2014 Royal Guard Open in his debut year as a professional and gained a qualification slot at the main draw of the 2014 Copa Claro.
- He participated for Chile in the 2014 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II in January, losing his singles match and doubles match. Chile fell against Barbados 3-2.
- Garin competed for Chile in the 2015 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II in January 2015, winning his singles match against Peru, a series that Chile won 5-0. Cristian with Hans Podlipnik won the doubles match against Venezuela in September and gained the promotion to Group I.
- He only played the 2016 Geneva Open in the professional circuit but he played for Chile in the 2016 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I in January, he won singles match against the Dominican Republic when the series was already set, Chile won the series 5-0.
- Also, he played in the 2016 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs in September and lost two singles matches against Canada. Chile lost the series 5-0.
- He joined the top 200 in January, reaching world No. 187 the next month, and played for Chile in the 2017 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I in January, and won a single match against the Dominican Republic, Chile won the series 5-0.
- Garin competed for Chile in the 2018 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I in April 2018 and lost two singles match against Argentina. However, 2018 was the sixth consecutive year for him representing his country at the Davis Cup.
- Later he entered a Grand Slam main draw directly for the first time in the 2019 Australian Open but lost in straight sets against David Goffin.
- He reached his first ATP final in the last week of February, at the 2019 Brasil Open, but lost the title to Guido Pella in straight sets.
- He gave a fantastic run at the 2019 U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships in Houston, Texas, where he ended up winning the championship.
- In late April he came to Europe, winning his first ATP match outside the Americas against Martin Klizan in Barcelona whereas in the final he defeated Budapest winner Matteo Berrettini in three sets, becoming the first Chilean to win an ATP tournament in Europe in more than a decade.
- Cristian achieved wins against Pablo Cuevas in this previous tournament yet he lost in the quarterfinals against Grigor Dimitrov which was the first time Garin reached such an advanced stage in a high-category event (ATP Tour Masters 1000). (ATP Tour Masters 1000).
- He represented Chile at the 2020 ATP Cup 2020 and won his maiden Australian Open match, defeating Stefano Travaglia.
- He then entered the Cordoba Open as the No. 3 seed at the Golden Swing and took part in the 2020 Rio Open.
- He appeared in the top 20 of the ATP Tour world ranking for the first time in his career as world No. 18. He would enter the 2020 Chile Open as a native and first seed.
- He did not play in any professional tournaments until 7th June due to the suspension of the 2020 ATP Tour because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Later he returned to competitions in August at the 2020 Western & Southern Open and reached the second round of the 2020 US Open.
- He bounced back with a semifinal appearance in the 2020 Hamburg European Open, losing in three tight sets to Stefanos Tsitsipas.
- Garin also defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber and Marc Polmans before losing to Karen Khachanov at the third round of the 2020 French Open after which he participated in only one more professional tournament, the 2020 Erste Bank Open; getting a first-round win over world No. 19 Stan Wawrinka before losing to Dominic Thiem.
- Cristian began the year 2021 with two second-round exits at the 2021 Delray Beach Open and the 2021 Argentina Open. He entered his home tournament, the 2021 Chile Open, as the first seed as well as participating in the 2021 Miami Open before the European claycourt season, losing in the second round against Marin Cilic after three tough sets.
- He opened the clay season at the 2021 Monte-Carlo Masters, getting wins over world No. 21 Felix Auger Aliassime and John Millman.
- As well, he entered the 2021 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, losing to Kei Nishikori in three sets during the second round.
- He took part in the 2021 Estoril Open, reaching the quarterfinals after obtaining a bye for the first round and a walkover from Richard Gasquet in the second round.
- He stunned world No. 3 Daniil Medvedev to advance to his second Masters 1000 quarterfinals at the Madrid Open, after obtaining wins over Fernando Verdasco and Dominik Koepfer.
- He also made his finest Grand Slam run in his career by reaching the fourth round at the French Open after overcoming J.I. Londero, M. McDonald, and Marcos Giron.
- Additionally, seeded 17th in the 2021 Wimbledon Championships Cristian reached the fourth round for the first time in his career and the second time in a row at a major in 2021, defeating Pedro Martinez in the third round.
- Also, he is the first Chilean to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon since Fernando Gonzalez advanced to the last eight in 2005.
Net Worth, Salary, Assets
Cristian Garin is a talented tennis player who has a net worth of $5 million as of 2021. He also makes a large amount of pay which is roughly $ 2,178,485 per year. Garin also received the prize money of US$ 3,092,707. He has done endorsement work for numerous products such as HEAD Tennis, Gillette, Adidas Tennis, Banco de Chile, POWERade Chile, and many others. In addition, Cristian’s principal source of income is his tennis profession.
Rumors and Controversy
Talking about his rumors and controversy, he has not been in any part of rumors as well as controversy to date.
What is the Height of Cristian Garin? Weight, Full Body Status
Cristian Garin has a tall height of 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) (6 ft 1 in). He has 85 kg or 187.5 pounds of body weight with an athletic physical build. Garin has dark brown hair and hazel eyes hue. His toned physique, side-parted, short-cropped hair, amiable smile, and clean-shaven look attracted a lot of people to him.
Social Media Accounts
Cristian Garin is not active on any social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, or Snapchat.
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