Eliakim Coulibaly

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Eliakim Coulibaly
Full nameEliakim Coulibaly
Country (sports)Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Born (2002-05-05) 5 May 2002 (age 23)
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$88,153
Singles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
1 Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 263 (14 July 2025)
Current rankingNo. 263 (14 July 2025)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 604 (30 January 2023)
Current rankingNo. 1051 (16 June 2025)
Last updated on: 16 June 2025.

Eliakim Coulibaly (born 5 May 2002) is an Ivorian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 263, achieved on 14 July 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 604, achieved on 30 January 2023. [1] Coulibaly is the first Ivorian to win an ATP Challenger singles title, at the second edition of his home tournament Côte d'Ivoire Open. [2]

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He also played on junior circuit and had a ITF combined ranking of No. 16, attained on 6 January 2020. [3]

Coulibaly represents Ivory Coast at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 2–0.

Career

Coulibaly began his tennis career training in Abidjan before moving to Casablanca at the age of 12. He was renowned as a top prospect for African tennis, as he and South African Khololwam Montsi became the first African duo to reach the top 20 in the ITF juniors rankings. [4]

Personal life

Coulibaly currently lives in the south of France and trains at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy. [5] [6]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Apr 2025 Côte d'Ivoire Open II, Ivory CoastChallengerHard Flag of Tunisia.svg Aziz Dougaz 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–4

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 14 (10 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (10–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (10–4)
Clay (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Apr 2021M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of Italy.svg Franco Agamenone 2–6, 3–6
Win1–1May 2021M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Fancutt 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Win2–1Jul 2021M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of Italy.svg Luca Potenza5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Win3–1Aug 2022M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Dellavedova7–5, 6–4
Win4–1Sep 2022M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of France.svg Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine 6–2, 6–4
Loss4–2Sep 2022M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of Tunisia.svg Skander Mansouri 3–6, 4–6
Win5–2Sep 2022M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Dellavedova6–2, 6–3
Win6–2May 2023M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Te Rigele 6–2, 6–1
Loss6–3Apr 2024M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of France.svg Robin Bertrand 6–7 (3–7), 3–6
Win7–3Jul 2024M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of Tunisia.svg Aziz Ouakaa 6–0, 2–0 ret.
Win8–3Jul 2024M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of the United States.svg Darwin Blanch 6–2, 6–2
Loss8–4Aug 2024M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Tarvet 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 1–6
Win9–4Aug 2024M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of Colombia.svg Adrià Soriano Barrera 6–4, 6–3
Win10–4Nov 2024M25 Maputo, MozambiqueWTTHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dominik Palan5–7, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Mar 2022M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of Turkey.svg Yankı Erel Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jarno Jans
Flag of France.svg Robin Bertrand 		4–6, 6–1, [6–10]
Win1–1Jul 2022M25 Uriage, FranceWTTClay Flag of France.svg Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Adrien Burdet
Flag of France.svg Alexandre Reco		6–3, 7–5
Loss1–2Apr 2023M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of Ghana.svg Abraham Asaba Flag of France.svg Maxence Beaugé
Flag of France.svg Arthur Bouquier 		2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win2–2Jan 2024M15 Bressuire, FranceWTTHard (i) Flag of Finland.svg Eero Vasa Flag of Slovakia.svg Lukáš Pokorný
Flag of Slovakia.svg Igor Zelenay 		4–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–8]
Win3–2Jun 2025M25 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard (O) Flag of Ghana.svg Isaac Nortey Flag of Turkey.svg Mert Alkaya
Flag of Turkey.svg Tuncay Duran		4–6, 6–4, [10–6]

References

  1. ↑ "Eliakim Coulibaly | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ↑ "Eliakim Coulibaly makes history with ATP Challenger Tour triumph | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
  3. ↑ "Eliakim Coulibaly ITF junior overview". ITF Tennis.
  4. ↑ "The tennis dreams of Khololwam Montsi and Eliakim Coulibaly". the Guardian. July 19, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Eliakim Coulibaly : à la découverte de la pépite ivoirienne du tennis". October 6, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Eliakim Coulibaly (Espoir du tennis ivoirien): « Je me donne trois ans pour bousculer la hiérarchie mondiale » | FratMat". www.fratmat.info.


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