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Eliakim Coulibaly

Eliakim Coulibaly (born 5 May 2002) is an Ivorian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 323, achieved on 14 April 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 604, achieved on 30 January 2023.[1]

He also played on junior circuit and had a ITF combined ranking of No. 16, attained on 6 January 2020.[2]

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.[3]

Personal life

Coulibaly currently lives in the south of France and trains at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy.[4][5]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2025 Abidjan II, Ivory Coast Challenger Hard Tunisia 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)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Italy Franco Agamenone 2–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 May 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Australia Thomas Fancutt 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Win 2–1 July 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Italy Luca Potenza 5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Win 3–1 Aug 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Australia Matthew Dellavedova 7–5, 6–4
Win 4–1 Sep 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard France Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine 6–2, 6–4
Loss 4–2 Sep 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Tunisia Skander Mansouri 3–6, 4–6
Win 5–2 Sep 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Australia Matthew Dellavedova 6–2, 6–3
Win 6–2 May 2023 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard China Te Rigele 6–2, 6–1
Loss 6–3 Apr 2024 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard France Robin Bertrand 6–7 (3–7), 3–6
Win 7–3 Jul 2024 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Tunisia Aziz Ouakaa 6–0, 2–0 ret.
Win 8–3 Jul 2024 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard United States Darwin Blanch 6–2, 6–2
Loss 8–4 Aug 2024 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard United Kingdom Oliver Tarvet 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 1–6
Win 9–4 Aug 2024 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Colombia Adrià Soriano Barrera 6–4, 6–3
Win 10–4 Nov 2024 M25 Maputo, Mozambique WTT Hard Czech Republic Dominik Palan 5–7, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ITF WTT (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Turkey Yankı Erel Netherlands Jarno Jans
France Robin Bertrand 		4–6, 6–1, [6–10]
Win 1–1 Jul 2022 M25 Uriage, France WTT Hard France Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard Switzerland Adrien Burdet
France Alexandre Reco 		6–3, 7–5

References

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