Eliakim Coulibaly

Ivorian tennis player
Eliakim Coulibaly
Full nameEliakim Coulibaly
Country (sports) Ivory Coast
Born (2002-05-05) 5 May 2002 (age 21)
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$28,140
Singles
Career record2–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 479 (17 October 2022)
Current rankingNo. 499 (16 January 2023)
Doubles
Career record1–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 613 (3 October 2022)
Current rankingNo. 645 (16 January 2023)
Last updated on: 27 January 2023.

Eliakim Coulibaly (born 5 May 2002) is an Ivorian tennis player.

Coulibaly has a career high ATP singles ranking of 479 achieved on 17 October 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 613 achieved on 3 October 2022.[1]

Coulibaly also played juniors and reach a career high ranking of 16 on January 6, 2020 and posted a win-loss record of 85–36 in singles and 45–34 in doubles.[2]

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

Coulibaly began his tennis career training in Abidjan before moving to Casablanca at the age of 12. He currently lives in the south of France and trains at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy.[3][4] Coulibaly is 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.[5]

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-up)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
World Tennis Tour (6–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (6–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Italy Franco Agamenone 2–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 May 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Australia Thomas Fancutt 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Win 2–1 July 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Italy Luca Potenza 5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Win 3–1 Aug 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Australia Matthew Dellavedova 7–5, 6–4
Win 4–1 Sep 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard France Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine 6–2, 6–4
Loss 4–2 Sep 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Tunisia Skander Mansouri 3–6, 4–6
Win 5–2 Sep 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Australia Matthew Dellavedova 6–2, 6–3
Win 6–2 May 2023 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard China Te Rigele 6–2, 6–1
Loss 6–3 May 2023 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard France Robin Bertrand 6—7, (3—7) 3—6

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

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (1–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Turkey Yanki Erel France Robin Bertrand
Netherlands Jarno Jans 		4–6, 6–1, [6–10]
Win 1–1 Jul 2022 M25 Uriage, France World Tennis Tour 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. ^ "Eliakim Coulibaly : à la découverte de la pépite ivoirienne du tennis". October 6, 2020.
  4. ^ "Eliakim Coulibaly (Espoir du tennis ivoirien): « Je me donne trois ans pour bousculer la hiérarchie mondiale » | FratMat". www.fratmat.info.
  5. ^ "The tennis dreams of Khololwam Montsi and Eliakim Coulibaly". the Guardian. July 19, 2020.

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