Eliakim Coulibaly

Eliakim Coulibaly

Full name	Eliakim Coulibaly
Country (sports)	Ivory Coast
Born	(2002-05-05) 5 May 2002 Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$88,153
Singles
Career record	0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 1 Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 263 (14 July 2025)
Current ranking	No. 263 (14 July 2025)
Doubles
Career record	0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 604 (30 January 2023)
Current ranking	No. 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. Coulibaly is the first Ivorian to win an ATP Challenger singles title, at the second edition of his home tournament Côte d'Ivoire Open.

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

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.

Personal life

Coulibaly currently lives in the south of France and trains at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy.

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	Côte d'Ivoire Open II, Ivory Coast	Challenger	Hard	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	Franco Agamenone	2–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	May 2021	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Thomas Fancutt	2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Win	2–1	Jul 2021	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Luca Potenza	5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Win	3–1	Aug 2022	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Matthew Dellavedova	7–5, 6–4
Win	4–1	Sep 2022	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine	6–2, 6–4
Loss	4–2	Sep 2022	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Skander Mansouri	3–6, 4–6
Win	5–2	Sep 2022	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Matthew Dellavedova	6–2, 6–3
Win	6–2	May 2023	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Te Rigele	6–2, 6–1
Loss	6–3	Apr 2024	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Robin Bertrand	6–7 (3–7), 3–6
Win	7–3	Jul 2024	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Aziz Ouakaa	6–0, 2–0 ret.
Win	8–3	Jul 2024	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Darwin Blanch	6–2, 6–2
Loss	8–4	Aug 2024	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Oliver Tarvet	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 1–6
Win	9–4	Aug 2024	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Adrià Soriano Barrera	6–4, 6–3
Win	10–4	Nov 2024	M25 Maputo, Mozambique	WTT	Hard	Dominik Palan	5–7, 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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2022	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Yankı Erel	Jarno Jans Robin Bertrand	4–6, 6–1, [6–10]
Win	1–1	Jul 2022	M25 Uriage, France	WTT	Clay	Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard	Adrien Burdet Alexandre Reco	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Apr 2023	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Abraham Asaba	Maxence Beaugé Arthur Bouquier	2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	2–2	Jan 2024	M15 Bressuire, France	WTT	Hard (i)	Eero Vasa	Lukáš Pokorný Igor Zelenay	4–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–8]
Win	3–2	Jun 2025	M25 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard (O)	Isaac Nortey	Mert Alkaya Tuncay Duran	4–6, 6–4, [10–6]

External links

• Eliakim Coulibaly at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Eliakim Coulibaly at the International Tennis Federation
• Eliakim Coulibaly at the Davis Cup