title: Eliakim Coulibaly
text: # Eliakim Coulibaly
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  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. 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.
  
  ## ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals
  
  ### Singles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-up)
  
  * Legend (singles)
  * ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
  * World Tennis Tour (6–2)
  * Titles by surface
  * Hard (6–2)
  * 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 | Franco Agamenone | 2–6, 3–6 |
  | Win | 1–1 | May 2021 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Thomas Fancutt | 2–6, 6–2, $7–6^{(7–1)}$ |
  | Win | 2–1 | July 2021 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Luca Potenza | 5–7, 6–2, 6–4 |
  | Win | 3–1 | Aug 2022 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Matthew Dellavedova | 7–5, 6–4 |
  | Win | 4–1 | Sep 2022 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine | 6–2, 6–4 |
  | Loss | 4–2 | Sep 2022 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Skander Mansouri | 3–6, 4–6 |
  | Win | 5–2 | Sep 2022 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Matthew Dellavedova | 6–2, 6–3 |
  | Win | 6–2 | May 2023 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Te Rigele | 6–2, 6–1 |
  
  ### 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 | Yanki Erel | Robin Bertrand Jarno Jans | 4–6, 6–1, [6–10] |
  | Win | 1–1 | Jul 2022 | M25 Uriage, France | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard | Adrien Burdet Alexandre Reco | 6–3, 7–5 |
  