Eliakim Coulibaly
Full name | Eliakim Coulibaly |
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Country (sports) | Ivory Coast |
Born | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | 5 May 2002
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $8,552 |
Singles | |
Career record | 2–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 2 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 720 (2 August 2021) |
Current ranking | No. 720 (2 August 2021) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 1–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 1225 (28 June 2021) |
Current ranking | No. 1242 (2 August 2021) |
Last updated on: 2 August 2021. |
Eliakim Coulibaly (born 5 May 2002) is an Ivorian tennis player.
Coulibaly has a career high ATP singles ranking of 720 achieved on 2 August 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 1225 achieved on 28 June 2021.[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: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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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 |
References[]
- ^ "Eliakim Coulibaly | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
- ^ "Eliakim Coulibaly ITF junior overview". ITF Tennis.
- ^ "Eliakim Coulibaly : à la découverte de la pépite ivoirienne du tennis". October 6, 2020.
- ^ "Eliakim Coulibaly (Espoir du tennis ivoirien): « Je me donne trois ans pour bousculer la hiérarchie mondiale » | FratMat". www.fratmat.info.
- ^ "The tennis dreams of Khololwam Montsi and Eliakim Coulibaly". the Guardian. July 19, 2020.
External links[]
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Ivorian male tennis players
- African tennis biography stubs
- Ivorian sportspeople stubs