Eliakim Coulibaly (born 5 May 2002) is an Ivorian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 263 achieved on 14 July 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 442 achieved on 22 June 2026. Coulibaly is the first Ivorian to win an ATP Challenger singles title, at the second edition of his home tournament Côte d'Ivoire Open.
On junior circuit, he had an ITF combined ranking of No. 16, achieved 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 (title) LegendATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Côte d'Ivoire Open II, Ivory CoastChallengerHard Aziz Dougaz6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–4
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 15 (10 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (10–5)Finals by surfaceHard (10–5)Clay (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Franco Agamenone2–6, 3–6Win1–1M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Thomas Fancutt2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–1)Win2–1M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Luca Potenza5–7, 6–2, 6–4Win3–1M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Matthew Dellavedova7–5, 6–4Win4–1M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine6–2, 6–4Loss4–2M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Skander Mansouri3–6, 4–6Win5–2M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Matthew Dellavedova6–2, 6–3Win6–2M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Te Rigele6–2, 6–1Loss6–3M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Robin Bertrand6–7 (3–7), 3–6Win7–3M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Aziz Ouakaa6–0, 2–0 ret.Win8–3M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Darwin Blanch6–2, 6–2Loss8–4M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Oliver Tarvet7–6(7–4), 4–6, 1–6Win9–4M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Adrià Soriano Barrera6–4, 6–3Win10–4M25 Maputo, MozambiqueWTTHard Dominik Palán5–7, 6–3, 6–4Loss10–5M25 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Robin Bertrand6–3, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (3–2)Finals by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Yankı Erel Jarno Jans Robin Bertrand4–6, 6–1, [6–10]Win1–1M25 Uriage, FranceWTTClay Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard Adrien Burdet Alexandre Reco6–3, 7–5Loss1–2M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Abraham Asaba Maxence Beaugé Arthur Bouquier2–6, 6–7(5–7)Win2–2M15 Bressuire, FranceWTTHard (i) Eero Vasa Lukáš Pokorný Igor Zelenay4–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–8]Win3–2M25 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Isaac Nortey Mert Alkaya Tuncay Duran4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
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