Eliakim Coulibaly

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)

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 15 (10 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (10–5)Finals by surfaceHard (10–5)Clay (0–0)

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (3–2)Finals by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (1–0)