Eliakim Coulibaly and Aleksandre Bakshi will fight against each other in the quarter of the Abidjan 2 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on CENTRAL KAYDAN. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Eliakim Coulibaly who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Eliakim Coulibaly is the pick to win this match.
Eliakim Coulibaly -> 1.26
Aleksandre Bakshi -> 3.55

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Prediction and head to head Eliakim Coulibaly vs. Aleksandre Bakshi

There is no head to head record between Eliakim Coulibaly and Aleksandre Bakshi since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Eliakim Coulibaly

Ranked no. 324, Eliakim got to the quarter after beating Florent Bax 6-2 6-4 and Kirill Kivattsev 6-2 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Ivorian had a good straight sets win against Kivattsev (6-2 6-4). During the match, Coulibaly scored 62 points vs Kivattsev’s 46. Eliakim was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Coulibaly recorded 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Eliakim Coulibaly was quite effective on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Ivorian broke Kivattsev 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Ivorian hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Coulibaly has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 68% of his matches (179-85). 4-2 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Coulibaly has a compiled143-53 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

Eliakim has an overall 7-7 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Abidjan 2 Challenger

Aleksandre Bakshi

Ranked no. 476, Aleksandre got to the quarter after beating Karan Singh 7-5 6-7(3) 6-4

and Robin Bertrand 6-3 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, Bakshi had a good straight sets win against Bertrand (6-3 7-5). During the match Bakshi scored 73 points vs Bertrand’s 59. Aleksandre was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Bakshi blasted 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Aleksandre Bakshi was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (33/43) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Georgean broke Bertrand 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Georgean has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

The Georgean’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.

Bakshi has a composed 14-8 win-loss record in 2025, 14-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Coulibaly	Bakshi
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	36	56
Pts	135-102	175-162
Total Points	237	337
Winners	59	81
%Winners	44%	46%

Both Coulibaly and Bakshi played 2 matches. At the moment, Aleksandre Bakshi conceded 1 set while Eliakim Coulibaly hasn’t conceded a set so far. Coulibaly has played 1 set(s) less than Bakshi (4 vs 5). Therefore, Coulibaly played 20 games less than Bakshi. Coulibaly scored 59 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Aleksandre fired 81 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Coulibaly	Bakshi
Aces	13	24
Avg per match	6.5	12
1st in	78/123	107/172
%1st in	63%	62%
1st pts	59/78	81/107
%1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	21/45	36/65
%2nd pts	47%	55%

Coulibaly managed to score 13 aces (6.5 per match). Bakshi fired 24 aces (12 per match). Coulibaly won 76% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Bakshi won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Coulibaly	Bakshi
Won	8	6
Converted	8/17	6/19
% Converted	47%	32%
Conceded	14	10
Saved	12	8
% Saved	86%	80%
Times Broken	2	2

Eliakim broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Coulibaly dropped his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Aleksandre broke his opponents 6 times with a 32% conversion rate. Aleksandre conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Coulibaly
	R1 Bax	R2 Kivattsev	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	18	18	36
pts	73-56	62-46	135-102
Total points	129	108	237
Winners	32	27	59
%Winners	44%	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	9	4	13
Double Faults	7	3	10
1st in	43/67	35/56	78/123
% 1st in	64%	63%	63%
1st pts	32/43	27/35	59/78
% 1st pts	74%	77%	76%
2nd pts	8/24	13/21	21/45
% 2nd pts	33%	62%	47%
Breaks
Won	5	3	8
Converted	5/13	3/4	8/17
Converted %	38%	75%	47%
Conceded	12	2	14
Saved	10/12	2/2	12
Saved %	83%	100%	92%
Times Broken	2	0	2

Bakshi
	R1 Singh	R2 Bertrand	Total
Score	7-5 6-73 6-4	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	35	21	56
pts	102-103	73-59	175-162
Total points	205	132	337
Winners	48	33	81
%Winners	47%	45%	46%
SERVE
Aces	17	7	24
Double Faults	7	3	10
1st in	64/107	43/65	107/172
% 1st in	60%	66%	62%
1st pts	48/64	33/43	81/107
% 1st pts	75%	77%	76%
2nd pts	24/43	12/22	36/65
% 2nd pts	56%	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/6	3/13	6/19
Converted %	50%	23%	32%
Conceded	7	3	10
Saved	6/7	2/3	8
Saved %	86%	67%	77%
Times Broken	1	1	2

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