Ricardas Berankis and Eliakim Coulibaly will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Abidjan 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on CENTRAL KAYDAN. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ricardas Berankis who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ricardas Berankis is the pick to win this match.
Ricardas Berankis -> 1.7
Eliakim Coulibaly -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Ricardas Berankis vs. Eliakim Coulibaly
This will be the 2nd time that Ricardas Berankis and Eliakim Coulibaly clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Coulibaly (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Coulibaly won 6-3 7-5 in the qualifications in the Lille Challenger back in 2024.
Ricardas Berankis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-6 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-27 | 18-14 | 5-1 | 11-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-22 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 16-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 12-9 | 1-4 | 7-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 9-8 | 5-7 | 6-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 294, the Lithuanian reached the semifinal after defeating Benoit Paire 7-6(4) ret., Yanki Erel w/o and Clement Chidekh 7-6(5) 7-6(3).
In the quarter, Berankis had a good straight sets win against Chidekh (7-65 7-63). During the match, Berankis scored 82 points vs Chidekh’s 80. The Lithuanian was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Berankis scored 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ricardas Berankis lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Berankis put 54% of his first serves in, winning 70% (32/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (26/39) on the 2nd serve. Berankis was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Chidekh once.
Berankis has positive record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (266-195). 7-3 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Berankis has a composed 107-91 record in the last years on hard.
Berankis’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Abidjan 1 Challenger.
Richard has a composed 16-6 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Abidjan 2 Challenger
Eliakim Coulibaly
8 - 7win/loss
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WWWLLLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-7 | 5-2 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 62-23 | 40-10 | 10-5 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-23 | 36-17 | 0-0 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-16 | 32-10 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-11 | 28-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 324, Coulibaly got to the semifinal after beating Florent Bax 6-2 6-4, Kirill Kivattsev 6-2 6-4 and Aleksandre Bakshi 6-2 6-0.
In the quarter, The Ivorian had a good straight sets win against Bakshi (6-2 6-0). During the match Coulibaly scored 54 points vs Bakshi’s 31. Coulibaly was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.
About the serving games, Coulibaly blasted 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Eliakim Coulibaly was exceptionally effective on serve to win 86% (18/21) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Eliakim broke Bakshi 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Ivorian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
The Ivorian has an aggregate 8-7 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Berankis | Coulibaly |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 50 |
| Pts | 134-128 | 189-133 |
| Total Points | 262 | 322 |
| Winners | 50 | 77 |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% |
Berankis played 2 matches while Coulibaly competed in 3 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Berankis has played 2 set(s) less than Coulibaly (4 vs 6). Therefore, Berankis played 11 games less than Coulibaly. The Lithuanian scored 50 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Coulibaly made 77 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Berankis | Coulibaly |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5.7 |
| 1st in | 71/133 | 99/161 |
| %1st in | 53% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 50/71 | 77/99 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 40/62 | 31/62 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 50% |
Berankis struck 8 aces (4 per match). Coulibaly struck 17 aces (5.7 per match). Berankis won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Coulibaly won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Berankis | Coulibaly |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 13 |
| Converted | 1/3 | 13/26 |
| % Converted | 33% | 50% |
| Conceded | 11 | 14 |
| Saved | 10 | 12 |
| % Saved | 91% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Richard broke his opponents once with a 33% conversion rate. Berankis conceded his serve once and he saved 91% of the break points that he conceded. Eliakim broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Eliakim conceded his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Berankis | |||||
| R1 Paire |
R2 Erel |
1/4 Chidekh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 ret. | w/o | 7-65 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | – | 26 | 39 | |
| pts | 52-48 | – | 82-80 | 134-128 | |
| Total points | 100 | – | 162 | 262 | |
| Winners | 18 | – | 32 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 35% | – | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 25/48 | – | 46/85 | 71/133 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | – | 54% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 18/25 | – | 32/46 | 50/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | – | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | – | 26/39 | 40/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | – | 67% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 0/2 | – | 1/1 | 1/3 | |
| Converted % | 0% | – | 100% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | – | 8 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | – | 7/8 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 88% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Coulibaly | |||||
| R1 Bax |
R2 Kivattsev |
1/4 Bakshi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 14 | 50 | |
| pts | 73-56 | 62-46 | 54-31 | 189-133 | |
| Total points | 129 | 108 | 85 | 322 | |
| Winners | 32 | 27 | 18 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | 33% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 4 | 4 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 43/67 | 35/56 | 21/38 | 99/161 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 63% | 55% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 27/35 | 18/21 | 77/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 77% | 86% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/24 | 13/21 | 10/17 | 31/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 62% | 59% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 3/4 | 5/9 | 13/26 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 75% | 56% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 | |
| Saved | 10/12 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 100% | – | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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