Eliakim Coulibaly and Christoph Negritu will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Villena Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on PISTA 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Eliakim Coulibaly who should win in 3 sets.
Eliakim Coulibaly -> 1.86
Christoph Negritu -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Eliakim Coulibaly vs. Christoph Negritu
This will be the 2nd time that Eliakim Coulibaly and Christoph Negritu face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Coulibaly (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Coulibaly won 7-6(4) 6-1 in the 2nd round in M15 Monastir back in 2022.
Eliakim Coulibaly
23 - 17win/loss
336
263
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-23 | 26-16 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 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. 284, Eliakim will start his run in the Villena Challenger after he played his last match in the Rennes Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-2 to Gaston in the quarter on the 12th of September.
Coulibaly has a compiled 23-17 win-loss record in 2025, 18-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Abidjan 2 Challenger where he defeated Aziz Dougaz in the final 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Coulibaly has an overall 195-95 record. He has a positive 157-62 record on hard.
Previously in the Villena Challenger
Eliakim has never competed in this tournament before.
Christoph Negritu
28 - 27win/loss
299
263
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33-36 | 9-7 | 18-23 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-26 | 20-14 | 25-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 29-17 | 8-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-19 | 18-13 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-19 | 19-14 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 320, Christoph will start his run in the Villena Challenger after he played his last match in the Lisbon Challenger where he lost 6-4 4-6 6-2 to Faria in the 1st round on the 23rd of September.
Christoph has a composed 28-27 win-loss record in 2025, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The German’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Hersonissos 2 Challenger and M15 Oegstgeest.
In terms of his career, Negritu has an overall 246-182 record. He has a positive 111-72 record on hard.
Previously in the Villena Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Villena Challenger
- Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski – Luca PotenzaPotenza (6-71 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alberto Barroso CamposBarroso Campos – Trey HilderbrandHilderbrand (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Petr BrunclikBrunclik – Adrian OetzbachOetzbach (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Neil OberleitnerOberleitner – Giles HusseyHussey (3-6 6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Mario Gonzalez FernandezGonzalez Fernandez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo CarboniCarboni – Alejandro Manzanera PertusaManzanera Pertusa (3-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Neil OberleitnerOberleitner – Giles HusseyHussey (3-6 6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Mario Gonzalez FernandezGonzalez Fernandez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski – Luca PotenzaPotenza (6-7(1) 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alberto Barroso CamposBarroso Campos – Trey HilderbrandHilderbrand (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Petr BrunclikBrunclik – Adrian OetzbachOetzbach (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Lorenzo CarboniCarboni – Alejandro Manzanera PertusaManzanera Pertusa (3-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Lukas KleinKlein (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alberto Barroso CamposBarroso Campos – George LoffhagenLoffhagen (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Neil OberleitnerOberleitner – (0-0) – H2H and prediction