Gilles Arnaud Bailly and Eliakim Coulibaly will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Hersonissos 5 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 20. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gilles Arnaud Bailly who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gilles Arnaud Bailly is the pick to win this match.
Gilles Arnaud Bailly -> 1.86
Eliakim Coulibaly -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head Gilles Arnaud Bailly vs. Eliakim Coulibaly

There is no head to head record between Gilles Arnaud Bailly and Eliakim Coulibaly since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Gilles Arnaud Bailly

Gilles Arnaud Bailly

62 - 21win/loss

Hard
20-7
I Hard
0-0
Clay
42-14
Rank
204
High
201
LLWWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 74-25 29-9 42-14 3-2 0-0 0-0
2024 14-15 2-1 10-13 2-1 0-0 0-0
2023 27-24 2-2 24-16 1-6 0-0 0-0
2022 8-6 4-2 4-3 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 252 (career-high), Gilles got to the 2nd round after beating Adrian Andreev 6-2 6-4.

In the 1st round, Gilles had a good straight sets win against Andreev (6-2 6-4). During the match, Arnaud Bailly scored 60 points vs Andreev’s 43. Arnaud Bailly was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Arnaud Bailly scored 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Gilles Arnaud Bailly lost the serve once. Furthermore, Arnaud Bailly put 54% of his first serves in, winning 85% (22/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Andreev 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Arnaud Bailly has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 63% of his matches (111-66). 20-7 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Arnaud Bailly has an overall28-12 record in the last 4 years on hard.

Gilles’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir,M15 Antalya,M15 Oegstgeest,M25 Uriage,M25 Koksijde,the Porto 2 Challenger and M25 Meerbusch.

The Belgian has an aggregate 62-21 win-loss record in 2025, 20-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hersonissos 5 Challenger

Gilles has never competed in this tournament before.

Hersonissos 5 Challenger
Arnaud Bailly's Record

Eliakim Coulibaly

Eliakim Coulibaly

25 - 18win/loss

Hard
20-12
I Hard
2-2
Clay
3-4
Rank
336
High
263
LWWWLWLLWL
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. 305, Eliakim got to the 2nd round after beating Maxim Mrva 6-3 7-6(2).

In the 1st round, The Ivorian had a good straight sets win against Mrva (6-3 7-62). During the match Coulibaly scored 82 points vs Mrva’s 64. Eliakim was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Coulibaly struck 4 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Eliakim Coulibaly lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Coulibaly put 54% of his first serves in, winning 77% (30/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Eliakim broke Mrva 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Abidjan 2 Challenger where he overcame Aziz Dougaz in the final 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4.

Coulibaly has an aggregate 25-18 win-loss record in 2025, 20-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Hersonissos 5 Challenger
Coulibaly's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

G.Arnaud Bailly
E.Coulibaly
1h:29
1h:29
Time on court​
1h:45
1h:45
1h:29
1h:29
Last match​
1h:45
1h:45
1
1
Match played
1
1
18
18
Games Played​
22
22
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
60
60
Total points​
82
82
60
60
Avg point​
82
82
22
22
Winners
30
30
22
22
Avg Winners​
30
30
37%
37%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
4
4
3
3
Avg Aces
4
4
3
3
Double Faults
7
7
3
3
Avg Double Faults
!
7
7
22/26
22/26
1st won total​
30/39
30/39
!
85%
85%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
11/22
11/22
2nd won total​
16/33
16/33
50%
50%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
4/5
4/5
BP won
4/5
4/5
4/5
4/5
Avg BP won
4/5
4/5
!
80%
80%
Won
!
80%
80%
1
1
Conceded
5
5
1
1
Avg Conceded
5
5
1
1
Broken
3
3
1
1
Avg Broken
3
3
0
0
Saved
2
2

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Arnaud Bailly Coulibaly
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 22
Pts 60-43 82-64
Total Points 103 146
Winners 22 30
%Winners 37% 37%

Both Arnaud Bailly and Coulibaly played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Arnaud Bailly and Coulibaly have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Arnaud Bailly played 4 games less than Coulibaly. Arnaud Bailly scored 22 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Coulibaly struck 30 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Arnaud Bailly Coulibaly
Aces 3 4
Avg per match 3 4
1st in 26/48 39/72
%1st in 54% 54%
1st pts 22/26 30/39
%1st pts 85% 77%
2nd pts 11/22 16/33
%2nd pts 50% 48%

Arnaud Bailly blasted 3 aces . Coulibaly bagged 4 aces . Arnaud Bailly won 85% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Coulibaly won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Arnaud Bailly Coulibaly
Won 4 4
Converted 4/5 4/5
% Converted 80% 80%
Conceded 1 5
Saved 0 2
% Saved 0% 40%
Times Broken 1 3

The Belgian broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Arnaud Bailly lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Eliakim broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Ivorian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.

Arnaud Bailly
R1
Andreev
Total
Score 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 60-43 60-43
Total points 103 103
Winners 22 22
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 26/48 26/48
% 1st in 54% 54%
1st pts 22/26 22/26
% 1st pts 85% 85%
2nd pts 11/22 11/22
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/5 4/5
Converted % 80% 80%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 1 1
Coulibaly
R1
Mrva
Total
Score 6-3 7-62
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 82-64 82-64
Total points 146 146
Winners 30 30
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 7 7
1st in 39/72 39/72
% 1st in 54% 54%
1st pts 30/39 30/39
% 1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 16/33 16/33
% 2nd pts 48% 48%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/5 4/5
Converted % 80% 80%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 2/5 2
Saved % 40% 40%
Times Broken 3 3

Tennis Scores in Hersonissos 5 Challenger

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