Eliakim Coulibaly and Mert Alkaya will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Monastir Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Eliakim Coulibaly who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Eliakim Coulibaly is the pick to win this match.
Eliakim Coulibaly -> 1.59
Mert Alkaya -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Eliakim Coulibaly vs. Mert Alkaya
This will be the 2nd time that Eliakim Coulibaly and Mert Alkaya fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Coulibaly (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Coulibaly won 6-4 6-0 in the 1st round in M25 Tbilisi back in 2023.
Eliakim Coulibaly
28 - 21win/loss
312
263
LWWLWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33-24 | 28-17 | 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. 289, the Ivorian reached the 2nd round after defeating Anas Bennour Dit Sahli 6-2 6-0.
In the 1st round, Coulibaly had a good straight sets win against Bennour Dit Sahli (6-2 6-0). During the match, Coulibaly scored 58 points vs Bennour Dit Sahli’s 33. The Ivorian was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Coulibaly made 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Eliakim Coulibaly was very effective on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Coulibaly broke Bennour Dit Sahli 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Coulibaly has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 67% of his matches (200-99). 23-14 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Coulibaly has a compiled162-65 record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the year 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 a composed 28-21 win-loss record in 2025, 23-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Monastir Challenger
Coulibaly has never competed in this tournament before.
Mert Alkaya
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55-24 | 55-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-21 | 20-7 | 15-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-17 | 10-5 | 21-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 514 (career-high), Mert got to the 2nd round after defeating Laurent Lokoli 1-6 6-2 6-0, Tadeas Paroulek 6-6 ret. and Kimmer Coppejans 4-6 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round against Coppejans, Mert recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Alkaya scored 86 points vs Coppejans’s 72. Mert was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Alkaya blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mert Alkaya lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Alkaya put 61% of his first serves in, winning 82% (36/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. Mert broke Coppejans 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
The Turk’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Turku.
Alkaya has an aggregate 50-21 win-loss record in 2025, 50-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Coulibaly | Alkaya |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 61 |
| Pts | 58-33 | 198-158 |
| Total Points | 91 | 356 |
| Winners | 21 | 80 |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% |
Coulibaly played 1 match while Alkaya competed in 3 matches. Alkaya started his run from the qualifications while Coulibaly had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Mert Alkaya dropped 2 sets while Eliakim Coulibaly hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Coulibaly has played 6 set(s) less than Alkaya (2 vs 8). Therefore, Coulibaly played 47 games less than Alkaya. The Ivorian scored 21 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Mert bagged 80 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Coulibaly | Alkaya |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 28/41 | 103/172 |
| %1st in | 68% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 80/103 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 34/69 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 49% |
Coulibaly recorded 3 aces . Alkaya scored 13 aces (4.3 per match). Coulibaly won 75% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Alkaya won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Coulibaly | Alkaya |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 11 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 11/18 |
| % Converted | 45% | 61% |
| Conceded | 1 | 13 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 46% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 7 |
Coulibaly broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Coulibaly was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Alkaya broke his opponents 11 times with a 61% conversion rate. Mert conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 46% of the break points that he conceded.
| Coulibaly | |||
| R1 Bennour Dit Sahli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 58-33 | 58-33 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/41 | 28/41 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 21/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 9/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Alkaya | |||||
| Q1 Lokoli |
Q3 Paroulek |
R1 Coppejans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-2 6-0 | 6-6 ret. | 4-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 12 | 28 | 61 | |
| pts | 68-52 | 44-34 | 86-72 | 198-158 | |
| Total points | 120 | 78 | 158 | 356 | |
| Winners | 27 | 17 | 36 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 38/66 | 21/34 | 44/72 | 103/172 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 62% | 61% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 17/21 | 36/44 | 80/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 81% | 82% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 8/13 | 12/28 | 34/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 62% | 43% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 1/1 | 5/9 | 11/18 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 100% | 56% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 0/1 | 4/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 0% | 57% | 97% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLLWWW Tennis Scores in Monastir Challenger
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – George LoffhagenLoffhagen (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro Vives MarcosVives Marcos – Tiago PereiraPereira (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Luka MikrutMikrut – Corentin DenollyDenolly (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Sergio Callejon HernandoCallejon Hernando – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jan KumstatKumstat – Aziz OuakaaOuakaa (2-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Dan AddedAdded – Mathys ErhardErhard (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Mert AlkayaAlkaya – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Remy BertolaBertola – Francesco FortiForti (6-4 6-7(2) 7-5) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Giles HusseyHussey (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Robin BertrandBertrand (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Ilia SimakinSimakin – Max HoukesHoukes (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Clement TaburTabur (6-711 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly – Anas Bennour Dit SahliBennour Dit Sahli (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Petr BrunclikBrunclik – Matteo MartineauMartineau (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Luka MikrutMikrut – Corentin DenollyDenolly (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Robin BertrandBertrand (7-6(2) 6-3) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Giles HusseyHussey (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – George LoffhagenLoffhagen (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro Vives MarcosVives Marcos – Tiago PereiraPereira (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Dan AddedAdded – Mathys ErhardErhard (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Jan KumstatKumstat – Aziz OuakaaOuakaa (2-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Mert AlkayaAlkaya – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Radu AlbotAlbot – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Vives MarcosVives Marcos – Dan AddedAdded (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco FortiForti – Remy BertolaBertola (0-0) – H2H and prediction
