Eliakim Coulibaly and Yanki Erel will square off in the 1st round of the Abidjan 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:30 pm on CENTRAL KAYDAN. In the following lines 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 -> 1.84
Yanki Erel -> 1.84
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Prediction and head to head Eliakim Coulibaly vs. Yanki Erel
This will be the 2nd time that Eliakim Coulibaly and Yanki Erel clash 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 7-6(5) in the quarter in M15 Monastir back in 2021.
Eliakim Coulibaly
11 - 8win/loss
369
263
LLLWWLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23-16 | 19-8 | 4-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 275, Coulibaly will start his run in the Abidjan 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Abidjan 1 Challenger where he lost 4-6 6-4 7-6(5) to Stewart in the 1st round on the 22nd of April.
The Ivorian has an aggregate 11-8 win-loss record in 2026, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Eliakim’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Monastir.
Talking about his overall career, Coulibaly has an overall 216-110 record. He has a positive 176-72 record on hard.
Previously in the Abidjan 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2025 and 2026. See his history.
Yanki Erel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 47-18 | 46-16 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 39-15 | 36-13 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-28 | 27-20 | 4-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-25 | 44-18 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-21 | 27-14 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 394, Erel will start his run in the Abidjan 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Abidjan 1 Challenger where he lost 7-6(5) 7-6(7) to Stewart in the quarter on the 24th of April.
Yanki has a compiled 22-7 win-loss record in 2026, 21-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Erel’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Monastir.
In terms of his career, The Turk has an overall 241-144 record. He has a positive 176-81 record on hard.
Previously in the Abidjan 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2026. See his history.
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Head 2 Head
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- Paul JubbJubb – Digvijaypratap SinghSingh (7-6(0) 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mert AlkayaAlkaya – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (6-3 6-7(5) 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mert AlkayaAlkaya – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (6-3 6-7(5) 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski – Cesar BouchelaghemBouchelaghem (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Paul JubbJubb – Digvijaypratap SinghSingh (7-6(0) 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
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