Angella Okutoyi
| Country (sports) | Kenya | |||||||||||||||||
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| Residence | Nairobi, Kenya | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 January 2004 | |||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||||||||||
| College | Auburn University | |||||||||||||||||
| Prize money | $26,326 | |||||||||||||||||
| Singles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 48–31 | |||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 2 ITF | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 491 (29 July 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 741 (9 June 2025) | |||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open Junior | 3R (2022) | |||||||||||||||||
| French Open Junior | 2R (2022) | |||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon Junior | 1R (2022) | |||||||||||||||||
| US Open Junior | 2R (2022) | |||||||||||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 49–16 | |||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 8 ITF | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 394 (9 December 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 448 (9 June 2025) | |||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open Junior | 1R (2022) | |||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon Junior | W (2022) | |||||||||||||||||
| US Open Junior | 2R (2022) | |||||||||||||||||
| Team competitions | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fed Cup | 16–8 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 9 June 2025. | ||||||||||||||||||
Angella Okutoyi (born 29 January 2004) is a Kenyan professional tennis player.
She became the first Kenyan to win a Grand Slam title at the girls’ juniors Wimbledon event, partnering Rose Marie Nijkamp.[1] At the 2022 Australian Open, Okutoyi became the first representative of Kenya to win a girls’ junior singles Grand Slam match.[2]
In the 2023 African Games, she claimed the gold medal after defeating Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz in the final. Earlier in the semis, she upset the top seed world No.70, Mayar Sherif. She then partnered with Cynthia Cheruto Wanjala to win silver in the doubles final after losing to Sandra Samir and Merna Refaat.[3] Okutoyi became only the second Kenyan player to win gold at the African games after Jane Davies-Doxzon achieved the feat in 1978.
On the ITF Circuit, she has won two singles and five doubles titles. Playing for Kenya Billie Jean King Cup team, Okutoyi has a win/loss record of 16–8.[4]
Personal life
Okutoyi and her sister were raised by their grandmother Mary as their mother died in childbirth.[5] Her sister Roselinda Asumwa is also a tennis player, playing ITF futures and local tournaments.
Junior career
Angella participated in the 2022 Australian Open bracket. She defeated Italian qualifier Federica Urgesi in three sets in the first round, and she continued her form against Australian qualifier Zara Larke in the second round, winning in three sets. She lost her third round match against Serbian player Lola Radivojević, 3–6, 2–6, but her performance made her the first Kenyan in the world to progress to a third round in a major.[6][7] At Wimbledon, Okutoyi won the girls' doubles title with Rose Marie Nijkamp.[5]
Professional career
Okutoyi became the first Kenyan player to win an ITF singles title when she defeated Isabella Harvison in the final at the W15 Monastir in July 2023. She was also the first player from her country to win any professional singles championship since Paul Wekesa claimed the Andorra Challenger in 1994.[8][9]
She won her second ITF title at the W25 Nairobi in December 2023, defeating Lena Papadakis in the final.[10][11]
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2022 | ITF Nairobi, Kenya | W15 | Clay | Emily Seibold | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2023 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | Isabella Harvison | 6–2, 7–6(2) |
| Win | 2–1 | Dec 2023 | ITF Nairobi, Kenya | W25 | Clay | Lena Papadakis | 6–3, 1–6, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Jan 2025 | ITF Nairobi, Kenya | W35 | Clay | Joanna Garland | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Jun 2025 | ITF Bolszewo, Poland | W15 | Clay | Amelie Van Impe | 6–7(3), 6–0, 2–6 |
Doubles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2022 | ITF Nairobi, Kenya | W15 | Clay | Smriti Bhasin | Sharmada Balu Sabastiani Leon |
6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jul 2023 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | Beverley Nyangon | Samira di Stefano Gaia Parravicini |
6–4, 3–6, [10–2] |
| Loss | 2–1 | Oct 2023 | ITF Jackson, United States | W15 | Hard | Adeline Flach | Hsu Chieh-yu Anita Sahdiieva |
5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Dec 2023 | ITF Nairobi, Kenya | W25 | Clay | Nagomi Higashitani | Fanny Östlund Valeriya Strakhova |
4–6, 6–7(5) |
| Win | 3–2 | Dec 2023 | ITF Nairobi, Kenya | W25 | Clay | Sada Nahimana | Jessie Aney Lena Papadakis |
6–4, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Win | 4–2 | May 2024 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | Merna Refaat | Liu Le Yi Xu Jiayu |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–2 | Jul 2024 | ITF Casablanca, Morocco | W21 | Clay | Celine Simunyu | Judith Hernandez Miranda Claudia Sofia Martinez Solis |
6–1, 6–1 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Oct 2024 | ITF Hilton Head Island, United States | W35 | Hard | Merna Refaat | Fiona Crawley Makenna Jones |
2–6, 7–6(5), [7-10] |
| Loss | 5–4 | Nov 2024 | ITF Lincoln, United States | W15 | Hard (i) | Merna Refaat | Savannah Broadus Carolyn Campana |
6–4, 3–6, [2–10] |
| Win | 6–4 | Jan 2025 | ITF Nairobi, Kenya | W35 | Clay | Sada Nahimana | Demi Tran Lian Tran |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–4 | Jun 2025 | ITF Troisdorf, Germany | W50 | Clay | Rasheeda McAdoo | Josy Daems Anastasiia Firman |
6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 8–4 | Jun 2025 | ITF Madrid, Spain | W15 | Clay | Sofia Rocchetti | Mika Buchnik Sol Ailin Larraya Guidi |
6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 8–5 | Jun 2025 | ITF Bolszewo, Poland | W15 | Clay | Salma Drugdová | Rikke de Koning Amelie Van Impe |
6–7(7), 6–3, [7–10] |
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles: 1 (title)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 2022 | Wimbledon | Grass | Rose Marie Nijkamp | Kayla Cross Victoria Mboko |
3–6, 6–4, [11-9] |
ITF Junior finals
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| Category G5 |
Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 3 February 2018 | Nairobi, Kenya | Clay | Metka Komac | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 30 June 2018 | Kigali, Rwanda | Clay | Smriti Bhasin | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 6 July 2019 | Nairobi, Kenya | Clay | Sarah Dev | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 13 July 2019 | Nairobi, Kenya | Clay | Aisha Niyonkuru | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner | 3. | 16 November 2019 | Nairobi, Kenya | Clay | Aisha Niyonkuru | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 30 November 2019 | Nairobi, Kenya | Clay | Aisha Niyonkuru | 3–6, 6–7 |
| Winner | 4. | 22 January 2021 | Nairobi, Kenya | Clay | Celine Simunyu | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner | 5. | 29 January 2021 | Nairobi, Kenya | Clay | Luca Udvardy | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 6. | 26 November 2021 | Sousse, Tunisia | Hard | Aya El Aouni | 6–3, 6–3 |
Doubles (11 titles, 5 runner-ups)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 25 November 2017 | Nairobi, Kenya | Clay | Mially Ranaivo | Célestine Avomo Ella Aisha Niyonkuru |
2–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 30 June 2018 | Kigali, Rwanda | Clay | Aisha Niyonkuru | Smriti Bhasin Bhakti Parwani |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Winner | 2. | 26 January 2019 | Nairobi, Kenya | Clay | Aisha Niyonkuru | Anna Lorie Lemongo Toumbou Salma Loudili |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 9 February 2019 | Nairobi, Kenya | Clay | Aisha Niyonkuru | Narindra Corrine Ranaivo Tsao Chia-yi |
6–4, 6–7, [6–10] |
| Winner | 3. | 7 April 2019 | Hammamet, Tunisia | Clay | Aisha Niyonkuru | Sarah Lisa Aubertin Ferdaous Bahri |
7–6, 7–5 |
| Winner | 4. | 6 July 2019 | Nairobi, Kenya | Clay | Aisha Niyonkuru | Sarah Dev Hoziane Kitambala |
7–6, 6–4 |
| Winner | 5. | 13 July 2019 | Nairobi, Kenya | Clay | Aisha Niyonkuru | Sarah Dev Hoziane Kitambala |
6–1, 6–1 |
| Winner | 6. | 16 November 2019 | Nairobi, Kenya | Clay | Aisha Niyonkuru | Alyssa Reguer Celine Simunyu |
6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 7. | 23 November 2019 | Nairobi, Kenya | Clay | Aisha Niyonkuru | Mially Ranaivo Meshkatolzahra Safi |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner | 8. | 30 November 2019 | Nairobi, Kenya | Clay | Aisha Niyonkuru | Maria Charl Nathalie Mokhtar |
6–2, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 22 January 2021 | Nairobi, Kenya | Clay | Meshkatolzahra Safi | Olga Mishenina Luca Victoria Vocke |
6–7, 6–4, [8–10] |
| Winner | 9. | 22 January 2021 | Nairobi, Kenya | Clay | Meshkatolzahra Safi | Olga Mishenina Maria Ustic |
6–0, 6–3 |
| Winner | 10. | 20 August 2021 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Jermine Sherif | Aya El Aouni Briana Szabó |
6–0, 2–6, [10–2] |
| Winner | 11. | 27 August 2021 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Jermine Sherif | Violetta Borodina Daria Yesypchuk |
6–4, 4–6, [10–4] |
| Runner-up | 4. | 3 September 2021 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Amelia Waligora | Carolina Kuhl Maria Sholokhova |
2–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 20 November 2021 | Sousse, Tunisia | Hard | Feryel Ben Hassen | Ekaterina Khayrutdinova Kira Pavlova |
3–6, 5–7 |
References
- ^ "Top seed Hovde takes Wimbledon junior title".
- ^ "JUNIOR STARS RETURN IRAN, KENYA AND NAMIBIA TO GRAND SLAM STAGE". itftennis.com.
- ^ "Okutoyi wins african games title". wtatennis.com.
- ^ "Angella Okutoyi Billie Jean King Cup Profile". billiejeankingcup.com. Archived from the original on 2022-01-24. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
- ^ a b "Okutoyi wins Kenya's first Grand Slam title". BBC Sport.
- ^ Onyango, Washington (16 April 2020). "Kenya's top seed Angela Okutoyi eyes slot at global stage". The Standard. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ Livaudais, Stephanie (26 January 2022). "Actress Lupita Nyong'o salutes Kenyan history-maker Angella Okutoyi By Stephanie Livaudais". Tennis.com. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "Okutoyi becomes Kenya's first ITF World Tennis Tour singles champion". ITF. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "Okutoyi wins W15 Monastir title". Nation. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "Angela Okutoyi wins second Gold at ITF Women's World Tennis Tour". The Eastleigh Voice. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "Hail the tennis queen: Angella Okutoyi completes the double in Nairobi". Nation. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
External links
- Angella Okutoyi at the Women's Tennis Association
- Angella Okutoyi at the International Tennis Federation
- Angella Okutoyi at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)
- Angella Okutoyi at the Auburn University athletics site