Angella Okutoyi

Angella Okutoyi
Country (sports)	Kenya
Residence	Nairobi, Kenya
Born	29 January 2004 (age 20)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
College	Auburn University
Prize money	$20,908
Singles
Career record	40–28
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 491 (29 July 2024)
Current ranking	No. 515 (4 November 2024)
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	37–14
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 414 (4 November 2024)
Current ranking	No. 414 (4 November 2024)
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
Representing Kenya
Women's Tennis
African Games
	Last updated on: 4 November 2024.

Last updated November 08, 2024

Angella Okutoyi (born 29 January 2004) is a Kenyan professional tennis player.

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]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
W25 tournaments (1–0)
W15 tournaments (1–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
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

Doubles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
W25 tournaments (1–2)
W15 tournaments (4–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (3–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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	W25	Hard	Merna Refaat	Fiona Crawley Makenna Jones	2–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, [7-10]

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2022	Wimbledon	Grass	Rose Marie Nijkamp	Kayla Cross Victoria Mboko	3–6, 6–4, [11-9]

ITF Junior finals

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Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
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
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

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References

↑ "Top seed Hovde takes Wimbledon junior title".
↑ "JUNIOR STARS RETURN IRAN, KENYA AND NAMIBIA TO GRAND SLAM STAGE". www.itftennis.com.
↑ "Okutoyi wins african games title". www.wtatennis.com.
↑ "Angella Okutoyi Billie Jean King Cup Profil". www.billiejeankingcup.com.
1 2 "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.

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
Angella Okutoyi at the Auburn University athletics site

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[1] "Top seed Hovde takes Wimbledon junior title".

[2] "JUNIOR STARS RETURN IRAN, KENYA AND NAMIBIA TO GRAND SLAM STAGE". www.itftennis.com.

[3] "Okutoyi wins african games title". www.wtatennis.com.

[4] "Angella Okutoyi Billie Jean King Cup Profil". www.billiejeankingcup.com.

[bbcafrica1-5] 1 2 "Okutoyi wins Kenya's first Grand Slam title". BBC Sport.

[6] Onyango, Washington (16 April 2020). "Kenya's top seed Angela Okutoyi eyes slot at global stage". The Standard. Retrieved 29 January 2022.

[7] Livaudais, Stephanie (26 January 2022). "Actress Lupita Nyong'o salutes Kenyan history-maker Angella Okutoyi By Stephanie Livaudais". Tennis.com. Retrieved 29 January 2022.

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