Angella Okutoyi

Angella Okutoyi

Country (sports)	Kenya
Born	(2004-01-29) 29 January 2004 (age 22)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
College	Auburn University
Prize money	US$37,658
Singles
Career record	70–40
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 476 (12 January 2026)
Current ranking	No. 476 (12 January 2026)
Doubles
Career record	71–20
Career titles	13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 236 (12 January 2026)
Current ranking	No. 236 (12 January 2026)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	16–8
Medal record Representing   Kenya Women's tennis African Games 2023 Accra Singles 2023 Accra Doubles World University Games 2025 Rhine-Ruhr Mixed doubles
Last updated on: 12 January 2026.

Angella Okutoyi (born 29 January 2004) is a Kenyan professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 476, achieved on 12 January 2026 and a doubles ranking of No. 236, also on 12 January 2026.

Okutoyi 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 four singles and 13 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: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend W25/35 tournaments (3–1) W15 tournaments (1–2)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (3–3)

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
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
Win	3–3	Dec 2025	ITF Nairobi, Kenya	W35	Clay	Martina Colmegna	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win	4–3	Jan 2026	ITF Nairobi, Kenya	W35	Clay	Martina Colmegna	6–3, 7–6(3)

Doubles: 18 (13 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend W40/50 tournaments (2–0) W25/35 tournaments (6–2) W15 tournaments (5–3)

Finals by surface Hard (3–3) Clay (10–2)

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	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]
Win	9–5	Jul 2025	ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany	W50	Clay	Rasheeda McAdoo	Laura Boehner Chelsea Fontenel	1–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Win	10–5	Sep 2025	ITF Berkley, United States	W35	Hard	Rasheeda McAdoo	Francesca Pace Zuzanna Pawlikowska	7–6(2), 6–4
Win	11–5	Nov 2025	ITF Orlando, United States	W35	Clay	Francesca Pace	Allura Zamarripa Maribella Zamarripa	3–6, 6–4, [14–12]
Win	12–5	Dec 2025	ITF Nairobi, Kenya	W35	Clay	Zuzanna Pawlikowska	Alyssa Réguer Ren Yufei	6–2, 7–5
Win	13–5	Jan 2026	ITF Nairobi, Kenya	W35	Clay	Demi Tran	Alyssa Réguer Ren Yufei	6–2, 5–7, [10–4]

Junior Grand Slam 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)

Result	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	3 February 2018	Nairobi, Kenya	Clay	Metka Komac	1–6, 3–6
Win	1.	30 June 2018	Kigali, Rwanda	Clay	Smriti Bhasin	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2.	6 July 2019	Nairobi, Kenya	Clay	Sarah Dev	4–6, 3–6
Win	2.	13 July 2019	Nairobi, Kenya	Clay	Aisha Niyonkuru	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	3.	16 November 2019	Nairobi, Kenya	Clay	Aisha Niyonkuru	6–1, 6–4
Loss	3.	30 November 2019	Nairobi, Kenya	Clay	Aisha Niyonkuru	3–6, 6–7
Win	4.	22 January 2021	Nairobi, Kenya	Clay	Celine Simunyu	6–3, 6–2
Win	5.	29 January 2021	Nairobi, Kenya	Clay	Luca Udvardy	6–1, 6–4
Win	6.	26 November 2021	Sousse, Tunisia	Hard	Aya El Aouni	6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 16 (11 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	25 November 2017	Nairobi, Kenya	Clay	Mially Ranaivo	Célestine Avomo Ella Aisha Niyonkuru	2–6, 4–6
Win	1.	30 June 2018	Kigali, Rwanda	Clay	Aisha Niyonkuru	Smriti Bhasin Bhakti Parwani	6–4, 6–2
Win	2.	26 January 2019	Nairobi, Kenya	Clay	Aisha Niyonkuru	Anna Lorie Lemongo Toumbou Salma Loudili	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2.	9 February 2019	Nairobi, Kenya	Clay	Aisha Niyonkuru	Narindra Corrine Ranaivo Tsao Chia-yi	6–4, 6–7, [6–10]
Win	3.	7 April 2019	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Aisha Niyonkuru	Sarah Lisa Aubertin Ferdaous Bahri	7–6, 7–5
Win	4.	6 July 2019	Nairobi, Kenya	Clay	Aisha Niyonkuru	Sarah Dev Hoziane Kitambala	7–6, 6–4
Win	5.	13 July 2019	Nairobi, Kenya	Clay	Aisha Niyonkuru	Sarah Dev Hoziane Kitambala	6–1, 6–1
Win	6.	16 November 2019	Nairobi, Kenya	Clay	Aisha Niyonkuru	Alyssa Reguer Celine Simunyu	6–1, 6–4
Win	7.	23 November 2019	Nairobi, Kenya	Clay	Aisha Niyonkuru	Mially Ranaivo Meshkatolzahra Safi	6–4, 6–4
Win	8.	30 November 2019	Nairobi, Kenya	Clay	Aisha Niyonkuru	Maria Charl Nathalie Mokhtar	6–2, 7–5
Loss	3.	22 January 2021	Nairobi, Kenya	Clay	Meshkatolzahra Safi	Olga Mishenina Luca Victoria Vocke	6–7, 6–4, [8–10]
Win	9.	22 January 2021	Nairobi, Kenya	Clay	Meshkatolzahra Safi	Olga Mishenina Maria Ustic	6–0, 6–3
Win	10.	20 August 2021	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Jermine Sherif	Aya El Aouni Briana Szabó	6–0, 2–6, [10–2]
Win	11.	27 August 2021	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Jermine Sherif	Violetta Borodina Daria Yesypchuk	6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
Loss	4.	3 September 2021	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Amelia Waligora	Carolina Kuhl Maria Sholokhova	2–6, 4–6
Loss	5.	20 November 2021	Sousse, Tunisia	Hard	Feryel Ben Hassen	Ekaterina Khayrutdinova Kira Pavlova	3–6, 5–7

References

1. "Top seed Hovde takes Wimbledon junior title".
2. "JUNIOR STARS RETURN IRAN, KENYA AND NAMIBIA TO GRAND SLAM STAGE". itftennis.com.
3. "Okutoyi wins african games title". wtatennis.com.
4. "Angella Okutoyi Billie Jean King Cup Profile". billiejeankingcup.com. Archived from the original on 2022-01-24. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
5. "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.
8. "Okutoyi becomes Kenya's first ITF World Tennis Tour singles champion". ITF. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
9. "Okutoyi wins W15 Monastir title". Nation. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
10. "Angela Okutoyi wins second Gold at ITF Women's World Tennis Tour". The Eastleigh Voice. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
11. "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