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Angella Okutoyi

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

Angella Okutoyi
Country (sports) Kenya
ResidenceNairobi, Kenya
Born (2004-01-29) 29 January 2004 (age 20)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CollegeAuburn University
Prize money$18,709
Singles
Career record37–24
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 495 (1 July 2024)
Current rankingNo. 495 (1 July 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior3R (2022)
French Open Junior2R (2022)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2022)
US Open Junior2R (2022)
Doubles
Career record29–12
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 500 (1 July 2024)
Current rankingNo. 500 (1 July 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior1R (2022)
Wimbledon JuniorW (2022)
US Open Junior2R (2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup16–8
Medal record
Representing  Kenya
Women's Tennis
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Accra Singles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Accra Doubles
Last updated on: 3 July 2024.

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 four doubles titles. Playing for Kenya Billie Jean King Cup team, Okutoyi has a win/loss record of 16–8.[4]

Personal life

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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

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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]

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

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Doubles: 1 (title)

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

ITF Circuit finals

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

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments (1–0)
$15,000 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 		15,000 Clay Germany  Emily Seibold 3–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2023 ITF Monastir,
Tunisia 		15,000 Hard United States  Isabella Harvison 6–2, 7–6(2)
Win 2–1 Dec 2023 ITF Nairobi,
Kenya 		25,000 Clay Germany  Lena Papadakis 6–3, 1–6, 6–1

Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments (1–1)
$15,000 tournaments (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (3–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2022 ITF Nairobi, Kenya 15,000 Clay India  Smriti Bhasin India  Sharmada Balu
United States  Sabastiani Leon 		6–3, 7–5
Win 2–0 Jul 2023 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard France  Beverley Nyangon Italy  Samira di Stefano
Italy  Gaia Parravicini 		6–4, 3–6, [10–2]
Loss 2–1 Oct 2023 ITF Jackson, United States 15,000 Hard United States  Adeline Flach Chinese Taipei  Hsu Chieh-yu
Ukraine  Anita Sahdiieva 		5–7, 3–6
Loss 2–2 Dec 2023 ITF Nairobi, Kenya 25,000 Clay Japan  Nagomi Higashitani Sweden  Fanny Östlund
Ukraine  Valeriya Strakhova 		4–6, 6–7(5)
Win 3–2 Dec 2023 ITF Nairobi, Kenya 25,000 Clay Burundi  Sada Nahimana United States  Jessie Aney
Germany  Lena Papadakis 		6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win 4–2 May 2024 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Egypt  Merna Refaat China  Liu Le Yi
China  Xu Jiayu 		6–2, 6–2
Win 5–2 Jul 2024 ITF Casablanca, Morocco 15,000 Clay Republic of Ireland  Celine Simunyu Spain  Judith Hernandez Miranda
Mexico  Claudia Sofia Martinez Solis 		6–1, 6–1

ITF Junior finals

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Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

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

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Outcome No. Date Location Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 3 February 2018 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Slovenia  Metka Komac 1–6, 3–6
Winner 1. 30 June 2018 Kigali, Rwanda Clay India  Smriti Bhasin 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 6 July 2019 Nairobi, Kenya Clay India  Sarah Dev 4–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 13 July 2019 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Burundi  Aisha Niyonkuru 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner 3. 16 November 2019 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Burundi  Aisha Niyonkuru 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 30 November 2019 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Burundi  Aisha Niyonkuru 3–6, 6–7
Winner 4. 22 January 2021 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Republic of Ireland  Celine Simunyu 6–3, 6–2
Winner 5. 29 January 2021 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Hungary  Luca Udvardy 6–1, 6–4
Winner 6. 26 November 2021 Sousse, Tunisia Hard Morocco  Aya El Aouni 6–3, 6–3

Doubles (11 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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

References

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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.
  5. ^ a b "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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