Angella Okutoyi (born 29 January 2004) is a Kenyan professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 414, reached on 19 January 2026, and a doubles ranking of No. 223, also achieved on 19 January 2026.
Okutoyi became the first Kenyan to win a major title at the girls’ juniors Wimbledon event, partnering Rose Marie Nijkamp. At the 2022 Australian Open, Okutoyi became the first representative of Kenya to win a girls’ junior singles major match.
In the 2023 African Games, she claimed the gold medal, after defeating Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz in the final. In the semifinals, she upset the top seed and world No. 70, Mayar Sherif. She then partnered with Cynthia Cheruto Wanjala to win silver in doubles losing the final to Sandra Samir and Merna Refaat. 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 15 doubles titles. Playing for Kenya Billie Jean King Cup team, Okutoyi has a win/loss record of 16–8.
Personal life Okutoyi and her sister were raised by their grandmother Mary as their mother died in childbirth. Her sister Roselinda Asumwa is also a tennis player, playing ITF futures and local tournaments.
Career Juniors 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. At Wimbledon, Okutoyi won the girls' doubles title with Rose Marie Nijkamp.
Professional 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.
She won her second ITF title at the W25 Nairobi in December 2023, defeating Lena Papadakis in the final.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendW25/35 tournaments (3–1)W15 tournaments (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (3–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Nov 2022ITF Nairobi, KenyaW15 Clay Emily Seibold 3–6, 2–6Win 1–1 Jul 2023ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Isabella Harvison 6–2, 7–6(2)Win 2–1 Dec 2023ITF Nairobi, KenyaW25 Clay Lena Papadakis 6–3, 1–6, 6–1Loss 2–2 Jan 2025ITF Nairobi, KenyaW35 Clay Joanna Garland 1–6, 4–6Loss 2–3 Jun 2025ITF Bolszewo, PolandW15 Clay Amelie Van Impe 6–7(3), 6–0, 2–6Win 3–3 Dec 2025ITF Nairobi, KenyaW35 Clay Martina Colmegna 6–3, 3–6, 6–3Win 4–3 Jan 2026ITF Nairobi, KenyaW35 Clay Martina Colmegna 6–3, 7–6(3)Loss4–4Aug 2026ITF Verbier, SwitzerlandW35Clay Anastasija Cvetković4–6, 3–6
Doubles: 25 (17 titles, 8 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (1–1)W50 tournaments (3–1)W25/35 tournaments (8–3)W15 tournaments (5–3)Finals by surfaceHard (4–5)Clay (13–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartner OpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Nov 2022ITF Nairobi, KenyaW15 Clay Smriti Bhasin Sharmada Balu Sabastiani Leon 6–3, 7–5Win 2–0 Jul 2023ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Beverley Nyangon Samira de Stefano Gaia Parravicini 6–4, 3–6, [10–2]Loss 2–1 Oct 2023ITF Jackson, United StatesW15 Hard Adeline Flach Hsu Chieh-yu Anita Sahdiieva 5–7, 3–6Loss 2–2 Dec 2023ITF Nairobi, KenyaW25 Clay Nagomi Higashitani Fanny Östlund Valeriya Strakhova 4–6, 6–7(5)Win 3–2 Dec 2023ITF Nairobi, KenyaW25 Clay Sada Nahimana Jessie Aney Lena Papadakis 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]Win 4–2 May 2024ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Merna Refaat Liu Le Yi Xu Jiayu 6–2, 6–2Win 5–2 Jul 2024ITF Casablanca, MoroccoW15 Clay Celine Simunyu Judith Hernandez Miranda Claudia Sofia Martinez Solis 6–1, 6–1Loss 5–3 Oct 2024ITF Hilton Head Island, USW35 Hard Merna Refaat Fiona Crawley Makenna Jones 2–6, 7–6(5), [7-10]Loss 5–4 Nov 2024ITF Lincoln, USW15 Hard (i) Merna Refaat Savannah Broadus Carolyn Campana 6–4, 3–6, [2–10]Win 6–4 Jan 2025ITF Nairobi, KenyaW35 Clay Sada Nahimana Demi Tran Lian Tran 6–3, 6–3Win 7–4 Jun 2025ITF Troisdorf, GermanyW50 Clay Rasheeda McAdoo Josy Daems Anastasiia Firman 6–1, 6–1Win 8–4 Jun 2025ITF Madrid, SpainW15 Clay Sofia Rocchetti Mika Buchnik Sol Ailin Larraya Guidi 6–2, 6–3Loss 8–5 Jun 2025ITF Bolszewo, PolandW15 Clay Salma Drugdová Rikke de Koning Amelie Van Impe 6–7(7), 6–3, [7–10]Win 9–5 Jul 2025ITF Aschaffenburg, GermanyW50 Clay Rasheeda McAdoo Laura Boehner Chelsea Fontenel 1–6, 6–2, [10–7]Win 10–5 Sep 2025Berkeley Tennis Challenge, USW35 Hard Rasheeda McAdoo Francesca Pace Zuzanna Pawlikowska 7–6(2), 6–4Loss 10–6 Oct 2025Tennis Classic of Macon, USW100 Hard Rasheeda McAdoo Eryn Cayetano Ayana Akli 7–6(4), 2–6, [14–16]Win 11–6 Nov 2025ITF Orlando, USW35 Clay Francesca Pace Allura Zamarripa Maribella Zamarripa 3–6, 6–4, [14–12]Win 12–6 Dec 2025ITF Nairobi, KenyaW35 Clay Zuzanna Pawlikowska Alyssa Réguer Ren Yufei 6–2, 7–5Win 13–6 Jan 2026ITF Nairobi, KenyaW35 Clay Demi Tran Alyssa Réguer Ren Yufei 6–2, 5–7, [10–4]Win 14–6 Jul 2026SanLucar Open, GermanyW100 Clay Rasheeda McAdoo Elena Milovanović Kristina Novak 6–3, 6–3Win 15–6 Jul 2026ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom W50 Hard Brooke Black Victoria Allen Amelia Rajecki w/oLoss 15–7 Aug 2026ITF Roehampton, United KingdomW35 Hard Brooke Black Emily Appleton Ella McDonald 5–7, 6–7(2)Win 16–7 Aug 2026ITF Verbier, SwitzerlandW35 Clay Emma Kamper Anastasija Cvetković Sarina Schnyder 6–4, 4–6, [10–7]Win 17–7 Aug 2026ITF Verbier, SwitzerlandW35 Clay Tiphanie Lemaître Valentini Grammatikopoulou Valeriya Strakhova 6–4, 6–7(3), [10–5] Loss 17–8 Sep 2026ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW35 Clay Daria Yesypchuk Alena Kovačková Joëlle Steur 3–6, 1–6
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2022WimbledonGrass Rose Marie Nijkamp Kayla Cross Victoria Mboko3–6, 6–4, [11-9]
ITF Junior finals Category G1Category G2Category G3Category G4Category G5
Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateLocationSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 3 February 2018 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Metka Komac 1–6, 3–6Win 1. 30 June 2018 Kigali, Rwanda Clay Smriti Bhasin 6–4, 6–3Loss 2. 6 July 2019 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Sarah Dev 4–6, 3–6Win 2. 13 July 2019 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Aisha Niyonkuru 4–6, 6–3, 6–2Win 3. 16 November 2019 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Aisha Niyonkuru 6–1, 6–4Loss 3. 30 November 2019 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Aisha Niyonkuru 3–6, 6–7Win 4. 22 January 2021 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Celine Simunyu 6–3, 6–2Win 5. 29 January 2021 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Luca Udvardy 6–1, 6–4Win 6. 26 November 2021 Sousse, Tunisia Hard Aya El Aouni 6–3, 6–3
Doubles: 16 (11 titles, 5 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 25 November 2017 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Mially Ranaivo Célestine Avomo Ella Aisha Niyonkuru 2–6, 4–6Win 1. 30 June 2018 Kigali, Rwanda Clay Aisha Niyonkuru Smriti Bhasin Bhakti Parwani 6–4, 6–2Win 2. 26 January 2019 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Aisha Niyonkuru Anna Lorie Lemongo Toumbou Salma Loudili 6–3, 6–2Loss 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, 7–5Win 4. 6 July 2019 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Aisha Niyonkuru Sarah Dev Hoziane Kitambala 7–6, 6–4Win 5. 13 July 2019 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Aisha Niyonkuru Sarah Dev Hoziane Kitambala 6–1, 6–1Win 6. 16 November 2019 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Aisha Niyonkuru Alyssa Reguer Celine Simunyu 6–1, 6–4Win 7. 23 November 2019 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Aisha Niyonkuru Mially Ranaivo Meshkatolzahra Safi 6–4, 6–4Win 8. 30 November 2019 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Aisha Niyonkuru Maria Charl Nathalie Mokhtar 6–2, 7–5Loss 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, 6–3Win 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, 4–6Loss 5. 20 November 2021 Sousse, Tunisia Hard Feryel Ben Hassen Ekaterina Khayrutdinova Kira Pavlova 3–6, 5–7
References
External links
Angella Okutoyi at the Auburn University athletics site