Angella Okutoyi

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.

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)

Doubles: 24 (17 titles, 7 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (1–1)W50 tournaments (3–0)W25/35 tournaments (8–3)W15 tournaments (5–3)Finals by surfaceHard (4–5)Clay (13–2)

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

ITF Junior finals

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