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Kenyan tennis player
Angella Okutoyi (born 29 January 2004) is a Kenyan professional tennis player.
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]
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 11–5.[3]
Personal life [ edit ]
Okutoyi and her sister were raised by their grandmother Mary as their mother died in childbirth.[4] Her sister Roselinda Asumwa is also a tennis player, playing ITF futures and local tournaments.
Junior career [ edit ]
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.[5] [6] At Wimbledon , Okutoyi won the girls' doubles title with Rose Marie Nijkamp .[4]
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals [ edit ]
Doubles: 1 (title) [ edit ]
ITF Circuit finals [ edit ]
Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) [ edit ]
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
Emily Seibold
3–6, 2–6
Win
1–1
Jul 2023
ITF Monastir, Tunisia
15,000
Hard
Isabella Harvison
6–2, 7–6(2)
Win
2–1
Dec 2023
ITF Nairobi, Kenya
25,000
Clay
Lena Papadakis
6–3, 1–6, 6–1
Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups) [ edit ]
Legend
$25,000 tournaments (1–1)
$15,000 tournaments (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (2–1)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Nov 2022
ITF Nairobi, Kenya
15,000
Clay
Smriti Bhasin
Sharmada Balu Sabastiani Leon
6–3, 7–5
Win
2–0
Jul 2023
ITF Monastir, Tunisia
15,000
Hard
Beverley Nyangon
Samira di Stefano Gaia Parravicini
6–4, 3–6, [10–2]
Loss
2–1
Oct 2023
ITF Jackson, United States
15,000
Hard
Adeline Flach
Hsu Chieh-yu Anita Sahdiieva
5–7, 3–6
Loss
2–2
Dec 2023
ITF Nairobi, Kenya
25,000
Clay
Nagomi Higashitani
Fanny Östlund Valeriya Strakhova
4–6, 6–7(5)
Win
3–2
Dec 2023
ITF Nairobi, Kenya
25,000
Clay
Sada Nahimana
Jessie Aney Lena Papadakis
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win
4–2
May 2024
ITF Monastir, Tunisia
15,000
Hard
Merna Refaat
Liu Le Yi Xu Jiayu
6–2, 6–2
ITF Junior finals [ edit ]
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5
Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups) [ edit ]
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) [ edit ]
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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