Angella Okutoyi

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Angella Okutoyi
Country (sports) Kenya
Born (2004-01-29) 29 January 2004 (age 18)
PlaysRight Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Prize moneyUS$
Singles
Career record2–3 (40.0%)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior3R (2022)
Doubles
Career record1–1 (50.0%)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior1R (2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup2–4
Last updated on: 24 January 2022.

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

Playing for Kenya, Okutoyi has a win/loss record of 2–4.[1] At the 2022 Australian Open, Okutoyi became the first representative of Kenya to win a girls’ junior Grand Slam match.[2]

Junior career[]

Angella participated in the 2022 Australian Open bracket. She won 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 in her third round match against Serbian player Lola Radivojević, 6-3 6-2, but her performance made her the first Kenyan in the world to progress to a third round in a Grand Slam.[3][4]

ITF Junior Finals[]

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

Category GA
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5
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)[]

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 Chia Yi Tsao
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
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 Russia Olga Mishenina
Germany Luca Victoria Vocke
6–7, 6–4, 8–10
Winner 9. 22 January 2021 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Iran 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 Szabo
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[]

  1. ^ "Angella Okutoyi Billie Jean King Cup Profil". www.billiejeankingcup.com.
  2. ^ "JUNIOR STARS RETURN IRAN, KENYA AND NAMIBIA TO GRAND SLAM STAGE". www.itftennis.com.
  3. ^ Onyango, Washington (16 April 2020). "Kenya's top seed Angela Okutoyi eyes slot at global stage". The Standard. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  4. ^ 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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