Yves Allegro

Yves Allegro (born 24 August 1978) is a retired Swiss professional tennis player. He is a doubles specialist and is well known as compatriot Roger Federer's doubles partner and friend. Allegro and Federer teamed up in doubles at the Australian Open in 2003 and 2004.

Yves Allegro

Country (sports)	Switzerland
Residence	Grône, Switzerland
Born	(1978-08-24) 24 August 1978 (age 46) Grône, Switzerland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1997
Retired	2011
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$768,327
Singles
Career record	5–10
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 210 (16 June 2003)
Doubles
Career record	121–157
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 32 (4 October 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2003)
French Open	3R (2004, 2006)
Wimbledon	2R (2006)
US Open	2R (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)

He played the Davis Cup for Switzerland from 2004 to 2020^[1] alongside Roger Federer or Stan Wawrinka.

On 9 December 2019 at a hearing at the District Court of Sierra, Allegro received a two-year suspended sentence for sexual coercion. The offence occurred in October 2014 while in Tallinn, Estonia towards an ex-Austrian player.^[2][3] Allegro appealed the verdict.^[4]

Tournament Director

In 2020, Allegro founded an ITF M25 tennis tournament that initially took place in Sierre, Valais, now in Sion. Rinky Hijikata^[5] won the 2021 edition.^[6] Remy Bertola of Switzerland won the 2022^[7] and the 2023 edition.^[8] The 2024 edition takes place in August 2024.^[9]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 10 (3–7)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)
ATP World Tour 500 (1/1)
ATP World Tour 250 (2/5)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2003	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	7–6(9–7), 7–5
Loss	1–1	Oct 2004	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	Justin Gimelstob Graydon Oliver	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Aug 2004	Long Island, United States	Hard	Michael Kohlmann	Antony Dupuis Michaël Llodra	2–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3	May 2004	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Michael Kohlmann	Enzo Artoni Fernando Vicente	6–3, 0–6, 4–6
Win	2–3	Jan 2005	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Michael Kohlmann	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	2–4	Feb 2005	San Jose, United States	Hard (i)	Michael Kohlmann	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win	3–4	Jun 2005	Halle, Germany	Grass	Roger Federer	Joachim Johansson Marat Safin	7–5, 6–7(6–8), 6–3
Loss	3–5	Jul 2006	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Robert Lindstedt	Gastón Gaudio Max Mirnyi	5–7, 7–6, [10–12]
Loss	3–6	Apr 2007	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Sebastián Prieto	Wesley Moodie Todd Perry	5–7, 5–7
Loss	3–7	Feb 2008	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Jeff Coetzee	Martin Damm Pavel Vízner	6–7(7–9), 5–7

References

1. "Davis Cup Player". Davis Cup. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
2. "Deux ans de prison avec sursis pour l'ex-tennisman Yves Allegro" (in French). Radio Télévision Suisse. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
3. Gatto, Luigi (5 December 2019). "Roger Federer's former doubles partner accused of rape". Tennis World USA. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
4. Yves Allegro wegen sexueller Nötigung verurteilt. In: SRF.ch, 10. Dezember 2019.
5. "Rinky Hijikata – ATP Tour". ATP Tour. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
6. "M25 Sierre 2021 Tennis Tournament ITF". ATP Tour. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
7. "M25 Sierre 2022 Tennis Tournament ITF". ATP Tour. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
8. "Remy Bertola – ATP Tour". ATP Tour. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
9. "M25 Sion 2024 Tennis Tournament". ATP Tour. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.

External links

• Yves Allegro at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Yves Allegro at the International Tennis Federation
• Yves Allegro at the Davis Cup