Yves Allegro

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Yves Allegro
Country (sports)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Residence Grône, Switzerland
Born (1978-08-24) 24 August 1978 (age 45)
Grône, Switzerland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1997
Retired2011
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money US$768,327
Singles
Career record5–10
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 210 (16 June 2003)
Doubles
Career record121–157
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 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)

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.

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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. [1] [2] Allegro appealed against the verdict. [3]

Tournament Director

In 2020, Allegro founded an ITF [4] M25 tennis tournament that took place in Sierre, Valais. Rinky Hijikata [5] won the 2021 edition. [6] Remy Bertola of Switzerland won the first edition [7] won the 2022 edition. [8]

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)
ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Oct 2003 Vienna, AustriaHard (i) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi
Flag of Belarus.svg Max Mirnyi
7–6(9–7), 7–5
Loss1–1Oct 2004 Bangkok, ThailandHard (i) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer Flag of the United States.svg Justin Gimelstob
Flag of the United States.svg Graydon Oliver
7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Loss1–2Aug 2004 Long Island, United StatesHard Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann Flag of France.svg Antony Dupuis
Flag of France.svg Michaël Llodra
2–6, 4–6
Loss1–3May 2004 Casablanca, MoroccoClay Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann Flag of Italy.svg Enzo Artoni
Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Vicente
6–3, 0–6, 4–6
Win2–3Jan 2005 Auckland, New ZealandHard Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Aspelin
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Perry
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss2–4Feb 2005 San Jose, United StatesHard (i) Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Arthurs
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Hanley
6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win3–4Jun 2005 Halle, GermanyGrass Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer Flag of Sweden.svg Joachim Johansson
Flag of Russia.svg Marat Safin
7–5, 6–7(6–8), 6–3
Loss3–5Jul 2006 Stuttgart, GermanyClay Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Lindstedt Flag of Argentina.svg Gastón Gaudio
Flag of Belarus.svg Max Mirnyi
5–7, 7–6, [10–12]
Loss3–6Apr 2007 Valencia, SpainClay Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Prieto Flag of South Africa.svg Wesley Moodie
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Perry
5–7, 5–7
Loss3–7Feb 2008 Marseille, FranceHard (i) Flag of South Africa.svg Jeff Coetzee Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Vízner
6–7(7–9), 5–7

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