Yves Allegro

Yves Allegro
Country (sports) Switzerland
ResidenceGrône, Switzerland
Born (1978-08-24) 24 August 1978 (age 46)
Grône, Switzerland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1997
Retired2011
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$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 Open3R (2003)
French Open3R (2004, 2006)
Wimbledon2R (2006)
US Open2R (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.

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]

  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.