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 2010 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. Allegro appealed the verdict, but Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland confirmed the decision.Yves Allegro wegen sexueller Nötigung verurteilt. In: SRF.ch, 10. Dezember 2019.La condamnation d’Yves Allegro est définitive In: swissinfo.ch, 1. June 2023.
Tournament Director In 2020, Allegro founded an ITF M25 tennis tournament that initially took place in Sierre, Valais, now in Sion. Rinky Hijikata won the 2021 edition. Remy Bertola of Switzerland won the 2022 and the 2023 edition. The 2024 edition takes place in August 2024.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 10 (3–7) Legend Grand Slam (0-0) ATP World Tour Finals (0-0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0-0) ATP World Tour 500 (1-1) ATP World Tour 250 (2-6)
ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Oct 2003 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Roger Federer Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi 7–6(9–7), 7–5Loss 1–1 Oct 2004 Bangkok, Thailand Hard (i) Roger Federer Justin Gimelstob Graydon Oliver 7–5, 4–6, 4–6Loss 1–2 Aug 2004 Long Island, United States Hard Michael Kohlmann Antony Dupuis Michaël Llodra 2–6, 4–6Loss 1–3 May 2004 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Michael Kohlmann Enzo Artoni Fernando Vicente 6–3, 0–6, 4–6Win 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), 4–6Win 3–4 Jun 2005 Halle, Germany Grass Roger Federer Joachim Johansson Marat Safin 7–5, 6–7(6–8), 6–3Loss 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, 5–7Loss 3–7 Feb 2008 Marseille, France Hard (i) Jeff Coetzee Martin Damm Pavel Vízner 6–7(7–9), 5–7
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