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Yves Allegro

Yves Allegro

Swiss tennis player

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]

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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)

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References

  1. [1]
    "Deux ans de prison avec sursis pour l'ex-tennisman Yves Allegro" (in French). Radio Télévision Suisse. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. [2]
    Gatto, Luigi (5 December 2019). "Roger Federer's former doubles partner accused of rape". Tennis World USA. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. [3]
    Yves Allegro wegen sexueller Nötigung verurteilt. In: SRF.ch, 10. Dezember 2019.
  4. [4]
    "ITF World Tennis Tour". Wikipedia. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Rinky Hijikata - ATP Tour". ATP Tour. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  6. [6]
    "M25 Sierre 2021 Tennis Tournament ITF". ATP Tour. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  7. [7]
    "Remy Bertola - ATP Tour". ATP Tour. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  8. [8]
    "M25 Sierre 2022 Tennis Tournament ITF". ATP Tour. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2023.


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