He has spent his professional career playing primarily on the Challenger and Future circuits, although he had the opportunity to play in the 2007 French Open, where he defeated American Sam Querrey in five sets before going down to Novak Djokovic in four sets.
Sam Neill | Sam Cooke | Sam Shepard | Sam Phillips | Uncle Sam | Sam Raimi | Sam Houston | Sam Brownback | Yosemite Sam | Fort Sam Houston | Sam's Club | Sam Peckinpah | Sam Mendes | Sam Waterston | Sam Worthington | Sam & Dave | Sam Taylor-Wood | Sam Houston State University | Sam Kelly | Sam Bush | Sam Zell | Sam Spade | Sam Milby | Sam Wood | Sam Wanamaker | Sam Walton | Sam Snead | Sam Rockwell | Sam Phillips (singer) | Sam Malin |
Other top seeds were Las Vegas champion Sam Querrey, Indian Wells Masters quarterfinalist Tommy Haas, Fabrice Santoro, Robby Ginepri and Thomaz Bellucci.
The singles draw featured ATP No. 6, 2009 Australian Open semi-finalist and 2009 Dubai finalist Andy Roddick, 2009 Australian Open quarterfinalist and 2008 U.S Open quarterfinalist Juan Martín del Potro, Other names include James Blake, Radek Štěpánek, Mardy Fish, Sam Querrey, Igor Kunitsyn and Robby Ginepri.