While still at Clyde High School in 1997 he played in the main draw of the US Open, in the doubles with Nathan Overholser.
The pair won through to the second round by beating Marius Barnard and Tom Nijssen, then were eliminated by the 11th seeds, Swedes Jonas Björkman and Nicklas Kulti.
He made the quarter-finals of the doubles at Newport's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, an ATP Tour tournament, in 2000.
As a singles player he managed to defeat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at a Futures tournament in Jamaica and also registered a win over James Blake at the Amarillo Challenger.
At the 2001 Wimbledon Championships he and partner Grant Silcock played a marathon first round double match against Marat Safin and Marc Rosset.