At the 2004 Family Circle Cup in Charleston, she entered as a wildcard and lost to Serena Williams in the second round, having earlier beaten Arantxa Parra Santonja.

[2] She played as a qualifier at the 2004 DFS Classic in Birmingham and upset 11th seed Tina Pisnik in the first round, before losing the next match to Saori Obata.

Following the 2004 US Open, she won a $25,000 ITF tournament in Tunica Resorts and finished runner up at the $50,000 Cary, North Carolina event, to reach her highest ranking of 117 in the world.

She was a doubles quarter-finalist at the Advanta Championships of Philadelphia in 2004 and the 2005 Cellular South Cup in Memphis, as well as competing in the singles draws at both.

Her professional career included singles wins over Jelena Jankovic and Flavia Pennetta, the latter in the qualifying draw for the 2005 Medibank International.