Sam first played professional tennis in 1999 on the ITF circuit. In 2000 she debuted on the Women's Tennis Association tour where she lost in the first round. In 2001 she won four straight ITF titles. In 2002 she lost at the first round at the Gold Coast event;
In 2003 Sam won her first Women's Tennis Association singles match on home soil where she reached the third round of the Australian Open. She lost in the third round by 6-4 6-2. Sam qualified for a Women's Tennis Association event in Memphis.
In 2004 she reached the semi-final of the Gold Coast event, beating everyone, before falling her last game. The next week she reached the second round of the Women's Tennis Association tournament in Hobart and then the second round of the Australian Open, she finally lost. She later successfully qualified for Women's Tennis Association events in Acapulco, Indian Wells, Vienna and Birmingham. She competed at the Athens Olympics where she lost in the first round of the tennis competition. She continued to play Women's Tennis Association qualifying events, successfully qualifying for the Japan Open and Bali in the autumn of 2004.
In 2005 she reached her first Women's Tennis Association tour final at the Gold Coast event. The next week she made her second final at Sydney and lost. She lost by 6-2 6-3 in the first round of the Australian Open. In 2005 she won seven Women's Tennis Association doubles titles with her partners. Sam finished the year ranked #96 in singles and #2 in doubles.
In 2006 she represented Australia along at the Hopman Cup and won all her singles matches. Then she lost in the first round of Sydney in three sets.
During the 2006 Australian Open, she made it to the fourth round, the highest round she has made it to ever in a Grand Slam event. She won in the third round in three sets 7-5 4-6 6-3, then she lost by 6-1 7-6 in the round of sixteen. In February, 2006, Sam reached the quarter finals at the Tier I event in Tokyo, beating 2 players before falling her third game. In Indian Wells in March, 2006, she reached the second round, won the first round but lost her second round. In May 2006, Sam made the final in Prague but lost to 3rd round by 6-4 2-6 1-6. And this was her 3rd Women's Tennis Association final. At the Los Angeles Open in August 2006, Sam has won the second round for the first time in their 4 meetings career by 6-7, 6-4, 6-3. On the 28th of August 2006, and after reaching the semifinals at New Haven, Sam achieved a career high ranking of number 30. Sam finished off the year winning the doubles Sony Championships title in Madrid, ended the year ranked number 1 in doubles and a career high 29 in singles.
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