Mark Philippoussis was the defending champion, but did not participate.<br>Fabrice Santoro defeated Nicolas Mahut in the final 6âÂÂ4, 6âÂÂ4.
The event saw first seed Mardy Fish being knocked out of the first round by qualifier Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, continuing the tradition of the first seeds never winning the Newport event. Fish had once knocked out the first seed when he was a qualifier.