Hingis and Davenport, the only players to hold the No. 1 ranking since March 1997, advanced to the final of the Chase Championships on Saturday with straight-set victories.

Hingis defeated third-ranked Venus Williams, 6-4, 7-6 (7-2). Davenport survived a first-set scare to oust No. 6 Nathalie Tauziat, 7-6 (7-3), 6-0.

Hingis defeated then-No. 1 Davenport in four sets in last year's final, but the roles are reversed this year. Hingis comes in having locked up the year-end top ranking, which Davenport held in 1998.

A 19-year-old from Switzerland, Hingis has won a tour-best seven titles this season, and will be appearing in her 13th final of 1999 today. She has lost her last two, falling to Williams last month in Zurich, Switzerland and to Davenport last week in Philadelphia.

Last week's victory over Hingis gave Davenport an 8-7 lead in the head-to-head series. She has won both meetings this year, also beating Hingis in the final at Sydney in January.

Hingis is 1-1 in previous Chase Championship finals. She lost to Steffi Graf in five sets in 1996.

The 23-year-old Davenport, the reigning Wimbledon champion from the United States, is a two-time runner-up at the event, also losing to Gabriela Sabatini in 1994. She will be seeking her seventh title of the season.

"I can't believe I am back to this point again," said Davenport, who missed a month due to a wrist injury and struggled with a left hamstring injury this week. "Winning last week and back to the finals again. Losing in four sets last year was a little bit disappointing and to give myself another chance to do it is great."

In addition, Hingis will pair up with Russian Anna Kournikova in the doubles final as the top seeds take on No. 4 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario of Spain and Latvia's Larisa Neiland. Hingis and Kournikova won four tournaments as a team this season, including the Australian Open. They also appeared in the final of the French Open.

The $2 million event offers a $500,000 first prize.