The matchup on Saturday (tonight in the United States) pits the top two players in the world and the only women to hold the No. 1 ranking since March 1997. Both players have not lost a set en route to the final.

Hingis, the top seed, dumped 10th seed Conchita Martinez of Spain, 6-3, 6-2, on Thursday to win her 27th straight match in Melbourne and improve to 32-2 lifetime.

The Swiss teenager attempts to become the first female to win four consecutive Australian Open crowns since Margaret Smith claimed seven straight from 1960-66. She has won five Grand Slam titles and 26 singles titles overall.

Davenport ended Jennifer Capriati's magical ride through the tournament with a 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) semifinal victory. However, she aggravated a left hamstring injury during the match and withdrew from playing doubles.

Despite the injury, Davenport may be ready to end Hingis' success in Melbourne and continue her own recent dominance of the world No. 1.

Davenport did not lose a set in her three victories over Hingis last season. In their most recent meeting, Davenport defeated Hingis, 6-4, 6-2, in the final of the Chase Championships in November. Overall, Davenport is 9-7 lifetime against Hingis.

"It's going to be tough," Davenport said. "Martina obviously pretty much owns this court. I am definitely the underdog going into the final, but beating her three times in a row last year is going to give me a lot of confidence."

Davenport, 23, seeks her third Grand Slam singles title and first in Melbourne after back-to-back defeats in the semifinals. The American won her first Grand Slam title in 1998 by defeating Hingis in the U.S. Open final. She added her second major at last year's Wimbledon with a victory over Steffi Graf. She will seek her 27th career singles title on Saturday.

Hingis became the first female since Monica Seles in 1991-93 to win three straight titles in Melbourne with her victory over Amelie Mauresmo of France last year. But she knows that winning the title again here will not be easy.

"It is a Grand Slam final, so you want to do the best you can," said. "I have always been able to play my best tennis in Melbourne, winning this tournament three times in a row, so I feel a little advantage, maybe. But she might feel she has the advantage in beating me the last three times, so it's even. We'll see."

Top seed Andre Agassi of the United States will attempt to win his third Grand Slam title in less than a year when he meets second seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia in the men's final on Sunday.