SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- The State Farm Women's Tennis Classic will be remembered as much for its weather as the quality of its field.

The first-year event was a fans' dream through the first six days as No. 1 Martina Hingis and No. 2 Lindsay Davenport played their way into the final. But just after Hingis defeated Mary Pierce in straight sets Saturday night to earn a rematch of her Australian Open final against Davenport, the first raindrops fell.

The championship match was postponed three times while more than 2.2 inches of rain drenched the Phoenix area, and when it was still falling Monday afternoon, organizers called off the final.

It was the first cancellation of a WTA tournament since the 1998 DFS Classic in Birmingham, England.

``It was a dream final,'' said Peter Tatum, director of the WTA event and this week's Franklin Templeton Tennis Classic.

He and the WTA also canceled a doubles semifinal between the second-seeded team of Davenport and Anna Kournikova and No. 3 Hingis and Mary Pierce, as well as the doubles final.

All first-day matches of this week's men's event were rescheduled -- most for today, when the storm was expected to move on.

The deluge surprised Hingis, who was playing in Arizona for the first time. Between visits to the gym, the energetic Swiss star watched weather reports.

``I heard that the last time it rained was like the 22nd of September,'' she said. ``I thought it was going to be similar or even worse than Sunday).''

``It's kind of mind-boggling because it's so rare,'' said Davenport, who pulled her left hamstring while beating Hingis 6-1, 7-5 in the Australian final in late January and hadn't played since.

Davenport's first match after a bye was at night against Jennifer Capriati, and it went three sets while she got in sync. But her hamstring kept improving, and she beat two top 10 women -- Monica Seles and Kournikova -- in straight sets.

``I had such a tough draw, and I came though it, and I was playing better,'' Davenport said. ``I feel good. I played good matches after a month off.''

Davenport has beaten Hingis in their last four meetings and owns a 10-7 record against her, but hasn't been able to regain the No. 1 spot she held for 22 weeks before Hingis took over on Aug. 9.

The two received $43,500 each for making the final and $4,200 apiece as doubles semifinalists. They also earned equal points, allowing Hingis to remain 273 points ahead of Davenport in this week's singles rankings.