Davenport defeated top-ranked Martina Hingis for the fifth straight time and continued her blistering start to 2000 as she rallied for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 victory today in the women's final at the $4.95 million Tennis Masters Series of Indian Wells.

On the men's side, 10th seed Thomas Enqvist of Sweden battled his way into the final with tonight's hard-fought 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (10-8) victory over 12th seed and defending champion Mark Philippoussis of Australia, the 12th seed.

Enqvist's opponent in Sunday's best-of-five sets final with be unseeded Alex Corretja of Spain. Corretja moved within one win of his first title in over a year as he defeated eighth seed Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador, 6-3, 6-4,

Hingis appeared well on her way to stopping her four-match losing streak to Davenport after taking the first set and grabbing a 4-2 lead in the second.

"I figured I was going to start going for it even more, bounce around and see what I can do," Davenport said. "I hit a couple of good shots to break (for 4-all). All of a sudden the match turned on that one break."

Davenport utilized her power game, the weapon which has helped her in her recent mastery over Hingis, to wear down the Swiss teenager as she reeled off 10 straight games to capture her second title of the season, 28th of her career and a first prize of $330,000.

"I guess I lost a little bit of concentration," said Hingis, who double-faulted on match point. "I was getting tired. I had to do most of the running and chasing down the balls, just get it back as much as I could."

Davenport fired 12 aces and had 43 winners, while Hingis lost her serve five times and produced only 14 winners.

The rivalry between Davenport and Hingis has been one-sided of late as Davenport has won seven of the last eight meetings, including a 6-1, 7-5 victory in the Australian Open final in January.

Hingis' only victory over Davenport in that span was a 7-5, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 triumph at the 1998 Chase Championships. Overall, Davenport is 11-7 lifetime against Hingis.

"It's a tough thing to do," Davenport said of her dominance. "She's been obviously been the greatest player the last few years, been No. 1 most of the time. Obviously, no one else can do that. I've got to be proud of that."

Davenport improved her season record to a remarkable 19-1, extending the best start of her career, and has won 16 straight matches.

Hingis saw her 12-match winning streak come to an end as she suffered only her third loss in 23 matches this season. She also was gunning for her 28th career singles title.

"It is a little depressing losing to her all the time," Hingis said. "But this is not a nightmare. If I wouldn't have another chance to play her, that would be a nightmare."

Despite the loss, Hingis will retain her No. 1 status when next week's WTA Tour rankings are released, although the gap between her and Davenport will lessen.

Enqvist seemed well on his way to a straight-set victory after storming out to a 6-1 lead in the second-set tiebreak. But the hard-serving Australian battled back by saving five match points and winning seven straight points -- including three aces -- to force the decisive third set.

"It's always tough after you screw up five match points," Enqvist said. "But you have a choice. Either you go away in the locker room and give up, or you play the third set. I decided to play the third set."

The Swede had a chance to serve out the match after breaking Philippoussis for a 5-3 lead in the final set. But the Australian broke back in the next game and the two eventually went to the tiebreak.

This time, both players squandered match points. Philippoussis failed to close out the Swede at 6-5 and 8-7 in the tiebreak, while Enqvist could not seal the win after going up, 7-6. Enqvist finally closed out the dramatic 2 1/2-hour duel on his seventh match point.

"When you come down to a tiebreak, you know it's going to be decided by a few points," Enqvist said. "Hopefully you come up with the big shots. I did that finally on that match point."

Enqvist withstood 23 aces to advance to his third Tennis Masters Series final, having won both previous finals at Paris in 1996 and Stuttgart, Germany last season. The 26-year-old Enqvist, who knocked off second seed Pete Sampras in the quarterfinaals, will seek his 17th career singles title on Sunday.

Philippoussis saw his 11-match winning streak come to an end.

Corretja has compiled a 10-3 record in 2000, also reaching the semifinals in Sydney in January. The 25-year-old Spaniard won the most recent of his nine career singles titles at the ATP Tour World Championship in Hannover, Germany in November 1998. He is the second straight Spaniard to reach the final after Carlos Moya finished runner-up last year.

First prize for the men's champion is $400,000.