Davenport, ranked second in the world, won her second Toray title and prevented top-ranked Hingis from winning her third straight win in the tournament, and fourth overall.

Both players held their service games in the first set, leading to a tiebreaker.

In the second set, Hingis broke serve in the first game but Davenport broke back in the fourth and again in the 10th game.

Davenport was in control in the third set, pounding on Hingis's second serves. In all, Davenport served 13 aces to Hingis' four.

``Against Martina, you've got to go for it and if you are aggressive, then it forces the server to go for more on their second serves, and hopefully get a few double faults,'' Davenport said.

Hingis double-faulted nine times to Davenport's two.

``In the first set, I didn't have much luck at all,'' Davenport said. ``I didn't think I returned very well at all, but I hung in there, and through the match I started to get better and better.''