Hingis continued her domination of third seed Conchita Martinez of Spain with a 6-2, 6-2 victory in the semifinal. Hingis has won 11 of 14 career matches against the Spaniard.

Capriati did her part to set up a showdown with Hingis in Sunday's final by rolling past unseeded Marlene Weingartner of Germany, 6-0, 6-2, in less than an hour.

Hingis lost to Capriati in the final at Melbourne in January but will look to avenge that defeat in search for her WTA Tour-leading fourth title of the year and 39th career. She won here in 1997 and 1999.

Hingis had reached 10 consecutive championship matches and won seven titles before being stopped last month in the semifinals at Indian Wells, California by Belgium's Kim Clijsters. The 20-year-old from Switzerland has compiled an impressive 39-5 record this year.

Last week, Hingis suffered a quarterfinal loss to Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario at the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island. It marked the first time since August 2000 that she failed to advance to the semifinals.

Capriati bounced back this week in her first event since squandering eight match points against fellow American Venus Williams in the final of the Ericsson Open on April 1. She has not dropped a set in four wins here and will seek her 11th career singles title on Sunday.

Capriati, 25, completed a comeback from personal problems as a teenager by defeating three of the world's top four players en route to her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open. She also was runner-up at Oklahoma City in February and has won 22 0f 26 matches in 2001.

First prize at this Tier I event is $178,000.