The two players were named as the top seeds for the men's and women's singles event at the Australian Open which starts on Monday.
Back strain forced Lindsay Davenport to pull out of her second round clash against Anna-Lena Groenefeld at Stanford
Amelie Mauresmo will play Russian Vera Zvonareva in the semi-final of the Rome Masters
The world no. 1 will take on Farina Elia in the summit clash of the Amelia Island Championship.
A shoulder injury forced her to withdraw from a semi-final with Justine Henin-Hardenne.
The Belgian capped a remarkable comeback to the top level of the game following wrist surgery, beating the world No.1 in the final of the Pacific Life Open.
While Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova was buried 6-0, 6-0 by Lindsay Davenport in the semi-finals.
The Middle Eastern event has become the first tennis tournament outside of the Australian and U.S. Opens to offer equal prize money to both sexes.
Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova beat injury-hampered Lindsay Davenport 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 to win the Pan Pacific Open on Sunday.
Sharapova beat Lindsay Davenport while the defending champion beat Amelie Mauresmo in the women's singles semi-finals at Wimbledon.
The Indian ace and Elena Likhovtseva beat 15th seeds Daniel Nestor of Canada and Lina Krasnoroutskaya of Russia in the third round at Wimbledon.
She beat fellow-American Lindsay Davenport 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 in the final.
She will play seventh seed and 2003 champion Serena Williams in the final.
Top seed Lindsay Davenport marched into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over 13th seed Karolina Sprem of Croatia on Monday.
The world No. 1 faces a possible fine for not attending the team news conference ahead of the Davis Cup tie against Britain.
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