It's just that Davenport hasn't beaten the Belgian since 2002.

Davenport won the first five times the two played, but has lost their last six meetings, including this year in the Australian Open quarter-finals, and retiring from the New Haven final a couple of weeks ago when she trailed 6-0, 1-0.

``I played her when she was like 16 or 17,'' the 30-year-old Davenport said of the 24-year-old Henin-Hardenne. ``Tim Henman had the greatest quote the other day playing (Roger) Federer, because, I think he'd beaten him a bunch of times. He said, `Yeah, it helps when you play him when he's 11 years old.'

``I played her a lot at the beginning of her career, and I think over the years, she's improved her forehand, her confidence.''

Davenport knows that in order to beat Henin-Hardenne in the quarter-finals here, she's going to have to control the match from the outset.

``I'm not going to outrun her,'' Davenport said. ``I don't have tons of backup options. I'm going to have to try and get the first hit on the rally, and, again, try to keep the points shorter rather than longer.''