I pick Davenport, and not because my name is big Lindsay. The thing that I think most of you are forgeting is that Davenport has been losing to Venus mainly because she cannot return the serve of Venus effectively. This allows Venus to get the upperhand when she is serving.
The clay would be an equalizer for Lindsday in that situation. The serve will come over slower, and with less velocity. Clay may not be Lindsay's best surface, but she can play on it. Lindsay would also have more time to reach Venus's shots, plus it would be easier for Lindsay to wrong foot Venus on clay.
Venus is very quick off the mark, which means she will be sliding when she has to stop. Lindsay is not as explosive on the take off, which would help her in that situation. Hopefully we will see in 2002, I would really enjoy watching my two of my four favs (Davenport, Pierce & the Williams sisters) competing against each other. <img src="smile.gif" border="0">