Lindsay Davenport and Monica Seles blitzed the Dutch on Sunday to lead the Americans to a 5-0 victory in the Fed Cup first-round competition.
Davenport, the world's No. 2-ranked player, bombarded 53rd-ranked Miriam Oremans 6-1, 6-2, to give the Americans an insurmountable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five matchup. Seventh-ranked Seles took out 200th-ranked Amanda Hopmans, 6-1, 6-2, in a second, meaningless match.In doubles, Mary Joe Fernandez and Lisa Raymond beat Manon Bollegraf and Caroline Vis 6-1, retired.
The victory sends the Americans to Fed Cup powerhouse Spain for a July 25-26 showdown. Spain, which had won four titles in five years before losing to the United States in the 1996 Fed Cup final, beat Germany 3-2.
Last year, the Netherlands pulled off a 3-2 first-round upset of the Americans.
In other Fed Cup matches Sunday, defending champion France reached the semifinals as veteran Nathalie Tauziat and Alexandra Fusai teamed to win the crucial doubles over Belgium's Els Callens and Laurence Courtois 6-4, 6-0.
France advances to play Switzerland, which beat the Czech Republic 4-1.
The French, playing without No. 1 player Mary Pierce, were even at 1-1 after Saturday but fell behind 2-1 when Dominique Van Roost beat Sandrine Testud in Sunday's first reverse singles 7-5, 7-6 (9-7).
But Sarah Pitkowski saved France in the second singles, beating Sabine Appelmans 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.
In Brno, Czech Republic, top-ranked Martina Hingis led Switzerland past the Czech Republic.
In the opening match of the day, Hingis beat Jana Novotna 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, to give Switzerland a 2-1 lead. The Swiss clinched the best-of-five tie when Patty Schnyder beat Adriana Gersi 6-3, 6-3. Hingis and Schnyder defeated Denisa Chladkova and Ludmila Richterova in doubles 6-0, 6-1.
In Saarbruecken, Germany, Magu Serna and Conchita Martinez defeated Andrea Glass and Wiltrud Probst in doubles, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5). to give Spain a 3-2 win and a place in the semifinals.
In Perth, Australia, Russia ousted Australia in their World Group II first-round tie. Russia took an unbeatable 3-0 lead when Tatiana Panova won over Rachel McQuillan 7-6 (7-0), 6-3.
In Foligno, Italy, Italy advanced when it took an unbeatable 3-1 lead over Austria on Francesca Lubiana's win over Sylvia Plischke 7-6 (7-5), 1-6, 6-1.
In Buenos Aires, Argentina, Henrietta Nagyoya and Karina Habsudova each won singles matches to lead Slovakia to a 4-1 victory against Argentina.