changed completely, with all four players being debutantes: 1983 junior singles champion Pascale Paradis, upcoming Nathalie Tauziat, and junior players Isabelle Demongeot and Emmanuelle Derly. This new team did not continue the success of the previous year, as they suffered their fourth first round defeat in six years to the New Zealanders Belinda Cordwell and Julie Richardson. They managed to beat Uruguay in their first tie of the consolation rounds, but they lost thereafter to eventual consolation victors Soviet Union, who were accompanied by successful doubles players Larisa Savchenko and Svetlana Cherneva. Favière left as captain for 1986, and was replaced by 1959 Summer Universiade gold medalist François Jauffret. Derly left the team after one year, and Tanvier, who had established herself as a prominent world player, returned again. With this team, they made a first round win over Sweden; Tanvier securing the tie by defeating consistent Top 20 player Catarina Lindqvist in three sets. However, they were defeated in the next round by Maleeva-led Bulgaria. This level of play continued to the next year, as Demongeot and Tauziat worked their way up the rankings and even managed to win a doubles tournament together in Paris, they went past Austria, who was assisted by the upcoming Judith Wiesner, but they were beaten soundly in the second round by the defending champion Americans, the celebrated Chris Evert and Pam Shriver. Following this, Demongeot and Tauziat left the competition for a year, as Tanvier and Suire (who teamed up to, amongst various other achievements, win the 1988 $100,000 tournament Nice in doubles) and newcomers Karine Quentrec and Maïder Laval completed the 1988 team. They easily defeated Japan in the first round, but lost for a second consecutive time to the defending champions, West Germany, in the second round. In 1989, Demongeot and Tauziat were returned amidst good results for both of team, as they won three more WTA titles together in doubles and had both reached the Top 40 in singles. However, they succumbed to an unfortunate first round draw against Spain, who consisted of upcoming teenager Conchita Martínez and recent 1989 French Open champion Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. They fell, 0–2, with Demongeot being beaten in three close sets to Martínez and Tauziat losing comprehensively to Sánchez Vicario. This caused them to be placed to their first consolation rounds in four years, but they withdrew prior to their first tie against South