sentences:  For 1979 an entirely new captain, player and broadcaster Jean-Paul Loth, and Benedetti momentarily departed from the team.However, the team for a third consecutive year managed to reach the quarterfinals, but were defeated by the United States, who were on a sixteen-tie winning streak.Françoise Dürr left the team for the final time in 1980, leaving the team in a rather weak state despite the re-addition of Benedetti; of the WTA in the Year-End 1979, Thibault was the highest-ranked at No.