sentences:  While the French national team has not been one of the most successful in women's tennis, it has been very consistent over the years.Throughout the first ten years of competition, it never failed to reach the quarterfinals, and continued its good record through the early 1980s, accumulating a 63% win-loss percentage, reaching four semifinals, and winning the consolation rounds in 1982 despite being defeated in the first round of the main draw.The team experienced a slight downturn in the mid-to-late 1980s, winning only 40% of their ties from 1983 to 1989, but they returned to a successful form by reaching all but four semifinals from 1990 to 1999 and managing to win the 1997 edition, mainly thanks to their sizable contingent of top-twenty singles and doubles players the French had throughout that period in time.