2010–11 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating


The 2010–11 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series of the 2010–11 season. It was a series of six international invitational competitions in the fall of 2010 that built to the Grand Prix Final. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior level. At each event, skaters earned points based on their placement toward qualifying for the Grand Prix Final. The top six scoring skaters or teams at the end of the series competed at the 2010–2011 Grand Prix Final, held in Beijing, China.
The Grand Prix series set the stage for the 2011 European, Four Continents, and World Championships, as well as each country's national championships. The Grand Prix series began on October 22, 2010 and ended on December 12, 2010.
The Grand Prix was organized by the International Skating Union. Skaters competed for prize money and for a chance to compete in the Grand Prix Final. The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix.

Qualifying

Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2010 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit. The top six skaters/teams from the 2010 World Figure Skating Championships were seeded and then guaranteed two events. Skaters/teams who placed 7th through 12th were also given two events, though they were not considered seeded.
Skaters and teams who were ranked in the top 24 in the world at the end of the 2009-10 season and those who had an ISU personal best in the top-24 on the season's best list for the 2009-10 season were also guaranteed one event.
Skaters/teams who medaled at the 2009–10 JGP Final or the 2010 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were guaranteed one event. Skaters who medaled at both the Junior Grand Prix Final and the World Junior Championships were guaranteed only one event.
The host country was allowed to assign three skaters/teams of their choosing from their country in each discipline.
The spots remaining were filled from the top 75 skaters/teams in the 2009-10 season's best list. Skaters could not be given a Grand Prix invitation without having been on the season's best list, with the following exceptions:
  1. The host country could select any three of their own skaters.
  2. Pairs and dance teams who had in either the 2008-09 or 2009-10 season qualified for Grand Prix spots by World Championships placement or had held a world ranking or season's best ranking in the top 24 with a previous partner could be considered for an alternate spot with their new partner.
  3. Skaters and teams who had previously been seeded and had missed any number of seasons could be considered for one or two Grand Prix assignments if they committed to competing at two Grand Prix events and had never taken advantage of this rule in a previous season.

    Schedule

Medal summary

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
NHK TrophyMen Daisuke Takahashi Jeremy Abbott Florent Amodio
NHK TrophyLadies Carolina Kostner Rachael Flatt Kanako Murakami
NHK TrophyPairs Pang Qing / Tong Jian Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran
NHK TrophyIce dancing Meryl Davis / Charlie White Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Skate Canada InternationalMen Patrick Chan Nobunari Oda Adam Rippon
Skate Canada InternationalLadies Alissa Czisny Ksenia Makarova Amélie Lacoste
Skate Canada InternationalPairs Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers
Skate Canada InternationalIce dancing Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier Sinead Kerr / John Kerr Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Cup of ChinaMen Takahiko Kozuka Brandon Mroz Tomáš Verner
Cup of ChinaLadies Miki Ando Akiko Suzuki Alena Leonova
Cup of ChinaPairs Pang Qing / Tong Jian Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin
Cup of ChinaIce dancing Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Skate AmericaMen Daisuke Takahashi Nobunari Oda Armin Mahbanoozadeh
Skate AmericaLadies Kanako Murakami Rachael Flatt Carolina Kostner
Skate AmericaPairs Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Skate AmericaIce dancing Meryl Davis / Charlie White Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirer Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Rostelecom CupMen Tomáš Verner Patrick Chan Jeremy Abbott
Rostelecom CupLadies Miki Ando Akiko Suzuki Ashley Wagner
Rostelecom CupPairs Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig
Rostelecom CupIce dancing Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Nóra Hoffmann / Maxim Zavozin Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Trophée Eric BompardMen Takahiko Kozuka Florent Amodio Brandon Mroz
Trophée Eric BompardLadies Kiira Korpi Mirai Nagasu Alissa Czisny
Trophée Eric BompardPairs Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende
Trophée Eric BompardIce dancing Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Grand Prix FinalMen Patrick Chan Nobunari Oda Takahiko Kozuka
Grand Prix FinalLadies Alissa Czisny Carolina Kostner Kanako Murakami
Grand Prix FinalPairs Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Pang Qing / Tong Jian Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Grand Prix FinalIce dancing Meryl Davis / Charlie White Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier

Grand Prix Final qualification points

After the final event, the 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard, the six skaters/teams with the most points advanced to the Grand Prix Final. The point system is as follows:
PlacementPoints Points
1st place15 points15 points
2nd place13 points13 points
3rd place11 points11 points
4th place9 points9 points
5th place7 points7 points
6th place5 points5 points
7th place4 points
8th place3 points

There are seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:
  1. Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker is the 1st place, and that beats a skater who placed 2nd in both events.
  2. Highest combined total scores in both events. If a skater earned 200 points at one event and 250 at a second, that skater would win in the second tie-break over a skater who earned 200 points at one event and 150 at another.
  3. Participated in two events.
  4. Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dancing portion of both events.
  5. Highest individual score in the free skating/free dancing portion from one event.
  6. Highest combined scores in the short program/original dance of both events.
  7. Highest number of total participants at the events.
If there is still a tie, the tie is considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all qualify for the Grand Prix Final.

Qualification standings*

Skaters in bold qualified for the Grand Prix Final.
PointsMenLadiesPairsIce dance
30 Takahiko Kozuka
Daisuke Takahashi
Miki Ando Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
Pang Qing / Tong Jian
Meryl Davis / Charlie White
Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat
28 Patrick Chan Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirer
Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
26 Tomáš Verner
Nobunari Oda
Alissa Czisny
Carolina Kostner
Kanako Murakami
Akiko Suzuki
Rachael Flatt
Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch
24 Florent Amodio
Jeremy Abbott
Brandon Mroz
Kiira Korpi Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran
22 Mirai Nagasu Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
Nóra Hoffmann / Maxim Zavozin
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein
20 Adam Rippon Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko
Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov
19
18 Kevin Reynolds Ashley Wagner
Amélie Lacoste
Cynthia Phaneuf
Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers
Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig
17 Ksenia Makarova
16 Caydee Denney / Jeremy Barrett Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones
15 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov
14 Samuel Contesti Agnes Zawadzki Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir
Mylene Brodeur / John Mattatall
Kristina Gorshkova / Vitali Butikov
Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun
13 Yuzuru Hanyu Joshi Helgesson Sinead Kerr / John Kerr
12 Alban Preaubert Haruka Imai Lucie Myslivečková / Matěj Novák
11 Armin Mahbanoozadeh Alena Leonova Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali
10 Shawn Sawyer Valentina Marchei
Mao Asada
9 Brian Joubert
Artur Gachinski
Elene Gedevanishvili Katerina Gerboldt / Alexander Enbert Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam
Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill
8 Kevin van der Perren Cathy Reed / Chris Reed
7 Javier Fernandez
Tatsuki Machida
Daisuke Murakami
Chafik Besseghier
Geng Bingwa
Myriane Samson
Felicia Zhang / Taylor Toth
Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov
Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
6 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland
5 Song Nan
Takahito Mura
Viktoria Helgesson
Sofia Biryukova
Amanda Dobbs
Britney Simpson / Nathan Miller
Stefania Berton / Ondre Hotarek
Nicole Della Monica / Yannick Kocon
Klára Kadlecová / Petr Bidař
Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt
Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell
4 Ross Miner
Adrian Schultheiss
Wu Jialiang
Peter Liebers
Sonia Lafuente
Caroline Zhang
Isabella Cannuscio / Ian Lorello
Sarah Arnold / Justin Trojek
3 Jeremy Ten
Anton Kovalevski
Guan Jinlin
Ivan Tretiakov
Maé-Bérénice Méité
Fumie Suguri
Kristine Musademba
Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen
Stefanie Frohberg / Tim Giesen
Dora Turoczi / Balazs Major
0 Yasuharu Nanri
Stephen Carttiere
Zoltan Kelemen
Grant Hochstein
Konstantin Menshov
Denis Ten
Kristoffer Berntsson
Chen Peitong
Paolo Bacchini
Viktor Pfeifer
Sergei Voronov
Kwak Min-jeong
Jenna Mccorkell
Lena Marrocco
Diane Szmiett
Elena Glebova
Sarah Hecken
Alexe Gilles
Candice Didier
Sarah Meier
Zhu Qiuying
Dong Huibo / Wu Yiming
Anna Khnychenkova / Mark Magyar
Stacey Kemp / David King
Zhang Yue / Wang Lei
Tatiana Novik / Mikhail Kuznetsov
Kaleigh Hole / Adam Johnson
Guan Xueting / Wang Meng
Rachel Tibbetts / Collin Brubaker