2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
The 2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of senior invitational internationals which ran from October 23 to December 13, 2015. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points based on their placement at each event and the top six in each discipline qualified to compete at the Grand Prix Final, held in Barcelona, Spain.
Organized by the International Skating Union, the series set the stage for the 2016 Europeans, the 2016 Four Continents, and the 2016 World Championships. The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2015–16 ISU Junior Grand Prix.
Schedule
The series was composed of the following events:| Date | Event | Location |
| October 23–25 | 2015 Skate America | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States |
| Oct. 30 – Nov. 1 | 2015 Skate Canada International | Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada |
| November 6–8 | 2015 Cup of China | Beijing, China |
| November 13–15 | 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard | Bordeaux, France |
| November 20–22 | 2015 Rostelecom Cup | Moscow, Russia |
| November 27–29 | 2015 NHK Trophy | Nagano, Japan |
| December 10–13 | 2015–16 Grand Prix Final | Barcelona, Spain |
Assignments
The preliminary Grand Prix assignments were announced on June 15, 2015.Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dance
Changes to preliminary assignments
Skate America
- On August 21, three out of the four host picks were announced as Ross Miner, Karen Chen, and Gretchen Donlan / Nathan Bartholomay.
- On August 26, the fourth host pick was officially announced as Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus.
- On October 21, Gretchen Donlan / Nathan Bartholomay were replaced by Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan as Donlan / Bartholomay withdrew due to Donlan recovering from an illness.
Skate Canada International
- On July 24, Ronald Lam announced his retirement. He was officially removed from the roster on August 21. On September 4, he was officially replaced with Kim Jin-seo.
- On August 21, Véronik Mallet was announced as a host pick.
- On September 2, Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps, and Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette were announced as host picks.
- On September 24, Joshua Farris was removed from the roster due to a concussion. On September 25, it was announced that he was replaced by Timothy Dolensky. Dolensky was officially added to the roster on September 28.
- On October 16, Elene Gedevanishvili was removed from the roster. No reason has been given. On October 19, her replacement was announced as Isabelle Olsson.
- On October 22, Peter Liebers was replaced by Sei Kawahara. No reason has been given.
Cup of China
- On August 17, Daniel Samohin and Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin were removed from the roster. No reasons were given. However, Samohin is not eligible to compete on the Senior Grand Prix circuit due to competing on the Junior Grand Prix this season. On August 21, Elladj Baldé and Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps were announced as their replacements.
- On September 15, Zhao Ziquan, Zheng Lu, and Cong Yue / Sun Zhuoming were added as host picks.
- On October 6, Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage were removed from the roster. No reason has been given. Their replacement was announced as Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert.
- On October 15, Takahiko Kozuka was removed from the roster due to an injury. On October 16, his replacement was announced as Ivan Righini.
- On November 5, China's Cong / Sun withdrew from the ice dancing event due to a medical reason.
Trophée Éric Bompard
- On August 14, Kiira Korpi was removed from the roster. On August 21, her replacement was announced as Roberta Rodeghiero. On August 27, it was announced that Korpi had retired.
- On September 14, Chafik Besseghier was added as a host pick.
- On September 23, Brooklee Han, Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer, Sara Hurtado / Adrià Díaz, and Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar were added to the roster in place of host picks.
- On September 28, Misha Ge was removed from the roster due to visa problems. On October 15, Kim Jin-seo was announced as his replacement.
- On October 16, Sara Hurtado / Adrià Díaz were removed from the roster. It was announced that the couple had split, because Hurtado had dissolved the partnership. On October 26, their replacement was announced as Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen.
- On November 6, Florent Amodio was removed from the roster due to an injury. No replacement was made.
- On November 11, Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron withdrew due to Papadakis not having fully recovered from her concussion. No replacement was made.
Rostelecom Cup
- On September 14, Adelina Sotnikova, Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert, and Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov were added as a host picks.
- On October 16, Sara Hurtado / Adrià Díaz were removed from the roster. It was announced that the couple had split, because Hurtado had dissolved the partnership. On October 26, their replacement was announced as Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev.
NHK Trophy
- On September 9, Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed, Mariko Kihara, and Keiji Tanaka were added as host picks.
- On September 24, Joshua Farris was removed from the roster due to a concussion. On September 28, his replacement was announced as Grant Hochstein.
- On November 11, Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron withdrew due to Papadakis not having fully recovered from her concussion. On November 17, Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland were announced as their replacement.
- On November 20, Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov withdrew due to an injury to Volosozhar. They were replaced by Amani Fancy / Christopher Boyadji. Ice dancers Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam also withdrew. On November 21, they were replaced by Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus.
- On November 21, Jason Brown withdrew due to a back strain injury. On November 23, he was replaced by Brendan Kerry.
- On November 23, Maé-Bérénice Méité withdrew from the ladies' event.
Medal summary
Medalists
| Event | Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Skate Canada | Men |  Patrick Chan |  Yuzuru Hanyu | Daisuke Murakami |
| Skate Canada | Ladies |  Ashley Wagner |  Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Yuka Nagai |
| Skate Canada | Pairs | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro |
| Skate Canada | Ice dancing | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev |
| Event | Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Cup of China | Men |  Javier Fernández |  Jin Boyang | Yan Han |
| Cup of China | Ladies | Mao Asada | Rika Hongo | Elena Radionova |
| Cup of China | Pairs | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang |
| Cup of China | Ice dancing |  Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin |
| Event | Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Trophée Bompard | Men | Shoma Uno | Maxim Kovtun | Daisuke Murakami |
| Trophée Bompard | Ladies | Gracie Gold | Yulia Lipnitskaya | Roberta Rodeghiero |
| Trophée Bompard | Pairs | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov |  Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau |
| Trophée Bompard | Ice dancing | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin |
| Event | Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Rostelecom Cup | Men | Javier Fernández | Adian Pitkeev | Ross Miner |
| Rostelecom Cup | Ladies | Elena Radionova | Evgenia Medvedeva | Adelina Sotnikova |
| Rostelecom Cup | Pairs | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao |
| Rostelecom Cup | Ice dancing | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov |
| Event | Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| NHK Trophy | Men | Yuzuru Hanyu | Jin Boyang | Takahito Mura |
| NHK Trophy | Ladies | Satoko Miyahara | Courtney Hicks | Mao Asada |
| NHK Trophy | Pairs | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang | Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim |
| NHK Trophy | Ice dancing | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue |
| Event | Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Grand Prix Final | Men | Yuzuru Hanyu | Javier Fernández | Shoma Uno |
| Grand Prix Final | Ladies | Evgenia Medvedeva | Satoko Miyahara | Elena Radionova |
| Grand Prix Final | Pairs | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov |
| Grand Prix Final | Ice dancing | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte |
Medal standings
Qualification
At each event, skaters earned points toward qualification for the Grand Prix Final. Following the sixth event, the top six highest scoring skaters/teams advanced to the Final. The points earned per placement were as follows:| Placement | Points | Points |
| 1st | 15 | 15 |
| 2nd | 13 | 13 |
| 3rd | 11 | 11 |
| 4th | 9 | 9 |
| 5th | 7 | 7 |
| 6th | 5 | 5 |
| 7th | 4 | – |
| 8th | 3 | – |
| 9th | – | – |
| 10th | – | – |
There were originally seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:
- 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.
- 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.
- Participated in two events.
- Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dancing portion of both events.
- Highest individual score in the free skating/free dancing portion from one event.
- Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events.
- Highest number of total participants at the events.
- 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.
- Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events.
- Participated in two events.
- Highest number of total participants at the events.
Qualification standings
Bold denotes Grand Prix Final qualification.| Points | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance |
| 30 | Javier Fernández | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | |
| 28 | Yuzuru Hanyu Shoma Uno | Gracie Gold Evgenia Medvedeva | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Sui Wenjing / Han Cong ' | Madison Chock / Evan Bates Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani |
| 26 | Jin Boyang | Satoko Miyahara Mao Asada Elena Radionova | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | |
| 24 | Ashley Wagner | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | |
| 22 | Patrick Chan Daisuke Murakami | Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau | ||
| 20 | Yan Han | Rika Hongo Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao ' | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin |
| 19 | Max Aaron | |||
| 18 | Adian Pitkeev Adam Rippon Grant Hochstein | Courtney Hicks Yulia Lipnitskaya Kanako Murakami | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri |
| 17 | ||||
| 16 | Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat |  Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland | ||
| 15 | Ross Miner | Roberta Rodeghiero | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | |
| 14 | Yuka Nagai Polina Edmunds Karen Chen | Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea | ||
| 13 | Maxim Kovtun |  Elizabet Tursynbaeva | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | |
| 12 | Konstantin Menshov Sergei Voronov | Gabrielle Daleman | Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus | |
| 11 | Takahito Mura Jason Brown Nam Nguyen | Adelina Sotnikova | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | |
| 10 | Alexander Petrov | Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov | ||
| 9 | Denis Ten | Anna Pogorilaya | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker  Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley | |
| 8 | Nicole Rajičová | |||
| 7 | Mikhail Kolyada Keiji Tanaka  Michal Březina Richard Dornbush | Mirai Nagasu | Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert |  Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin Zhao Yue / Zheng Xun |
| 6 | Alena Leonova | |||
| 5 |  Michael Christian Martinez | Alaine Chartrand Kaetlyn Osmond |  Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer  Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam  Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov |
| 4 | Timothy Dolensky | Li Zijun  Angelīna Kučvaļska | ||
| 3 | Ivan Righini  Brendan Kerry Wang Yi  Misha Ge | Park So-youn Angela Wang Mariah Bell | ||
| 0 | Chafik Besseghier Kim Jin-seo Song Nan Takahiko Kozuka  Alexei Bychenko Takahito Mura Sei Kawahara Elladj Baldé Florent Amodio Keegan Messing Romain Ponsart Moris Kvitelashvili Lee June-hyoung Peter Liebers |  Joshi Helgesson Haruka Imai Hannah Miller Mariko Kihara Véronik Mallet Riona Kato Brooklee Han Miyu Nakashio Maria Artemieva Zhao Ziquan Maé-Bérénice Méité Isabelle Olsson Zheng Lu Laurine Lecavelier  Daša Grm | Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan Hayleigh Bell / Rudi Swiegers Amani Fancy / Christopher Boyadji | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed  Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin  Alisa Agafanova / Alper Uçar  Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion Cong Yue / Sun Zhuoming |