2017–18 ISU Challenger Series


The 2017–18 ISU Challenger Series took place from September to December 2017. It was the fourth season of a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions ranked below the Grand Prix series.

Events

The 2017–18 series was composed of ten events.
DateEventLocationDetails
September 13–172017 CS U.S. International ClassicSalt Lake City, Utah, United States
September 14–172017 CS Lombardia TrophyBergamo, Italy
September 20–232017 CS Autumn ClassicMontreal, Quebec, Canada
September 21–232017 CS Ondrej Nepela TrophyBratislava, Slovakia
September 27–302017 CS Nebelhorn TrophyOberstdorf, Germany
October 6–82017 CS Finlandia TrophyEspoo, Finland
October 27–292017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice StarMinsk, Belarus
November 16–192017 CS Warsaw CupWarsaw, Poland
November 21–262017 CS Tallinn TrophyTallinn, Estonia
December 6–92017 CS Golden Spin of ZagrebZagreb, Croatia

Medal summary

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dance

Medal standings

Challenger Series rankings

The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or duo.

Men

RankName1st eventPoints2nd eventPointsTotal points
1 Mikhail Kolyada2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy247.812017 CS Finlandia Trophy248.50496.31
2 Sergei Voronov2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy234.072017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star250.10484.17
3 Moris Kvitelashvili2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star227.312017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb236.67463.98
4 Matteo Rizzo2017 CS Lombardia Trophy227.022017 CS Warsaw Cup232.98460.00

Ladies

RankName1st eventPoints2nd eventPointsTotal points
1 Carolina Kostner2017 CS Lombardia Trophy198.362017 CS Finlandia Trophy193.76392.12
2 Stanislava Konstantinova2017 CS Tallinn Trophy190.752017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb199.68390.43
3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva2017 CS Lombardia Trophy184.752017 CS Finlandia Trophy189.13373.88
4 Elizabet Tursynbaeva2017 CS Autumn Classic181.002017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star187.57368.57

Pairs

RankName1st eventPoints2nd eventPointsTotal points
1 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert2017 CS Lombardia Trophy196.062017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb202.96399.02
2 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise2017 CS Lombardia Trophy191.392017 CS Finlandia Trophy193.50384.89
3 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy191.122017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb186.62377.74
4 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek2017 CS Lombardia Trophy180.862017 CS Warsaw Cup193.14374.00

Ice dance

RankName1st eventPoints2nd eventPointsTotal points
1 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy181.922017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb186.66368.58
2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri2017 CS Lombardia Trophy169.302017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb178.16347.46
3 Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star169.812017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb157.84327.65
4 Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy161.922017 CS Warsaw Cup164.07325.99

Top scores in Challenger Series

Men

Best total score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Shoma Uno319.842017 CS Lombardia Trophy
2Javier Fernández279.072017 CS Autumn Classic
3Nathan Chen275.042017 CS U.S. International Classic
4Yuzuru Hanyu268.242017 CS Autumn Classic
5Max Aaron261.562017 CS U.S. International Classic
6Jason Brown259.882017 CS Lombardia Trophy
7Jorik Hendrickx253.062017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
8Jin Boyang252.602017 CS Finlandia Trophy
9Sergei Voronov250.102017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star
10Vincent Zhou250.012017 CS Finlandia Trophy

Ladies

Best total score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Evgenia Medvedeva226.722017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy
2Alina Zagitova218.462017 CS Lombardia Trophy
3Wakaba Higuchi217.632017 CS Lombardia Trophy
4Kaetlyn Osmond217.552017 CS Autumn Classic
5Maria Sotskova205.302017 CS Finlandia Trophy
6Stanislava Konstantinova199.682017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
7Mai Mihara199.022017 CS Autumn Classic
8Marin Honda198.422017 CS U.S. International Classic
9Carolina Kostner198.362017 CS Lombardia Trophy
10Bradie Tennell196.702017 CS Lombardia Trophy

Pairs

Best total score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov218.462017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
2Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot211.082017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
3Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès210.482017 CS Autumn Classic
4Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford202.982017 CS Autumn Classic
5Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert202.962017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
6Peng Cheng / Jin Yang198.032017 CS Finlandia Trophy
7Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise193.502017 CS Finlandia Trophy
8Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek193.142017 CS Warsaw Cup
9Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii191.582017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star
10Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov191.122017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy

Ice dance

Best total score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir195.762017 CS Autumn Classic
2Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron188.252017 CS Finlandia Trophy
3Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev186.662017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
4Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte183.492017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star
5Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue178.802017 CS U.S. International Classic
6Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri178.162017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
7Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland177.132017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
8Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje173.562017 CS Autumn Classic
9Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier172.262017 CS Autumn Classic
10Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro169.812017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star