2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating


The 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of invitational senior internationals which ran from October 2018 through to December 2018. 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 in Vancouver.
Organized by the International Skating Union, the series set the stage for the 2019 Europeans, the 2019 Four Continents, and the 2019 World Championships. The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2018–19 ISU Junior Grand Prix.

Schedule

The series comprised the following events:
DateEventLocationResults
October 19–212018 Skate AmericaEverett, Washington, United States
October 26–282018 Skate Canada InternationalLaval, Quebec, Canada
November 2–42018 Grand Prix of HelsinkiHelsinki, Finland
November 9–112018 NHK TrophyHiroshima, Japan
November 16–182018 Rostelecom CupMoscow, Russia
November 23–252018 Internationaux de FranceGrenoble, France
December 6–92018–19 Grand Prix FinalVancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Requirements

Skaters were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit if they had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2018. They were also required to have earned either a minimum total score or minimum technical elements scores at certain international events.

Assignments

The ISU announced the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dancing

Changes to preliminary assignments

Skate America

Skate Canada International

Grand Prix of Helsinki

NHK Trophy

Rostelecom Cup

Internationaux de France

Medal summary

Medalists

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Skate CanadaMen Shoma Uno Keegan Messing Cha Jun-hwan
Skate CanadaLadies Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Mako Yamashita Evgenia Medvedeva
Skate CanadaPairs Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro
Skate CanadaIce dancing Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
GP HelsinkiMen Yuzuru Hanyu Michal Březina Cha Jun-hwan
GP HelsinkiLadies Alina Zagitova Stanislava Konstantinova Kaori Sakamoto
GP HelsinkiPairs Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin
GP HelsinkiIce dancing Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
NHK TrophyMen Shoma Uno Sergei Voronov Matteo Rizzo
NHK TrophyLadies Rika Kihira Satoko Miyahara Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
NHK TrophyPairs Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim
NHK TrophyIce dancing Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Rostelecom CupMen Yuzuru Hanyu Morisi Kvitelashvili Kazuki Tomono
Rostelecom CupLadies Alina Zagitova Sofia Samodurova Lim Eun-soo
Rostelecom CupPairs Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin
Rostelecom CupIce dancing Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Internationaux de FranceMen Nathan Chen Jason Brown Alexander Samarin
Internationaux de FranceLadies Rika Kihira Mai Mihara Bradie Tennell
Internationaux de FrancePairs Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii
Internationaux de FranceIce dancing Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Grand Prix FinalMen Nathan Chen Shoma Uno Cha Jun-hwan
Grand Prix FinalLadies Rika Kihira Alina Zagitova Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Grand Prix FinalPairs Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
Grand Prix FinalIce dancing Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri

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:
PlacementPoints Points
1st1515
2nd1313
3rd1111
4th99
5th77
6th55
7th4–
8th3–
9th––
10th––

There were originally 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/short dance of both events.
  7. Highest number of total participants at the events.
If a tie remained, it was considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advanced to the Grand Prix Final.

Qualification standings

Bold denotes Grand Prix Final qualification.
PointsMenLadiesPairsIce dance
30 Yuzuru Hanyu '
Shoma Uno
Nathan Chen		 Alina Zagitova
Rika Kihira		 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert		 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
28 Satoko Miyahara
26 Michal Březina Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Peng Cheng / Jin Yang
Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise		 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
24 Sergei Voronov Kaori Sakamoto
Sofia Samodurova		 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro
22 Cha Jun-hwan Mai Mihara Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
20 Keegan Messing
Alexander Samarin
Matteo Rizzo		 Stanislava Konstantinova
Evgenia Medvedeva
Bradie Tennell		 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin
Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro
Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii
Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim		 Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter
19
18 Jason Brown
Mikhail Kolyada		 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons
Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
17 Mako Yamashita
16 Morisi Kvitelashvili
Dmitri Aliev
Vincent Zhou		 Lim Eun-soo
Mariah Bell
Yuna Shiraiwa		 Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc
Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik		 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
15 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
14 Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
13
12 Nam Nguyen Elizabet Tursynbaeva Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev
11 Kazuki Tomono
Kévin Aymoz
10 Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
9 Andrei Lazukin Alexia Paganini Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin
8 Marin Honda
7 Jin Boyang
Alexei Krasnozhon
Deniss Vasiļjevs		 Laurine Lecavelier
Loena Hendrickx
Polina Tsurskaya		 Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe
Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert
Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud		 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz
Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
6 Keiji Tanaka
5 Romain Ponsart
Paul Fentz
Sōta Yamamoto		 Daria Panenkova
Wakaba Higuchi
Megan Wessenberg		 Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu
Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov
Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier
Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay
Nica Digerness / Danny Neudecker		 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius
Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis
4 Julian Zhi Jie Yee
Alexander Johnson		 Maria Sotskova
Starr Andrews
Alena Leonova
Kim Ha-nul
3 Daniel Samohin Maé-Bérénice Méité
Alaine Chartrand
Courtney Hicks
Viveca Lindfors
0 Alexander Majorov
Alexei Bychenko
Lee June-hyoung
Brendan Kerry
Hiroaki Sato
Phillip Harris
Kevin Reynolds
Artur Dmitriev
Valtter Virtanen
Roman Sadovsky
Jimmy Ma
Yaroslav Paniot		 Yura Matsuda
Emmi Peltonen
Alicia Pineault
Rika Hongo
Angela Wang
Léa Serna
Kailani Craine
Matilda Algotsson		 Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor
Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert
Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara		 Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov
Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland
Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin
Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck
Anna Yanovskaya / Ádám Lukács
Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin
Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
Jasmine Tessari / Francesco Fioretti
Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker
Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern
Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin
Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron
Karina Manta / Joseph Johnson

Qualifiers

Top Grand Prix scores

Men

Best total score

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Yuzuru Hanyu297.122018 Grand Prix of Helsinki
2Nathan Chen282.422018–19 Grand Prix Final
3Shoma Uno277.252018 Skate Canada
4Keegan Messing265.172018 Skate Canada
5Cha Jun-hwan263.492018–19 Grand Prix Final
6Michal Březina257.982018 Grand Prix of Helsinki
7Jason Brown256.332018 Internationaux de France
8Sergei Voronov254.282018 NHK Trophy
9Alexander Samarin248.782018 Skate Canada
10Morisi Kvitelashvili248.582018 Rostelecom Cup

Best short program score

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Yuzuru Hanyu110.532018 Rostelecom Cup
2Jason Brown96.412018 Internationaux de France
3Keegan Messing95.052018 Skate Canada
4Michal Březina93.312018 Grand Prix of Helsinki
5Nathan Chen92.992018–19 Grand Prix Final
6Shoma Uno92.492018 NHK Trophy
7Sergei Voronov91.372018 NHK Trophy
8Alexander Samarin90.862018 Internationaux de France
9Morisi Kvitelashvili89.942018 Rostelecom Cup
10Cha Jun-hwan89.072018–19 Grand Prix Final

Best free skating score

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Yuzuru Hanyu190.432018 Grand Prix of Helsinki
2Nathan Chen189.992018 Skate America
3Shoma Uno188.382018 Skate Canada
4Cha Jun-hwan174.422018–19 Grand Prix Final
5Keegan Messing170.122018 Skate Canada
6Michal Březina166.052018–19 Grand Prix Final
7Sergei Voronov162.912018 NHK Trophy
8Dmitri Aliev162.672018 Internationaux de France
9Alexander Samarin160.722018 Skate Canada
10Jason Brown159.922018 Internationaux de France

Ladies

Best total score

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Rika Kihira233.122018–19 Grand Prix Final
2Alina Zagitova226.532018–19 Grand Prix Final
3Satoko Miyahara219.712018 Skate America
4Elizaveta Tuktamysheva219.022018 NHK Trophy
5Kaori Sakamoto213.902018 Skate America
6Sofia Samodurova204.332018–19 Grand Prix Final
7Mai Mihara204.202018 NHK Trophy
8Mako Yamashita203.062018 Skate Canada
9Mariah Bell198.962018 NHK Trophy
10Evgenia Medvedeva197.912018 Skate Canada

Best short program score

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Rika Kihira82.512018–19 Grand Prix Final
2Alina Zagitova80.782018 Rostelecom Cup
3Elizaveta Tuktamysheva76.172018 NHK Trophy
4Satoko Miyahara76.082018 NHK Trophy
5Kaori Sakamoto71.292018 Skate America
6Mai Mihara70.382018 NHK Trophy
7Lim Eun-soo69.782018 NHK Trophy
8Sofia Samodurova68.242018–19 Grand Prix Final
9Alena Leonova68.222018 NHK Trophy
10Evgenia Medvedeva67.552018 Internationaux de France

Best free skating score

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Rika Kihira154.722018 NHK Trophy
2Alina Zagitova148.602018–19 Grand Prix Final
3Satoko Miyahara145.852018 Skate America
4Elizaveta Tuktamysheva144.672018–19 Grand Prix Final
5Kaori Sakamoto142.612018 Skate America
6Evgenia Medvedeva137.082018 Skate Canada
7Mako Yamashita136.762018 Skate Canada
8Bradie Tennell136.442018 Internationaux de France
9Sofia Samodurova136.092018–19 Grand Prix Final
10Mariah Bell135.992018 NHK Trophy

Pairs

Best total score

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès221.812018 Skate Canada
2Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov220.252018 Rostelecom Cup
3Peng Cheng / Jin Yang216.902018–19 Grand Prix Final
4Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert214.142018 NHK Trophy
5Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise203.832018 Rostelecom Cup
6Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro200.932018 Skate Canada
7Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii196.542018 Skate Canada
8Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea191.432018 Internationaux de France
9Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim190.492018 NHK Trophy
10Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin190.012018 Rostelecom Cup

Best short program score

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov78.472018 Rostelecom Cup
2Peng Cheng / Jin Yang75.692018–19 Grand Prix Final
3Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert75.182018–19 Grand Prix Final
4Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès74.512018 Skate Canada
5Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise72.322018 Rostelecom Cup
6Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro71.262018 Skate Canada
7Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin69.382018 Rostelecom Cup
8Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii68.832018 Internationaux de France
9Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik67.182018 Internationaux de France
10Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin65.462018 Rostelecom Cup

Best free skating score

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès148.372018–19 Grand Prix Final
2Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov141.782018 Rostelecom Cup
3Peng Cheng / Jin Yang141.212018–19 Grand Prix Final
4Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert140.662018 NHK Trophy
5Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii131.972018 Skate Canada
6Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise131.512018 Rostelecom Cup
7Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro129.672018 Skate Canada
8Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea127.982018 Internationaux de France
9Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim125.742018 NHK Trophy
10Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin125.572018–19 Grand Prix Final

Ice dancing

Best total score

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron216.782018 Internationaux de France
2Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue205.352018–19 Grand Prix Final
3Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov201.372018–19 Grand Prix Final
4Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin200.092018 Grand Prix of Helsinki
5Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri198.652018–19 Grand Prix Final
6Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier188.742018 Internationaux de France
7Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker184.632018 NHK Trophy
8Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro184.372018–19 Grand Prix Final
9Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter180.572018 Skate America
10Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac180.322018 Skate Canada

Best rhythm dance score

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron84.132018 Internationaux de France
2Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue80.532018–19 Grand Prix Final
3Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri78.302018–19 Grand Prix Final
4Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin78.182018 Grand Prix of Helsinki
5Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov77.912018 Internationaux de France
6Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro75.492018 NHK Trophy
7Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier74.252018 Internationaux de France
8Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter72.442018 Skate America
9Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz72.352018 Skate Canada
10Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker71.332018–19 Grand Prix Final

Best free dance score

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron132.652018 Internationaux de France
2Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin124.942018 Rostelecom Cup
3Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue124.822018–19 Grand Prix Final
4Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov124.042018–19 Grand Prix Final
5Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri120.352018–19 Grand Prix Final
6Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier120.022018 Skate Canada
7Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker113.922018 NHK Trophy
8Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson113.292018 NHK Trophy
9Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac111.422018 Skate Canada
10Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro111.392018–19 Grand Prix Final