2019–20 ISU Challenger Series


The 2019–20 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2019. It was the sixth season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions ranked below the ISU Grand Prix, was held.

Events

The 2019–20 series was composed of ten events in autumn 2019.
On July 22, 2019, the ISU canceled the Asian Open Figure Skating Classic and replaced the competition with Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy on the same dates.
DateEventLocationNotesResults
September 12–14 2019 CS Autumn ClassicOakville, Ontario, CanadaNo pairs
September 13–15 2019 CS Lombardia TrophyBergamo, ItalyNo pairs
September 17–22 2019 CS U.S. International ClassicSalt Lake City, Utah, United States
September 19–21 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela MemorialBratislava, SlovakiaNo pairs
September 25–28 2019 CS Nebelhorn TrophyOberstdorf, Germany
October 11–13 2019 CS Finlandia TrophyEspoo, Finland
October 18–20 2019 CS Ice StarMinsk, BelarusNo pairs
October 30 – November 3 2019 CS Asian Open TrophyDongguan, ChinaNo pairs
November 14–17 2019 CS Warsaw CupWarsaw, Poland
December 4–7 2019 CS Golden Spin of ZagrebZagreb, Croatia

Medal summary

Medalists

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 team/couple.

Men

RankName1st eventScore2nd eventScoreTotal score
1 Dmitri Aliev2019 CS Lombardia Trophy249.622019 CS Nepela Memorial255.32504.94
2 Daniel Grassl2019 CS Ice Star243.822019 CS Asian Open Trophy230.08473.90
3 Sōta Yamamoto2019 CS U.S. Classic240.112019 CS Finlandia Trophy223.24463.35
4 Matteo Rizzo2019 CS Lombardia Trophy227.382019 CS Nepela Memorial232.70460.08
5 Morisi Kvitelashvili2019 CS Lombardia Trophy220.962019 CS Golden Spin236.65457.61

Ladies

RankName1st eventScore2nd eventScoreTotal score
1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva2019 CS Lombardia Trophy214.382019 CS Golden Spin221.15435.53
2 You Young2019 CS Lombardia Trophy200.892019 CS U.S. Classic199.29400.18
3 Lim Eun-soo2019 CS Autumn Classic184.382019 CS Asian Open Trophy197.63382.01
4 Kim Ye-lim2019 CS Lombardia Trophy182.602019 CS Nepela Memorial186.27368.87
5 Sofia Samodurova2019 CS Ice Star187.162019 CS Golden Spin180.61367.77

Pairs

RankName1st eventScore2nd eventScoreTotal score
1 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc2019 CS U.S. Classic205.582019 CS Golden Spin199.43405.01
2 Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea2019 CS U.S. Classic174.022019 CS Golden Spin194.29368.31
3 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy182.302019 CS Golden Spin185.09367.39
4 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy171.462019 CS Finlandia Trophy194.28365.74
5 Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson2019 CS U.S. Classic166.502019 CS Warsaw Cup191.46357.96

Ice dance

RankName1st eventScore2nd eventScoreTotal score
1 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri2019 CS Lombardia Trophy202.102019 CS Golden Spin202.18404.28
2 Madison Chock / Evan Bates2019 CS U.S. Classic202.402019 CS Finlandia Trophy198.26400.66
3 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen2019 CS Lombardia Trophy189.362019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy201.00390.36
4 Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin2019 CS Nepela Memorial188.972019 CS Ice Star193.47382.44
5 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy190.352019 CS Asian Open Trophy191.55381.90

Top scores

Men

Best total score

Best short program score

Best free skating score

Ladies

Best total score

Best short program score

Best free skating score

Pairs

Best total score

Best short program score

Best free skating score

Ice dance

Best total score

Best rhythm dance score

Best free dance score