2019–20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating


The 2019–20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of invitational senior internationals which ran from October 2019 through December 2019. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. 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 Turin, Italy.
Organized by the International Skating Union, the series set the stage for the 2020 Europeans, the 2020 Four Continents, and the 2020 World Championships. The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix.
As part of a new ISU deal, the 2019–20 Grand Prix series was streamed live on YouTube with geographical restrictions. The ISU has always streamed the Junior Grand Prix internationally without restrictions.

Schedule

The series will comprise the following events:
DateEventLocationResults
October 18–20 2019 Skate AmericaLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
October 25–27 2019 Skate CanadaKelowna, British Columbia, Canada
November 1–3 2019 Internationaux de FranceGrenoble, France
November 8–10 2019 Cup of ChinaChongqing, China
November 15–17 2019 Rostelecom CupMoscow, Russia
November 22–24 2019 NHK TrophySapporo, Japan
December 5–8 2019–20 Grand Prix FinalTurin, Italy

Requirements

Skaters were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit if they had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2019. They were also required to have earned a minimum total score at certain international events.

Assignments

The ISU announced the preliminary assignments on June 20, 2019.

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dance

Changes to preliminary assignments

Skate America

Skate Canada

Internationaux de France

Cup of China

Rostelecom Cup

NHK Trophy

Medal summary

Medalists

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Skate CanadaMen Yuzuru Hanyu Nam Nguyen Keiji Tanaka
Skate CanadaLadies Alexandra Trusova Rika Kihira You Young
Skate CanadaPairs Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
Skate CanadaIce dance Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Internationaux de FranceMen Nathan Chen Alexander Samarin Kévin Aymoz
Internationaux de FranceLadies Alena Kostornaia Alina Zagitova Mariah Bell
Internationaux de FrancePairs Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier
Internationaux de FranceIce dance Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Madison Chock / Evan Bates Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Cup of ChinaMen Jin Boyang Yan Han Matteo Rizzo
Cup of ChinaLadies Anna Shcherbakova Satoko Miyahara Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Cup of ChinaPairs Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Liubov Ilyushechkina / Charlie Bilodeau
Cup of ChinaIce dance Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Madison Chock / Evan Bates Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Rostelecom CupMen Alexander Samarin Dmitri Aliev Makar Ignatov
Rostelecom CupLadies Alexandra Trusova Evgenia Medvedeva Mariah Bell
Rostelecom CupPairs Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert
Rostelecom CupIce dance Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
NHK TrophyMen Yuzuru Hanyu Kévin Aymoz Roman Sadovsky
NHK TrophyLadies Alena Kostornaia Rika Kihira Alina Zagitova
NHK TrophyPairs Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov
NHK TrophyIce dance Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Grand Prix FinalMen Nathan Chen Yuzuru Hanyu Kévin Aymoz
Grand Prix FinalLadies Alena Kostornaia Anna Shcherbakova Alexandra Trusova
Grand Prix FinalPairs Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov
Grand Prix FinalIce dance Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Madison Chock / Evan Bates Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

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 dance portion of both events.
  5. Highest individual score in the free skating/free dance 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
Nathan Chen
Alena Kostornaia
Alexandra Trusova
Anna Shcherbakova
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
28 Alexander Samarin Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
26 Rika Kihira Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro
Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
Madison Chock / Evan Bates
24 Dmitri Aliev
Kévin Aymoz
Alina Zagitova Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
22 Bradie Tennell
Satoko Miyahara
Mariah Bell
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
20 Jin Boyang
Nam Nguyen
Jason Brown
Evgenia Medvedeva
You Young
Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
19
18 Keiji Tanaka
Keegan Messing
Kaori Sakamoto Liubov Ilyushechkina / Charlie Bilodeau Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin
Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz
17
16 Matteo Rizzo Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc
Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer
Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
15 Makar Ignatov
14 Sergei Voronov Yuhana Yokoi Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev
Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro
13 Yan Han
Morisi Kvitelashvili
12 Shoma Uno
Camden Pulkinen
Deniss Vasiļjevs
Sofia Samodurova
11 Roman Sadovsky Lim Eun-soo Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert
10 Kazuki Tomono Starr Andrews
Wakaba Higuchi
Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea
Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe
Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
9 Amber Glenn
Marin Honda
Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim
Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin
Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise
8 Cha Jun-hwan
Nicolas Nadeau
7 Tomoki Hiwatashi Mako Yamashita
Ekaterina Ryabova
Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik
Ksenia Stolbova / Andrei Novoselov
Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius
6
5 Sōta Yamamoto Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha
Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin
Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov
4 Alexei Bychenko
Brendan Kerry
Alexia Paganini
Nicole Schott
Kim Ye-lim
3 Andrei Lazukin
Anton Shulepov
Karen Chen
Chen Hongyi
Yi Christy Leung
Serafima Sakhanovich
Léa Serna
0 Michal Březina
Alexei Krasnozhon
Koshiro Shimada
Zhang He
Romain Ponsart
Julian Zhi Jie Yee
Daniel Samohin
Conrad Orzel
Vladimir Litvintsev
Paul Fentz
Tsao Chih-i
Roman Savosin
Yuna Shiraiwa
Maé-Bérénice Méité
Kailani Craine
Véronik Mallet
Gabrielle Daleman
Stanislava Konstantinova
Alicia Pineault
Maria Sotskova
Zhu Yi
Emmi Peltonen
Megan Wessenberg
Choi Yu-jin
Tang Feiyao / Yang Yongchao
Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini
Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor
Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov
Zoe Jones / Christopher Boyadji
Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
Caroline Green / Michael Parsons
Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko
Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin
Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
Chen Hong / Sun Zhuoming
Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov
Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron
Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter
Julia Wagret / Pierre Souquet
Guo Yuzhu / Zhao Pengkun
Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker
Jasmine Tessari / Francesco Fioretti
Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto

Qualifiers

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

Prize money

Each event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating had a total prize money of U.S. $180,000. It was awarded as follows:
If athletes were invited for the exhibition gala, but failed to participate with an appropriate show number different from their competition programs, the awarded prize money was reduced by $3,000. Singles' skaters and pairs and ice dance couples who were invited to participate in the gala, but did not receive prize money from their event placement, received $200 per skater and $300 per couple, respectively.