2009–10 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final explained

2009–10 Grand Prix Final
Comptype:	Grand Prix
Startdate:	December 2
Enddate:	6, 2009
Skatingseason:	2009–10
Location:	Tokyo, Japan
Venue:	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Championmen:	Evan Lysacek (S) Yuzuru Hanyu (J)
Championladies:	Kim Yuna (S) Kanako Murakami (J)
Championpairs:	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo (S) Sui Wenjing / Han Cong (J)
Championdance:	Meryl Davis / Charlie White (S) Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin (J)
Previouscomp:	2008–09 Grand Prix Final
Nextcomp:	2010–11 Grand Prix Final
Previousgp:	2009 Skate Canada International

The 2009–10 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was a figure skating competition in the 2009–10 season. It was the culminating competition of the 2009–10 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition, and the 2009–10 ISU Junior Grand Prix, a junior-level international competition.

Skaters earned points towards qualifying for the senior Grand Prix Final at the 2009 Trophée Eric Bompard, the 2009 NHK Trophy, the 2009 Rostelecom Cup, the 2009 Cup of China, the 2009 Skate America, and the 2009 Skate Canada International. Skaters earned points towards qualifying for the Junior Grand Prix Final at each of the seven Junior Grand Prix events. The six highest ranking skaters/teams from the Grand Prix series and the eight highest ranking skaters/teams from the Junior Grand Prix met at the Grand Prix Final.

The event was held in Tokyo, Japan from December 2 to December 6, 2009. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels.

Unlike the other events in both series, there was no compulsory dance portion of the competition. Ice dancers were ranked in the original dance starting order in reverse order of their qualification to the Final.

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).

• Wednesday, December 2
  • 19:30 Opening ceremony
• Thursday, December 3
  • 17:00 Junior pairs – Short program
  • 18:30 Junior men – Short program
  • 20:00 Senior pairs – Short program
  • 21:15 Senior ice dancing – Original dance
• Friday, December 4
  • 15:00 Junior men – Free skating
  • 16:35 Junior pairs – Free skating
  • 18:30 Senior men – Short program
  • 19:40 Senior ladies – Short program
  • 20:50 Senior ice dancing – Free dance
• Saturday, December 5
  • 13:30 Junior ice dancing – Original dance
  • 14:55 Junior ladies – Short program
  • 16:25 Senior pairs – Free skating
  • 18:00 Senior men – Free skating
  • 19:30 Senior ladies – Free skating
• Sunday, December 6
  • 12:30 Junior ice dancing – Free dance
  • 14:00 Junior ladies – Free skating
  • 16:15 Exhibition gala

Qualifiers

Senior-level qualifiers

The following skaters qualified for the Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Nobunari Oda	Kim Yuna	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo	Meryl Davis / Charlie White
2	Evan Lysacek	Miki Ando	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
3	Brian Joubert (withdrew)	Joannie Rochette	Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov	Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto (withdrew)
4	Jeremy Abbott	Alena Leonova	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat
5	Daisuke Takahashi	Ashley Wagner	Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
6	Johnny Weir	Akiko Suzuki	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	Sinead Kerr / John Kerr
Alternates
1st	Tomáš Verner (called up)	Rachael Flatt	Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison	Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski (withdrew)
2nd	Michal Březina	Alissa Czisny	Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov	Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier (called up)
3rd	Takahiko Kozuka	Mao Asada	Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker	Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski

• Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto, the third qualifiers in the ice dancing event, withdrew due to illness (Belbin).^[5] They were replaced by second alternates Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier after the first alternates, Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski, withdrew due to illness (Novitski).^[6]
• Brian Joubert, the third qualifier in the men's event, withdrew due to injury.^[6] He was replaced by first alternate Tomáš Verner.

Junior-level qualifiers

The following skaters qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Yuzuru Hanyu	Kanako Murakami	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
2	Ross Miner	Polina Shelepen	Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran	Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin
3	Song Nan	Kiri Baga	Kaleigh Hole / Adam Johnson	Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov
4	Artur Gachinski	Angela Maxwell	Zhang Yue / Wang Lei	Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro
5	Kento Nakamura	Ksenia Makarova	Tatiana Novik / Mikhail Kuznetsov	Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill
6	Stanislav Kovalev	Christina Gao	Britney Simpson / Nathan Miller	Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi
7	Richard Dornbush	Anna Ovcharova	Alexandra Vasilieva / Yuri Shevchuk	Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev
8	Grant Hochstein	Ellie Kawamura	Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov	Isabella Cannuscio / Ian Lorello
Alternates
1st	Austin Kanallakan	Yuki Nishino	Brittany Jones / Kurtis Gaskell	Karen Routhier / Eric Saucke-Lacelle
2nd	Gordei Gorshkov	Kristine Musademba	Anaïs Morand / Antoine Dorsaz	Alisa Agafonova / Dmitri Dun
3rd	Zhan Bush	Kate Charbonneau	Maddison Bird / Raymond Schultz	Tatiana Baturintseva / Ivan Volobuiev

Senior-level results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Evan Lysacek		249.45	2	89.85	1	159.60
2	Nobunari Oda		243.36	3	87.65	3	155.71
3	Johnny Weir		237.35	4	84.60	4	152.75
4	Jeremy Abbott		235.38	5	76.65	2	158.73
5	Daisuke Takahashi		224.60	1	89.95	5	134.65
6	Tomáš Verner		192.32	6	70.17	6	122.15

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Kim Yuna		188.86	2	65.64	1	123.22
2	Miki Ando		185.94	1	66.20	2	119.74
3	Akiko Suzuki		174.00	5	57.54	3	116.46
4	Ashley Wagner		162.07	6	54.26	4	107.81
5	Joannie Rochette		156.71	4	60.94	5	95.77
6	Alena Leonova		156.55	3	61.60	6	94.95

Pairs

Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo set a new short program world record of 75.36,^[11] a new free skating world record of 138.89, and a new combined total score of 214.25.^[12]

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo		214.25	1	75.36	1	138.89
2	Pang Qing / Tong Jian		201.86	4	68.04	2	133.82
3	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy		200.38	2	73.14	4	127.24
4	Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov		198.35	3	69.78	3	128.57
5	Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov		183.01	6	62.30	5	120.71
6	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao		180.25	5	66.24	6	114.01

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	OD		FD
1	Meryl Davis / Charlie White		169.44	1	65.80	2	103.64
2	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir		168.22	2	64.01	1	104.21
3	Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat		147.62	3	56.93	3	90.69
4	Sinead Kerr / John Kerr		145.33	4	56.47	4	88.86
5	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte		139.21	5	54.91	5	84.30
6	Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier		135.99	6	51.69	6	84.30

Junior-level results

Junior men

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1			206.77	3	69.85	1	136.92
2			204.99	1	71.70	2	133.29
3			196.09	2	70.85	4	125.24
4			191.80	6	59.35	3	132.45
5			187.92	4	66.45	5	121.47
6			178.03	5	62.44	6	115.59
7			163.20	7	57.69	7	105.51
8			142.78	8	57.16	8	85.62

Junior ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1			160.53	2	59.52	1	101.01
2			159.29	1	59.54	2	99.75
3			151.47	5	52.82	3	98.65
4			147.29	3	55.38	4	91.91
5			144.96	4	54.92	6	90.04
6			137.55	8	47.28	5	90.27
7			122.35	7	49.58	7	72.77
8			120.93	6	50.30	8	70.63

Junior pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1			160.45	1	56.80	1	103.65
2			145.80	2	54.44	2	91.36
3			137.19	5	46.04	3	91.15
4			134.33	6	45.72	4	88.61
5			132.17	4	47.00	5	85.17
6	Britney Simpson / Nathan Miller		128.62	7	44.48	6	84.14
7			122.19	3	48.90	8	73.29
8			121.35	8	43.08	7	78.27

Junior ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	OD		FD
1			141.21	1	55.70	1	85.51
2			139.36	3	54.35	2	85.01
3			138.75	2	55.21	3	83.54
4			124.75	4	48.84	4	75.91
5			119.50	5	46.68	5	72.82
6			118.11	6	46.48	6	71.63
7			106.78	8	39.03	7	67.75
8	Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev		106.69	7	42.17	8	64.52

External links

• Web site: Grand Prix of Figure Skating & Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2009/2010 Announcement . 2009-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090611150243/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1446 . 2009-06-11 . dead.
• Web site: 2009–10 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Announcement . 2009-10-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091108231643/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db/files/serve.php?id=1614 . 2009-11-08 . dead.

Notes and References

1. Web site: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2009/2010 Men FINAL RESULTS . . 22 November 2009.
2. Web site: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2009/2010 Ladies FINAL RESULTS . . 22 November 2009.
3. Web site: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2009/2010 Pairs FINAL RESULTS . . 22 November 2009.
4. Web site: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2009/2010 Ice Dance FINAL RESULTS . . 22 November 2009.
5. News: Belbin and Agosto Withdraw from 2009 Grand Prix Final . . 24 November 2009 . 25 November 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091216085315/http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=43853. 16 December 2009 . live.
6. News: Beverley . Smith . Joubert injures foot, will miss Grand Prix Final . . 26 November 2009 . 26 November 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091129035835/http://www.ctvolympics.ca/figure-skating/news/newsid%3D20685.html . 29 November 2009 . live.
7. Web site: ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2009/2010 Junior Men . . 22 November 2009.
8. Web site: ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2009/2010 Junior Ladies . . 22 November 2009.
9. Web site: ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2009/2010 Junior Pairs . . 22 November 2009.
10. Web site: ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2009/2010 Junior Ice Dance. . 22 November 2009.
11. News: ISU Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Day 1 . . 3 Dec 2009 . 5 Dec 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091207082927/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0%2C10869%2C4844-128590-19728-18885-303651-3787-4771-layout160-129898-news-item%2C00.html . 2009-12-07 . dead.
12. News: ISU Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Day 3 . . 5 Dec 2009 . 5 Dec 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120312042107/http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,4844-128610-19728-18886-303760-3572-4771-layout160-129918-news-item,00.html . 12 March 2012 . dead.