2014–15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating explained

2014–15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
Comptype:Grand Prix
Startdate:October 24 – December 14, 2014
Skatingseason:2014–15
Previouscomp:2013–14 Grand Prix
Nextcomp:2015–16 Grand Prix

The 2014–15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of senior international figure skating competitions in the 2014–15 season. 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, held in Barcelona, Spain.

Organized by the International Skating Union, the Grand Prix series began in October 24 and ran until December 14, 2014. The series sets the stage for the 2015 European, Four Continents, and World Championships. The corresponding series for junior-level skaters were the 2014–15 ISU Junior Grand Prix.

Schedule

The series comprised the following events:

DateEventLocation
October 24–262014 Skate AmericaHoffman Estates, Illinois, United States
Oct. 31 – Nov. 22014 Skate Canada InternationalKelowna, British Columbia, Canada
November 7–92014 Cup of ChinaShanghai, China
November 14–162014 Rostelecom CupMoscow, Russia
November 21–232014 Trophée Éric BompardBordeaux, France
November 28–302014 NHK TrophyOsaka, Japan
December 11–142014–15 Grand Prix FinalBarcelona, Spain

Assignments

On June 28, the preliminary Grand Prix assignments were announced:

Men

Skater Assignment(s)
2 Assignments
Skate America, Cup of China
Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy (added)
Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard
Skate America, Cup of China (added)
Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy
Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard
Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard
Cup of China (added), NHK Trophy
Skate America, Rostelecom Cup (added)
Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard
Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy
Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Skate America, NHK Trophy
Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Skate Canada International (added), Rostelecom Cup
Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard (added)
Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup (added)
1 Assignment
Skate America, NHK Trophy (added)
Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy (added)
Skate Canada International
Skate Canada International (added)
Cup of China (added)
Cup of China
NHK Trophy (added)
Cup of China
Skate America
Rostelecom Cup (added)
Cup of China, NHK Trophy
NHK Trophy
Removed
Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Cup of China
Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Trophée Éric Bompard (added)
Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Skate Canada International (added), Cup of China
Rostelecom Cup
Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup

Ladies

Skater Assignment(s)
2 Assignments
Skate America, Skate Canada International (added)
Skate Canada International (added), Rostelecom Cup
Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard (added)
Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Rostelecom Cup (added), Trophée Éric Bompard
Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard
Skate America, NHK Trophy (added)
Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup (added)
Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard
Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Skate Canada International, Cup of China (added)
Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Cup of China, NHK Trophy (added)
Rostelecom Cup (added), Trophée Éric Bompard
Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard
Skate America, Cup of China
Trophée Éric Bompard, NHK Trophy
Skate Canada International (added), Cup of China
Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup (added)
Skate America (added), Trophée Éric Bompard
Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Cup of China, NhK Trophy
Skate America, NHK Trophy
Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
1 Assignment
Skate Canada International (added)
Trophée Éric Bompard
NHK Trophy (added)
Rostelecom Cup
Rostelecom Cup (added)
Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Skate America
Rostelecom Cup
Removed
Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Cup of China
Trophée Éric Bompard (added)
Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Rostelecom Cup (added), NHK Trophy
Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy
Rostelecom Cup

Pairs

Pair Assignment(s)
2 Assignments
Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard (added)
Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Skate America, Cup of China
Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Skate America, Rostelecom Cup (added)
Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy (added)
Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard (added)
Rostelecom Cup (added), NHK Trophy
Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Skate America, NHK Trophy
Trophée Éric Bompard, Rostelecom Cup
Skate Canada International, (added), Rostelecom Cup
Skate America, Skate Canada International (added)
Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup (added)
Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy
Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard
1 Assignment
Skate America (added)
Skate Canada International
Cup of China (added)
Rostelecom Cup (added)
Cup of China, NHK Trophy (added)
Removed
Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Rostelecom Cup
Skate America, Cup of China
Skate America (added)
Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy

Ice dance

Team Assignment(s)
2 Assignments
Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Skate America (added), Skate Canada International
Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy
Skate America,Trophée Éric Bompard (added)
Rostelecom Cup, Trophée Éric Bompard (added)
Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Rostelcom Cup, NHK Trophy
Skate America (added), Rostelecom Cup
Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy
Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Skate America, Cup of China
1 Assignment
Skate America
Cup of China
Cup of China
Cup of China (added)
Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
NHK Trophy (added)
Skate America, NHK Trophy
Skate America (added)
Skate America (added)
Removed
Skate America, Rostelcom Cup
Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard

Changes to preliminary assignments

Skate America

Skate Canada International

Cup of China

Rostelecom Cup

Trophée Éric Bompard

NHK Trophy

Medal summary

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Skate AmericaMen Tatsuki Machida Jason Brown Nam Nguyen
Ladies Elena Radionova Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Gracie Gold
Pairs Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao
Ice dancing Madison Chock / Evan Bates Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Skate CanadaMen Takahito Mura Javier Fernández Max Aaron
Ladies Anna Pogorilaya Ashley Wagner Satoko Miyahara
Pairs Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
Ice dancing Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Cup of ChinaMen Maxim Kovtun Yuzuru Hanyu Richard Dornbush
Ladies Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Yulia Lipnitskaya Kanako Murakami
Pairs Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei
Ice dancing Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Rostelecom CupMen Javier Fernández Sergei Voronov Michal Březina
Ladies Rika Hongo Anna Pogorilaya Alaine Chartrand
Pairs Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov
Ice dancing Madison Chock / Evan Bates Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland
EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Trophée Éric BompardMen Maxim Kovtun Tatsuki Machida Denis Ten
Ladies Elena Radionova Yulia Lipnitskaya Ashley Wagner
Pairs Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei
Ice dancing Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
NHK TrophyMen Daisuke Murakami Sergei Voronov Takahito Mura
Ladies Gracie Gold Alena Leonova Satoko Miyahara
Pairs Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang
Ice dancing Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Grand Prix FinalMen Yuzuru Hanyu Javier Fernández Sergei Voronov
Ladies Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Elena Radionova Ashley Wagner
Pairs Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Ice dancing Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Madison Chock / Evan Bates Gabriella Papadakis/ Guillaume Cizeron

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 (Singles)Points (Pairs/Dance)
1st 15 15
2nd 13 13
3rd 11 11
4th 9 9
5th 7 7
6th 5 5
7th 4 -
8th 3 -
9th -
10th -

There were 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 Maxim Kovtun Elena Radionova Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov
Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
Madison Chock / Evan Bates
Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
28 Javier Fernández
Tatsuki Machida
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Anna Pogorilaya
Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov
26 Takahito Mura
Sergei Voronov
Gracie Gold (withdrew)
Yulia Lipnitskaya
Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
24 Ashley Wagner Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
22 Yuzuru Hanyu Rika Hongo (called up)
Satoko Miyahara
Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier
Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei
Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin
Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
20 Jason Brown
Denis Ten
Nam Nguyen
Kanako Murakami
19
18 Alena Leonova
Courtney Hicks
Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim
Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat
Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
17
16 Konstantin Menshov
Misha Ge
Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi
15 Daisuke Murakami
Michal Březina
Richard Dornbush
Max Aaron
Alaine Chartrand
14 Jeremy Abbott Mirai Nagasu
Park So-youn
Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres
13 Samantha Cesario
12 Polina Edmunds
Gabrielle Daleman
Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam
Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri
11 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
10 Adian Pitkeev
9 Stephen Carriere Li Zijun Sara Hurtado / Adria Diaz
Elisabeth Paradis / Francois Xavier Ouelette
Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
8 Yan Han
Takahiko Kozuka
7 Adam Rippon Maé-Bérénice Méité
Riona Kato
Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu
Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave
Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus
6 Haruka Imai
5 Florent Amodio Maria Artemieva
Miyabi Oba
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro
Annabelle Prolss / Ruben Blommaert
DeeDee Leng / Simon Shnapir
Natasha Purich / Andrew Wolfe
Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps
Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton
Cathy Reed / Chris Reed
Wang Shiyue / Lin Xinyu
4 Chafik Besseghier
Alexei Bychenko
Ross Miner
Elene Gedevanishvili
Viktoria Helgesson
Maria Stavitskaia
3 Jeremy Ten
Artur Gachinski
Douglas Razzano
Keiji Tanaka
Brooklee Han
Kim Hae-jin
Ashley Cain
0 Kim Jin-seo
Andrei Rogozine
Ivan Righini
Michael Christian Martinez
Guan Yuhang
Liam Firus
Joshua Farris
Wang Yi
Jorik Hendrickx
Moris Kvitelashvili
Eliška Březinová
Christina Gao
Angela Wang
Veronik Mallet
Anna Ovcharova
Anne Line Gjersem
Natalia Popova
Laurine Lecavelier
Julianne Séguin
Narumi Takahashi / Ryuichi Kihara
Brittany Jones / Joshua Reagan
Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer
Arina Cherniavskaia / Antonio Souza-Kordeyru
Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov
Federica Testa / Lukas Csolley
Zhang Yiyi / Wu Nan
Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams
Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion
Zhao Yue / Zheng Xun

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2014/15 - Ladies . July 15, 2014 . 2014-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140717183833/http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/148061/gp_ladies_updated-july-15.pdf . 2014-07-17 . dead.
  2. Web site: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2014/15 - Pairs . July 15, 2014 . 2014-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718135911/http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/148062/gp_pairs_updated-july-15.pdf . 2014-07-18 . dead.
  3. Web site: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2014/15 - Pairs . November 24, 2014 . 2014-11-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141124151710/http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/183394/gp_pairs_updated-nov24.pdf . 2014-11-24 . dead.
  4. Web site: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2014/15 - Men . November 24, 2014 . 2014-11-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141124151629/http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/183393/gp_men_updated-nov24.pdf . 2014-11-24 . dead.