2017–18 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating


The 2017–18 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of senior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union that were held from October through December 2017. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points based on their placements at each event and the top six in each discipline qualified to compete at the Grand Prix Final in Nagoya, Japan. The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2017–18 ISU Junior Grand Prix.

Competitions

The series included the following events.
DateEventLocation
October 20–222017 Rostelecom CupMoscow, Russia
October 27–292017 Skate Canada InternationalRegina, Saskatchewan, Canada
November 3–52017 Cup of ChinaBeijing, China
November 10–122017 NHK TrophyOsaka, Japan
November 17–192017 Internationaux de FranceGrenoble, France
November 24–262017 Skate AmericaLake Placid, New York, United States
December 7–102017–18 Grand Prix FinalNagoya, Japan

Requirements

Skaters are eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit if they had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2017. They were also required to have earned a minimum total score at certain international events.

Assignments

The ISU announced the preliminary assignments on May 26, 2017.

Medal summary

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze

Qualification

At each event, skaters earned points toward qualifying 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:
PlacementSinglesPairs/Ice dance
1st1515
2nd1313
3rd1111
4th99
5th77
6th55
7th4rowspan="2"
8th3-

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.

Qualifiers

;Alternates
MenLadiesPairsIce dance
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Top scores

Men's singles

SkaterNationScoreEvent
1Javier Fernández107.862017 Internationaux de France
2Nathan Chen104.122017 Skate America
3Shoma Uno103.622017 Skate Canada International
4Mikhail Kolyada103.132017 Cup of China
5Yuzuru Hanyu94.852017 Rostelecom Cup
6Patrick Chan94.432017 Skate Canada International
7Jin Boyang93.892017 Cup of China
8Alexander Samarin91.512017 Internationaux de France
9Jason Brown90.712017 Skate Canada International
10Sergei Voronov90.062017 NHK Trophy

Ladies

SkaterNationScoreEvent
1Evgenia Medvedeva80.752017 Rostelecom Cup
2Kaetlyn Osmond77.042017–18 Grand Prix Final
3Alina Zagitova76.272017–18 Grand Prix Final
4Carolina Kostner74.622017 Rostelecom Cup
5Satoko Miyahara74.612017–18 Grand Prix Final
6Maria Sotskova74.002017–18 Grand Prix Final
7Wakaba Higuchi73.262017–18 Grand Prix Final
8Gabrielle Daleman70.652017 Cup of China
9Elena Radionova70.482017 Cup of China
10Polina Tsurskaya70.042017 NHK Trophy

Pairs

TeamNationScoreEvent
1Sui Wenjing / Han Cong80.142017 Cup of China
2Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot79.432017–18 Grand Prix Final
3Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov78.832017–18 Grand Prix Final
4Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford75.372017 Skate America
5Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov75.052017 NHK Trophy
6Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao73.672017 Skate America
7Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès73.182017 Internationaux de France
8Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise70.852017 Internationaux de France
9Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov70.472017 NHK Trophy
10Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert70.152017 Skate America

Ice dance

TeamNationScoreEvent
1Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir82.682017 Skate Canada International
2Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron82.072017–18 Grand Prix Final
3Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani79.182017 Skate America
4Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje77.472017 Skate Canada International
5Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev76.332017 Rostelecom Cup
6Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue76.312017 NHK Trophy
7Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte75.872017 NHK Trophy
8Madison Chock / Evan Bates74.362017–18 Grand Prix Final
9Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov72.492017 NHK Trophy
10Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin71.322017 Rostelecom Cup