2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating


The 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of senior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union that were held from October 2018 through December 2018. 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 Vancouver, Canada. The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2018–19 ISU Junior Grand Prix.

Competitions

The series included the following events.
DateEventLocationResults
October 19–21

Requirements

Skaters are eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit if they had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2018. They were also required to have earned a minimum total score at certain international events.

Assignments

The ISU announced the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.

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
1Yuzuru Hanyu110.532018 Rostelecom Cup
2Jason Brown96.412018 Internationaux de France
3Keegan Messing95.052018 Skate Canada International
4Michal Březina93.312018 Grand Prix of Helsinki
5Nathan Chen92.992018–19 Grand Prix Final
6Shoma Uno92.492018 NHK Trophy
7Sergei Voronov91.372018 NHK Trophy
8Alexander Samarin90.862018 Internationaux de France
9Morisi Kvitelashvili89.942018 Rostelecom Cup
10Cha Jun-hwan89.072018–19 Grand Prix Final

Ladies' singles

SkaterNationScoreEvent
1Rika Kihira82.512018–19 Grand Prix Final
2Alina Zagitova80.782018 Rostelecom Cup
3Elizaveta Tuktamysheva76.172018 NHK Trophy
4Satoko Miyahara76.082018 NHK Trophy
5Kaori Sakamoto71.292018 Skate America
6Mai Mihara70.382018 NHK Trophy
7Lim Eun-soo69.782018 NHK Trophy
8Sofia Samodurova68.242018–19 Grand Prix Final
9Alena Leonova68.222018 NHK Trophy
10Evgenia Medvedeva67.552018 Internationaux de France

Pairs

TeamNationScoreEvent
1Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov78.472018 Rostelecom Cup
2Peng Cheng / Jin Yang75.692018–19 Grand Prix Final
3Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert75.182018–19 Grand Prix Final
4Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès74.512018 Skate Canada International
5Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise72.322018 Rostelecom Cup
6Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro71.262018 Skate Canada International
7Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin69.382018 Rostelecom Cup
8Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii68.832018 Internationaux de France
9Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik67.182018 Internationaux de France
10Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin65.462018 Rostelecom Cup

Ice dance

TeamNationScoreEvent
1Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron84.132018 Internationaux de France
2Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue80.532018–19 Grand Prix Final
3Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri78.302018–19 Grand Prix Final
4Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin78.182018 Grand Prix of Helsinki
5Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov77.912018 Internationaux de France
6Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro75.492018 NHK Trophy
7Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier74.252018 Internationaux de France
8Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter72.442018 Skate America
9Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz72.352018 Skate Canada International
10Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker71.332018–19 Grand Prix Final