2009–10 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating


The 2009–10 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of senior-level international figure skating competitions in the 2009–10 season. The six invitational events took place in the fall of 2009, building to the Grand Prix Final. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior level. At each event, skaters earned points based on their placement and the top six in each discipline at the end of the series qualified for the 2009–10 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, held in Tokyo, Japan.
The Grand Prix series set the stage for the 2010 European Figure Skating Championships, the 2010 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships, and the 2010 Winter Olympics, as well as each country's national championships. The Grand Prix series began on October 15, 2009 and ended on December 6, 2009.
The Grand Prix was organized by the International Skating Union. Skaters competed for prize money and for a chance to compete in the Grand Prix Final. The corresponding series for Junior-level skaters was the 2009–10 ISU Junior Grand Prix.

Qualifying

Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2009 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit. The top six skaters/teams from the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships were seeded and were guaranteed two events. Skaters/teams who placed 7th through 12th will also given two events, though they were not considered seeded.
Skaters and teams who were ranked in the top 24 in the world at the end of the 2008-2009 season and those who had an ISU personal best in the top-24 on the season's best list for the 2008-09 season were also guaranteed one event.
Skaters/teams who medaled at the 2008–09 JGP Final or the 2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were guaranteed one event. Skaters who medaled at both the Junior Grand Prix Final and the World Junior Championships were guaranteed only one event.
The host country was allowed to send three skaters/teams of their choosing from their country in each discipline.
The spots remaining were filled from the top 75 skaters/teams in the 2008–09 season's best list. Skaters could not be given a Grand Prix invitation without having been on the season's best list, with the following exceptions:
  1. The host country could select any three of their own skaters for an invitation.
  2. Pairs and dance teams who had in either the 2007-08 or 2008-09 season qualified for Grand Prix spots by World Championships placement or had held a world ranking or season's best ranking in the top 24 with a previous partner could be considered for an alternate spot with their new partner.
  3. Skaters and teams who had previously been seeded and had not competed in prior seasons either through injury or no fault of their own could be considered for one or two Grand Prix assignments if they chose to return to competitive skating.

    Assignments and withdrawals

withdrew from the Trophée Eric Bompard due to tendinitis in her right calf. She also withdrew from Skate America and was replaced by Emily Hughes. Kimmie Meissner withdrew from the Rostelecom Cup and NHK Trophy due to a right knee injury.

Schedule

Medal summary

EventDateDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Trophée Eric BompardOctober 17Men Nobunari Oda Tomáš Verner Adam Rippon
Trophée Eric BompardOctober 17Pairs Maria Mukhortova /
Maxim Trankov
Jessica Dubé /
Bryce Davison
Aliona Savchenko /
Robin Szolkowy
Trophée Eric BompardOctober 17Ladies Kim Yuna Mao Asada Yukari Nakano
Trophée Eric BompardOctober 17Ice dancing Tessa Virtue /
Scott Moir
Nathalie Péchalat /
Fabian Bourzat
Sinead Kerr /
John Kerr

EventDateDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Rostelecom CupOctober 24Men Evgeni Plushenko Takahiko Kozuka Artem Borodulin
Rostelecom CupOctober 24Pairs Pang Qing /
Tong Jian
Yuko Kavaguti /
Alexander Smirnov
Keauna McLaughlin /
Rockne Brubaker
Rostelecom CupOctober 24Ice dancing Meryl Davis /
Charlie White
Anna Cappellini /
Luca Lanotte
Ekaterina Rubleva /
Ivan Shefer
Rostelecom CupOctober 24Ladies Miki Ando Ashley Wagner Alena Leonova

EventDateDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Cup of ChinaOctober 31Ladies Akiko Suzuki Kiira Korpi Joannie Rochette
Cup of ChinaOctober 31Men Nobunari Oda Evan Lysacek Sergei Voronov
Cup of ChinaOctober 31Pairs Shen Xue /
Zhao Hongbo
Zhang Dan /
Zhang Hao
Tatiana Volosozhar /
Stanislav Morozov
Cup of ChinaOctober 31Ice dancing Tanith Belbin /
Benjamin Agosto
Jana Khokhlova /
Sergei Novitski
Federica Faiella /
Massimo Scali

EventDateDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
NHK TrophyNovember 7Pairs Pang Qing /
Tong Jian
Yuko Kavaguti /
Alexander Smirnov
Rena Inoue /
John Baldwin
NHK TrophyNovember 7Men Brian Joubert Johnny Weir Michal Březina
NHK TrophyNovember 7Ladies Miki Ando Alena Leonova Ashley Wagner
NHK TrophyNovember 8Ice dancing Meryl Davis /
Charlie White
Sinead Kerr /
John Kerr
Vanessa Crone /
Paul Poirier

EventDateDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Skate AmericaNovember 14Pairs Shen Xue /
Zhao Hongbo
Tatiana Volosozhar /
Stanislav Morozov
Zhang Dan /
Zhang Hao
Skate AmericaNovember 14Men Evan Lysacek Shawn Sawyer Ryan Bradley
Skate AmericaNovember 15Ladies Kim Yuna Rachael Flatt Júlia Sebestyén
Skate AmericaNovember 15Ice dancing Tanith Belbin /
Benjamin Agosto
Anna Cappellini /
Luca Lanotte
Alexandra Zaretski /
Roman Zaretski

EventDateDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Skate Canada InternationalNovember 21Pairs Aliona Savchenko &
Robin Szolkowy
Maria Mukhortova &
Maxim Trankov
Jessica Dubé &
Bryce Davison
Skate Canada InternationalNovember 21Men Jeremy Abbott Daisuke Takahashi Alban Préaubert
Skate Canada InternationalNovember 21Ladies Joannie Rochette Alissa Czisny Laura Lepistö
Skate Canada InternationalNovember 22Ice dancing Tessa Virtue /
Scott Moir
Nathalie Péchalat /
Fabian Bourzat
Kaitlyn Weaver /
Andrew Poje

EventDateDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Grand Prix FinalDecember 4Ice dancing Meryl Davis /
Charlie White
Tessa Virtue /
Scott Moir
Nathalie Péchalat /
Fabian Bourzat
Grand Prix FinalDecember 5Pairs Shen Xue /
Zhao Hongbo
Pang Qing /
Tong Jian
Aliona Savchenko /
Robin Szolkowy
Grand Prix FinalDecember 5Men Evan Lysacek Nobunari Oda Johnny Weir
Grand Prix FinalDecember 5Ladies Kim Yuna Miki Ando Akiko Suzuki

Grand Prix Final qualification points

After the final event, the 2009 Skate Canada International, the six skaters/teams with the most points advanced to the Grand Prix Final. The point system was as follows:
PlacementPoints Points
1st Place15 Points15 Points
2nd Place13 Points13 Points
3rd Place11 Points11 Points
4th Place9 Points9 Points
5th Place7 Points7 Points
6th Place5 Points5 Points
7th Place4 Points
8th Place3 Points

There were 7 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/original dance of both events.
  7. Highest number of total participants at the events.
If there is still a tie, the tie is considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all qualify for the Grand Prix Final.

Final standings

Skaters in bold qualified for the Grand Prix Final.
PointsMenLadiesPairsIce dance
30 Nobunari Oda Kim Yuna
Miki Ando
Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo
Pang Qing / Tong Jian
Meryl Davis / Charlie White
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto '
28 Evan Lysacek Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov
26 Joannie Rochette Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov
Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat
Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
24 Brian Joubert ' Alena Leonova
Ashley Wagner
Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao
Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison
Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov
Sinead Kerr / John Kerr
22 Jeremy Abbott
Daisuke Takahashi
Johnny Weir
Akiko Suzuki
Rachael Flatt
Alissa Czisny
Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski '
20 Tomáš Verner '
Michal Březina
Mao Asada
Yukari Nakano
Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker
Rena Inoue / John Baldwin
Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier
19
18 Laura Lepistö Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski
Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer
Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
17 Takahiko Kozuka
16 Shawn Sawyer
Sergei Voronov
Adam Rippon
Samuel Contesti
Kiira Korpi
Júlia Sebestyén
Mirai Nagasu
Caydee Denney / Jeremy Barrett Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates
15 Evgeni Plushenko
Alban Préaubert
14 Artem Borodulin
Yannick Ponsero
Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo
13 Fumie Suguri
12 Caroline Zhang Mylène Brodeur / John Mattatall Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre
11 Ryan Bradley Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali
Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun
10 Carolina Kostner Dong Huibo / Wu Yiming
9 Florent Amodio
Adrian Schultheiss
Elene Gedevanishvili
Amélie Lacoste
Cynthia Phaneuf
Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay
Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin
Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov
8 Stephen Carriere
Kevin Reynolds
Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein
Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell
Kristina Gorshkova / Vitali Butikov
7 Kevin van der Perren
Yang Chao
Brandon Mroz
Alexe Gilles
Jelena Glebova
Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig
Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze
Nicole Della Monica / Yannick Kocon
Adeline Canac / Maximin Coia
Anastasia Platonova / Alexander Grachev
6
5 Patrick Chan Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch
Brooke Castile / Benjamin Okolski
Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh
Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko
4 Denis Ten Liu Yan
Emily Hughes
Lucie Myslivečková / Matěj Novák
Carolina Hermann / Daniel Hermann
Cathy Reed / Chris Reed
3 Jenna McCorkell
Sarah Hecken
Annette Dytrt
Diane Szmiett
Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas
Allie Hann-McCurdy / Michael Coreno
Caitlin Mallory / Kristjan Rand
Andrea Chong / Guillaume Gfeller

Prize money

The total prize money was $180,000 per individual event in the series and $272,000 for the Final. All amounts were in U.S. dollars. Pairs and dance teams split the money. The breakdown was as follows:
PlacementPrize money Prize money
1st$18,000$25,000
2nd$13,000$18,000
3rd$9,000$12,000
4th$3,000$6,000
5th$2,000$4,000
6th-$3,000