2013–14 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
The 2013–14 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of senior international figure skating competitions in the 2013–14 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 Fukuoka, Japan.
Organized by the International Skating Union, the Grand Prix series began October 18 and continued until December 8, 2013. Skaters competed for medals, prize money, and a chance to compete in the Grand Prix Final. The series set the stage for the 2014 European, Four Continents, the World Championships, as well as the 2014 Winter Olympics and each country's national championships.
The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2013–14 ISU Junior Grand Prix.
Schedule
The ISU announced the following schedule of events taking place in autumn 2013:| Date | Event | Location |
| October 18–20 | 2013 Skate America |  Detroit, USA |
| October 25–27 | 2013 Skate Canada International |  Saint John, Canada |
| November 1–3 | 2013 Cup of China |  Beijing, China |
| November 8–10 | 2013 NHK Trophy |  Tokyo, Japan |
| November 15–17 | 2013 Trophée Éric Bompard |  Paris, France |
| November 22–24 | 2013 Rostelecom Cup |  Moscow, Russia |
| December 5–8 | 2013–14 Grand Prix Final | Fukuoka, Japan |
General requirements
Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2013 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit. Prior to competing in a Grand Prix event, skaters were required to have earned the following scores:Assignments
The International Skating Union released the initial list of Grand Prix assignments on June 3, 2013:Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dance
Changes to preliminary assignments
Skate America
- Evan Lysacek withdrew and was replaced by Jason Brown.
- Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres withdrew and were replaced by Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro.
- Brian Joubert withdrew. No replacement was made.
- Denis Ten withdrew due to illness. No replacement was made.
Skate Canada International
- Yuna Kim and Kiira Korpi withdrew. They were replaced by Courtney Hicks and Natalia Popova.
- Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov withdrew due to an injury to Smirnov. They were replaced by Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier.
- Alena Leonova withdrew due to a leg injury. No replacement was made.
Cup of China
- Polina Korobeynikova withdrew and was replaced by Nikol Gosviani.
- Geng Bingwa withdrew and was replaced by Guo Xiaowen.
- Kevin Reynolds withdrew. No replacement was made.
NHK Trophy
- Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov withdrew due to an injury to Smirnov. Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov were named to replace them.
- Li Zijun withdrew. No replacement was made.
- Chafik Besseghier withdrew. No replacement was made.
Trophée Éric Bompard
- Yuna Kim and Kiira Korpi withdrew. They were replaced by Amelie Lacoste and Natalia Popova.
- Ross Miner withdrew. No replacement was made.
- Chafik Besseghier and Romain Ponsart withdrew.
- Annabelle Prolss / Ruben Blommaert replaced Daria Popova / Bruno Massot.
Rostelecom Cup
- Artur Gachinski, Nikol Gosviani, Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin, and Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov were selected later as host picks.
- Kevin Reynolds withdrew. He was replaced by Misha Ge.
- On 13 November, it was announced that Evgeni Plushenko had withdrawn due to injury. He was replaced by Konstantin Menshov.
- Brian Joubert withdrew. No replacement was made.
- Kaetlyn Osmond withdrew. No replacement was made.
- Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer withdrew and were replaced by Lindsay Davis / Rockne Brubaker.
Medal summary
| Event | Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Skate Canada | Men | Patrick Chan | Yuzuru Hanyu | Nobunari Oda |
| Skate Canada | Ladies | Yulia Lipnitskaya | Akiko Suzuki | Gracie Gold |
| Skate Canada | Pairs |  Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford |
| Skate Canada | Ice dancing | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue |
| Event | Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Cup of China | Men | Yan Han | Maxim Kovtun | Takahiko Kozuka |
| Cup of China | Ladies | Anna Pogorilaya | Adelina Sotnikova | Carolina Kostner |
| Cup of China | Pairs |  Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao |
| Cup of China | Ice dancing | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Madison Chock / Evan Bates |
| Event | Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| NHK Trophy | Men | Daisuke Takahashi | Nobunari Oda | Jeremy Abbott |
| NHK Trophy | Ladies | Mao Asada | Elena Radionova | Akiko Suzuki |
| NHK Trophy | Pairs | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong |
| NHK Trophy | Ice dancing | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani |
| Event | Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Trophée Eric Bompard | Men | Patrick Chan | Yuzuru Hanyu | Jason Brown |
| Trophée Eric Bompard | Ladies | Ashley Wagner | Adelina Sotnikova | Anna Pogorilaya |
| Trophée Eric Bompard | Pairs | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Caydee Denney / John Coughlin |
| Trophée Eric Bompard | Ice dancing | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov | Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat |
| Event | Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Rostelecom Cup | Men | Tatsuki Machida | Maxim Kovtun |  Javier Fernández |
| Rostelecom Cup | Ladies | Yulia Lipnitskaya | Carolina Kostner | Mirai Nagasu |
| Rostelecom Cup | Pairs | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch |
| Rostelecom Cup | Ice dancing | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Madison Chock / Evan Bates |
| Event | Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Grand Prix Final | Men | Yuzuru Hanyu | Patrick Chan | Nobunari Oda |
| Grand Prix Final | Ladies | Mao Asada | Yulia Lipnitskaya | Ashley Wagner |
| Grand Prix Final | Pairs | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | Pang Qing / Tong Jian |
| Grand Prix Final | Ice dancing | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat |
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:| Placement | Points | Points |
| 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- Participated in two events.
- Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dancing portion of both events.
- Highest individual score in the free skating/free dancing portion from one event.
- Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events.
- Highest number of total participants at the events.
Qualification standings
Bold denotes Grand Prix Final qualification.| Points | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance |
| 30 | Patrick Chan Tatsuki Machida | Mao Asada Yulia Lipnitskaya | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Meryl Davis / Charlie White Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir |
| 28 | Ashley Wagner | Pang Qing / Jian Tong | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | |
| 26 | Yuzuru Hanyu Maxim Kovtun | Anna Pogorilaya Adelina Sotnikova | Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | |
| 24 | Daisuke Takahashi ' Yan Han Nobunari Oda ' | Elena Radionova Akiko Suzuki Carolina Kostner | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | |
| 22 | Adam Rippon | Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov | Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Madison Chock / Evan Bates | |
| 20 | Gracie Gold | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Caydee Denney / John Coughlin | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | |
| 19 | ||||
| 18 | Jason Brown Javier Fernández | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko | |
| 17 | ||||
| 16 | Takahiko Kozuka Jeremy Abbott  Michal Březina | Samantha Cesario | ||
| 15 | Max Aaron | |||
| 14 | Richard Dornbush | Mirai Nagasu Satoko Miyahara | Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier | Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones |
| 13 | Kanako Murakami | |||
| 12 | Konstantin Menshov | Christina Gao Mae Berenice Meite Amelie Lacoste | Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim | Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Cathy Reed / Chris Reed |
| 11 | ||||
| 10 | Nikol Gosviani | |||
| 9 |  Denis Ten Florent Amodio | Valentina Marchei Agnes Zawadzki | Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei | |
| 8 | Artur Gachinski Song Nan Peter Liebers | |||
| 7 | Joshua Farris  Alexander Majorov | Viktoria Helgesson | Julia Antipova / Nodari Maisuradze Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres | Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton |
| 6 | ||||
| 5 | Takahito Mura | Haruka Imai Courtney Hicks | Felicia Zhang / Nathan Bartholomay Lindsay Davis / Rockne Brubaker Natasha Purich / Mervin Tran | Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen |
| 4 | Elladj Balde |  Natalia Popova Alena Leonova | ||
| 3 | Andrei Rogozine  Misha Ge | Zhang Kexin Veronik Mallet | ||
| 0 | Sergei Voronov Ross Miner Wang Yi |  Elene Gedevanishvili Guo Xiaowen Li Zijun Caroline Zhang | Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov Annabelle Prölß / Ruben Blommaert Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro Narumi Takahashi / Ryuichi Kihara Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Daria Popova / Bruno Massot |  Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniunas Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabri Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso Zhang Yiyi / Wu Nan  Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams |