2014–15 figure skating season


The 2014–15 figure skating season began on July 1, 2014, and ended on June 30, 2015. During this season, elite skaters competed at the ISU Championship level in the 2015 European, Four Continents, World Junior, and World Championships. Other elite events included the Grand Prix series and Junior Grand Prix series, culminating in the Grand Prix Final, and the inaugural ISU Challenger Series.

Season notes

Beginning in the 2014–15 season, the minimum age for senior Grand Prix and senior B events increased from 14 to 15 to match the minimum age for ISU Championship events. Another rule change allows single and pair skaters to use music with lyrics in competition. Previously, they were restricted to instrumental music, including vocals without words. The ISU Challenger Series, a series of senior internationals below the Grand Prix series, was introduced.

Age eligibility

Skaters competing at the junior level were required to be at least 13 years of age before July 1, 2014. Those who turned 15 before that date were also eligible for all senior-level events.

Partnership changes

Some skaters announced the dissolution of a partnership or formation of a new one. Listed are changes involving at least one partner who competed at Worlds, Europeans, Four Continents, Junior Worlds or the senior Grand Prix, or who medaled on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. The ISU does not permit teams to compete for two countries—if skaters of different nationalities team up, they must choose one country to represent.

Coaching changes

Retirements

Competitions

Scheduled competitions:
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International medalists

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dance

Season's best scores

Men

Best total score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Denis Ten289.46Four Continents
2Yuzuru Hanyu288.58World Team Trophy
3Javier Fernández273.90Worlds
4Tatsuki Machida269.09Skate America
5Jason Brown263.17World Team Trophy
6Joshua Farris260.01Four Continents
7Yan Han259.47Four Continents
8Daisuke Murakami256.47Four Continents
9Shoma Uno256.45Four Continents
10Takahito Mura255.81Skate Canada
11Sergei Voronov252.00Rostelecom Cup
12Maxim Kovtun243.35Trophée Bompard
13Nam Nguyen242.59Worlds
14Michal Březina241.23Rostelecom Cup
15Max Aaron240.22U.S. Classic
16Misha Ge238.05Rostelecom Cup
17Richard Dornbush237.28Lombardia Trophy
18Konstantin Menshov233.22Trophée Bompard
19Stephen Carriere231.67Skate Canada
20Alexander Petrov231.53Warsaw Cup

Best short program score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Denis Ten97.61Four Continents
2Yuzuru Hanyu96.27World Team Trophy
3Javier Fernández93.92Rostelecom Cup
4Tatsuki Machida93.39Skate America
5Sergei Voronov90.33Rostelecom Cup
6Shoma Uno88.90Four Continents
7Konstantin Menshov87.47Trophée Bompard
8Yan Han87.34Four Continents
9Maxim Kovtun87.02Grand Prix Final
10Jason Brown86.48World Team Trophy
11Takahito Mura86.28NHK Trophy
12Joshua Farris84.29Four Continents
13Daisuke Murakami82.86Four Continents
14Misha Ge82.25Four Continents
15Jeremy Abbott81.82Skate America
16Michal Březina81.62Golden Spin
17Takahiko Kozuka81.38Rostelecom Cup
18Florent Amodio80.84Worlds
19Stephen Carriere80.33Skate Canada
20Ross Miner80.24Autumn Classic
20Richard Dornbush80.24Trophée Bompard

Best free skating score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Yuzuru Hanyu194.08Grand Prix Final
2Denis Ten191.85Four Continents
3Javier Fernández181.16Worlds
4Jason Brown176.69World Team Trophy
5Joshua Farris175.72Four Continents
6Tatsuki Machida175.70Skate America
7Daisuke Murakami173.61Four Continents
8Takahito Mura173.24Skate Canada
9Yan Han172.13Four Continents
10Shoma Uno167.55Four Continents
11Maxim Kovtun166.24Trophée Bompard
12Nam Nguyen164.86Worlds
13Sergei Voronov161.92World Team Trophy
14Max Aaron161.26U.S. Classic
15Michal Březina160.34Rostelecom Cup
16Misha Ge158.36Rostelecom Cup
17Richard Dornbush157.92Lombardia Trophy
18Jin Boyang156.85Junior Worlds
19Alexander Petrov155.79Warsaw Cup
20Adam Rippon154.57Worlds

Ladies

Best total score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Elizaveta Tuktamysheva210.40Europeans
2Elena Radionova209.54Europeans
3Gracie Gold195.55World Team Trophy
4Satoko Miyahara193.60Worlds
5Evgenia Medvedeva192.97Junior Worlds
6Serafima Sakhanovich191.96JGP Slovenia
7Anna Pogorilaya191.81Skate Canada
8Ashley Wagner191.51World Team Trophy
9Alena Leonova186.71Nebelhorn Trophy
10Wakaba Higuchi185.57Junior Worlds
11Yulia Lipnitskaya185.18Trophée Bompard
12Rika Hongo184.58Worlds
13Polina Edmunds184.02Four Continents
14Kanako Murakami179.66Worlds
15Maria Sotskova175.99JGP Final
16Li Zijun175.92Four Continents
17Samantha Cesario174.58Skate America
18Courtney Hicks174.51Skate Canada
19Elizabet Tursynbayeva173.44Junior Worlds
20Yuka Nagai172.34JGP Final

Best short program score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Elizaveta Tuktamysheva77.62Worlds
2Gracie Gold71.26World Team Trophy
3Elena Radionova70.46Europeans
4Yulia Lipnitskaya69.56Cup of China
5Evgenia Medvedeva68.48Junior Worlds
6Alena Leonova68.11NHK Trophy
7Satoko Miyahara67.02Worlds
8Serafima Sakhanovich66.58JGP Slovenia
9Anna Pogorilaya66.10Europeans
10Kanako Murakami65.48Worlds
11Ashley Wagner64.55World Team Trophy
12Polina Edmunds63.27U.S. Classic
13Yuka Nagai62.99JGP Final
14Karen Chen62.71JGP Croatia
15Maria Sotskova62.28JGP Final
16Rika Hongo62.17Worlds
17Li Zijun61.83Worlds
18Riona Kato61.55U.S. Classic
19Wakaba Higuchi61.27Junior Worlds
20Alaine Chartrand61.18Rostelecom Cup

Best free skating score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Elizaveta Tuktamysheva141.38Europeans
2Elena Radionova139.08Europeans
3Ashley Wagner129.26Grand Prix Final
4Satoko Miyahara129.12World Team Trophy
5Gracie Gold128.23Worlds
6Anna Pogorilaya126.53Skate Canada
7Serafima Sakhanovich125.38JGP Slovenia
8Evgenia Medvedeva124.49Junior Worlds
9Wakaba Higuchi124.30Junior Worlds
10Polina Edmunds122.99Four Continents
11Rika Hongo122.41Worlds
12Alena Leonova119.99Nebelhorn Trophy
13Hannah Miller118.83Lombardia Trophy
14Yulia Lipnitskaya118.39Trophee Bompard
15Courtney Hicks118.15Skate Canada
16Riona Kato117.51NHK Trophy
17Elizabet Tursynbayeva117.49Junior Worlds
18Li Zijun115.64Four Continents
19Samantha Cesario115.62Skate America
20Maria Sotskova115.09Junior Worlds

Pairs

Best total score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford221.53Worlds
2Sui Wenjing / Han Cong214.12Worlds
3Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov213.72Grand Prix Final
4Pang Qing / Tong Jian212.77Worlds
5Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov209.16Skate America
6Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao206.63Worlds
7Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov198.46Worlds
8Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim192.09World Team Trophy
9Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang187.79Grand Prix Final
10Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov184.24Golden Spin
11Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier183.84Skate America
12Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei181.97Trophée Bompard
13Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau178.03Worlds
14Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès177.34Worlds
15Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek175.39Europeans
16Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch173.50Four Continents
17Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev167.98JGP Croatia
18Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea166.67Four Continents
19Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat166.44Cup of China
20Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage165.91Skate Canada

Best short program score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford76.98Worlds
2Pang Qing / Tong Jian72.59Worlds
3Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov72.33Grand Prix Final
4Sui Wenjing / Han Cong71.63Worlds
5Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov71.59Worlds
6Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao69.81Four Continents
7Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov67.71Worlds
8Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim65.56Worlds
9Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei63.25Trophée Bompard
10Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang62.71Grand Prix Final
11Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau61.32Junior Worlds
11Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier61.32Worlds
12Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek60.56Worlds
13Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch60.32Worlds
14Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès60.13Europeans
15Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat59.62NHK Trophy
16Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro59.30Four Continents
17Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin59.04JGP Final
18Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu59.02Autumn Classic
19Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage58.41Skate America
20Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov58.34Rostelecom Cup

Best free skating score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford146.22Grand Prix Final
2Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov142.88Rostelecom Cup
3Sui Wenjing / Han Cong142.49Worlds
4Pang Qing / Tong Jian140.18Worlds
5Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov140.00Skate America
6Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao136.96Worlds
7Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov130.75Worlds
8Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim127.87World Team Trophy
9Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov127.66Golden Spin
10Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang125.08Grand Prix Final
11Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier122.76Skate America
12Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès119.06Worlds
13Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei118.72Trophée Bompard
14Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau117.50Worlds
15Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek117.44Europeans
16Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch113.37Four Continents
17Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea111.00Golden Spin
18Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev110.15JGP Croatia
19Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat109.59Cup of China
20Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage108.71Skate Canada

Ice dance

Best total score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron184.28Worlds
2Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje182.93World Team Trophy
3Madison Chock / Evan Bates181.34Worlds
4Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte177.50Worlds
5Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani172.03Worlds
6Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue166.74Golden Spin
7Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri166.46Golden Spin
8Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier165.22Worlds
9Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin164.84Worlds
10Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin160.95Europeans
11Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin159.13Worlds
12Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland158.02Rostelecom Cup
13Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen156.23Europeans
14Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov155.92Junior Worlds
15Sara Hurtado / Adrià Díaz155.81Europeans
16Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam152.59Worlds
17Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi152.57Europeans
18Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley150.57Europeans
19Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker149.98Four Continents
20Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin148.48Golden Spin

Best short dance score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Madison Chock / Evan Bates74.47Worlds
2Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje73.14World Team Trophy
3Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte72.39Worlds
4Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron71.94Worlds
5Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin69.94Europeans
6Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani69.65Four Continents
7Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri66.40Golden Spin
7Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue66.40Golden Spin
8Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier65.90Worlds
9Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin64.95Europeans
10Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam64.38Worlds
11Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley62.91Europeans
12Sara Hurtado / Adrià Díaz62.59Europeans
13Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen62.40Worlds
14Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin62.36Worlds
15Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov62.22Junior Worlds
16Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi61.98Europeans
17Mackenzie Bent / Garrett MacKeen61.09Junior Worlds
18Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland60.49NHK Trophy
19Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko59.91JGP Germany
20Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter59.10Junior Worlds

Best free dance score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron112.34Worlds
2Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje109.80Grand Prix Final
3Madison Chock / Evan Bates106.87Worlds
4Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte105.11Worlds
5Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani102.71Worlds
6Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue100.34Golden Spin
7Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri100.06Golden Spin
8Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier99.32Worlds
9Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland98.47Rostelecom Cup
10Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin97.33Worlds
11Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin96.77Worlds
12Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin96.31Rostelecom Cup
13Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen93.83Worlds
14Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov93.70Junior Worlds
15Sara Hurtado / Adrià Díaz93.22Europeans
16Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker91.67Four Continents
17Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi90.59Europeans
18Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin90.31Junior Worlds
19Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov89.59Rostelecom Cup
20Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam88.58Four Continents

Standings and ranking

Season-end standings (top 30)

Men's singles

Ladies' singles

Pairs

Ice dance

Season's ranking (top 30)

Men's singles

Ladies' singles

Pairs

Ice dance