2009–10 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating

2009–10 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Grand Prix October 15 December 6, 2009 2009–10 2008–09 Grand Prix 2010–11 Grand Prix 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: The host country could select any three of their own skaters for an invitation. 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. Skaters and teams who had previously been seeded (1st through 6th at the World Championships) 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 Sasha Cohen 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 Date Event Location October 15–18 2009 Trophée Eric Bompard FRA Paris, France October 22–25 2009 Rostelecom Cup RUS Moscow, Russia Oct. 29 – Nov. 1 2009 Cup of China CHN Beijing, China November 5–8 2009 NHK Trophy JPN Nagano, Japan November 12–15 2009 Skate America USA Lake Placid, New York, United States November 19–22 2009 Skate Canada International CAN Kitchener, Ontario, Canada December 3–6 2009–10 Grand Prix Final JPN Tokyo, Japan Medal summary Event Date Discipline Gold Silver Bronze FRA Trophée Eric Bompard October 17 Men JPN Nobunari Oda CZE Tomáš Verner USA Adam Rippon Pairs RUS Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov CAN Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison GER Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Ladies KOR Kim Yuna JPN Mao Asada JPN Yukari Nakano Ice dancing CAN Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir FRA Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat GBR Sinead Kerr / John Kerr Event Date Discipline Gold Silver Bronze RUS Rostelecom Cup October 24 Men RUS Evgeni Plushenko JPN Takahiko Kozuka RUS Artem Borodulin Pairs CHN Pang Qing / Tong Jian RUS Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov USA Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker Ice dancing USA Meryl Davis / Charlie White ITA Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte RUS Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer Ladies JPN Miki Ando USA Ashley Wagner RUS Alena Leonova Event Date Discipline Gold Silver Bronze CHN Cup of China October 31 Ladies JPN Akiko Suzuki FIN Kiira Korpi CAN Joannie Rochette Men JPN Nobunari Oda USA Evan Lysacek RUS Sergei Voronov Pairs CHN Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo CHN Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao UKR Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov Ice dancing USA Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto RUS Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski ITA Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali Event Date Discipline Gold Silver Bronze JPN NHK Trophy November 7 Pairs CHN Pang Qing / Tong Jian RUS Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov USA Rena Inoue / John Baldwin Men FRA Brian Joubert USA Johnny Weir CZE Michal Březina Ladies JPN Miki Ando RUS Alena Leonova USA Ashley Wagner November 8 Ice dancing USA Meryl Davis / Charlie White GBR Sinead Kerr / John Kerr CAN Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier Event Date Discipline Gold Silver Bronze USA Skate America November 14 Pairs CHN Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo UKR Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov CHN Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao Men USA Evan Lysacek CAN Shawn Sawyer USA Ryan Bradley November 15 Ladies KOR Kim Yuna USA Rachael Flatt HUN Júlia Sebestyén Ice dancing USA Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto ITA Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte ISR Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski Event Date Discipline Gold Silver Bronze CAN Skate Canada International November 21 Pairs GER Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy RUS Maria Mukhortova & Maxim Trankov CAN Jessica Dubé & Bryce Davison Men USA Jeremy Abbott JPN Daisuke Takahashi FRA Alban Préaubert Ladies CAN Joannie Rochette USA Alissa Czisny FIN Laura Lepistö November 22 Ice dancing CAN Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir FRA Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat CAN Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Event Date Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Grand Prix Final December 4 Ice dancing USA Meryl Davis / Charlie White CAN Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir FRA Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat December 5 Pairs CHN Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo CHN Pang Qing / Tong Jian GER Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Men USA Evan Lysacek JPN Nobunari Oda USA Johnny Weir Ladies KOR Kim Yuna JPN Miki Ando JPN Akiko Suzuki Medal standings flagcountry 8 5 6 5 5 2 5 2 1 3 3 4 3 0 0 2 5 4 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 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: Placement Points (Singles/Dance) Points (Pairs) 1st Place 15 Points 15 Points 2nd Place 13 Points 13 Points 3rd Place 11 Points 11 Points 4th Place 9 Points 9 Points 5th Place 7 Points 7 Points 6th Place 5 Points 5 Points 7th Place 4 Points 8th Place 3 Points There were 7 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/original dance of both events. 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. Points Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance 30 JPN Nobunari Oda KOR Kim Yuna JPN Miki Ando CHN Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo CHN Pang Qing / Tong Jian USA Meryl Davis / Charlie White CAN Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir USA Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto (withdrew) 28 USA Evan Lysacek RUS Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov 26 CAN Joannie Rochette GER Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy RUS Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov FRA Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat ITA Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte 24 FRA Brian Joubert (withdrew) RUS Alena Leonova USA Ashley Wagner CHN Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao CAN Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison UKR Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov GBR Sinead Kerr / John Kerr 22 USA Jeremy Abbott JPN Daisuke Takahashi USA Johnny Weir JPN Akiko Suzuki USA Rachael Flatt USA Alissa Czisny RUS Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski (called up, but withdrew) 20 CZE Tomáš Verner (called up) CZE Michal Březina JPN Mao Asada JPN Yukari Nakano USA Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker USA Rena Inoue / John Baldwin CAN Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier (called up) 19 18 FIN Laura Lepistö ISR Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski RUS Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer RUS Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 17 JPN Takahiko Kozuka 16 CAN Shawn Sawyer RUS Sergei Voronov USA Adam Rippon ITA Samuel Contesti FIN Kiira Korpi HUN Júlia Sebestyén USA Mirai Nagasu USA Caydee Denney / Jeremy Barrett CAN Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje USA Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates 15 RUS Evgeni Plushenko FRA Alban Préaubert 14 RUS Artem Borodulin FRA Yannick Ponsero UKR Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo 13 JPN Fumie Suguri 12 USA Caroline Zhang CAN Mylène Brodeur / John Mattatall USA Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre 11 USA Ryan Bradley ITA Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali CHN Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun 10 ITA Carolina Kostner CHN Dong Huibo / Wu Yiming 9 FRA Florent Amodio SWE Adrian Schultheiss GEO Elene Gedevanishvili CAN Amélie Lacoste CAN Cynthia Phaneuf CAN Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay CAN Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin RUS Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov 8 USA Stephen Carriere CAN Kevin Reynolds USA Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein USA Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell RUS Kristina Gorshkova / Vitali Butikov 7 BEL Kevin van der Perren CHN Yang Chao USA Brandon Mroz USA Alexe Gilles EST Jelena Glebova USA Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig RUS Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze ITA Nicole Della Monica / Yannick Kocon FRA Adeline Canac / Maximin Coia RUS Anastasia Platonova / Alexander Grachev 6 5 CAN Patrick Chan CAN Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch USA Brooke Castile / Benjamin Okolski RUS Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh RUS Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko 4 KAZ Denis Ten CHN Liu Yan USA Emily Hughes CZE Lucie Myslivečková / Matěj Novák GER Carolina Hermann / Daniel Hermann JPN Cathy Reed / Chris Reed 3 GBR Jenna McCorkell GER Sarah Hecken GER Annette Dytrt CAN Diane Szmiett LTU Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas CAN Allie Hann-McCurdy / Michael Coreno EST Caitlin Mallory / Kristjan Rand CAN 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: Placement Prize money (Series) Prize money (Final) 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 References https://www.espn.com/olympics/figureskating/news/story?id=4547156 Cohen withdraws from Grand Prix event Associated Press ESPN October 9, 2009 https://www.espn.com/olympics/figureskating/news/story?id=4637823 Lingering tendinitis shelves Cohen Associated Press ESPN November 9, 2009 http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=43610 Former World, U.S. Champion Kimmie Meissner Withdraws from ISU Grand Prix Series U.S. Figure Skating 8 October 2009 21 September 2012 12 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20120921001245/http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=43610 dead 2009-2010 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1403 Grand Prix Announcement 2009-03-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20090804155647/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db/files/serve.php?id=1403 2009-08-04 dead http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1491 2009 Trophée Eric Bompard Announcement 2009-10-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20091021133756/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db/files/serve.php?id=1491 2009-10-21 dead http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1492 2009 Rostelecom Cup Announcement 2009-10-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20100116140311/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1492 2010-01-16 dead http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1563 2009 Cup of China Announcement 2009-10-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20100116140342/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db/files/serve.php?id=1563 2010-01-16 dead http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1493 2009 NHK Trophy Announcement 2009-10-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20100324121659/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db/files/serve.php?id=1493 2010-03-24 dead http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1503 2009 Skate America Announcement 2009-10-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20100116134503/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db/files/serve.php?id=1503 2010-01-16 dead http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1571 2009 Skate Canada International Announcement 2009-10-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20100116140321/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db/files/serve.php?id=1571 2010-01-16 dead http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1614 2009-2010 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Announcement 2009-10-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20091108231643/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db/files/serve.php?id=1614 2009-11-08 dead isuresults.com gpfra09 2009 Trophée Eric Bompard isuresults.com gprus09 2009 Rostelecom Cup isuresults.com gpchn09 2009 Cup of China isuresults.com gpjpn09 2009 NHK Trophy isuresults.com gpusa09 2009 Skate America isuresults.com gpcan09 2009 Skate Canada International isuresults.com gpf0910 2009-2010 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2009/2010: Men's Standings ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2009/2010: Ladies Standings ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2009/2010: Pairs Standings ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2009/2010: Ice Dance Standings External links 2008-2009 Season's Best Scores: Men's singles 2008-2009 Season's Best Scores: Ladies singles 2008-2009 Season's Best Scores: Pair skating 2008-2009 Season's Best Scores: Ice Dancing Isu Grand Prix Of Figure Skating, 2009-10 Category:ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating