2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating


The 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of invitational senior internationals which ran from October through December 2016. 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 in Marseille.
Organized by the International Skating Union, the series set the stage for the 2017 Europeans, the 2017 Four Continents, and the 2017 World Championships. The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2016–17 ISU Junior Grand Prix.

Schedule

The series was composed of the following events:
DateEventLocation
October 21–232016 Skate AmericaChicago, Illinois, United States
October 28–302016 Skate Canada InternationalMississauga, Ontario, Canada
November 4–62016 Rostelecom CupMoscow, Russia
November 11–132016 Trophée de FranceParis, France
November 18–202016 Cup of ChinaBeijing, China
November 25–272016 NHK TrophySapporo, Japan
December 8–112016–17 Grand Prix FinalMarseille, France

Requirements

Skaters were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit if they had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2016. They were also required to have earned either a minimum total score or minimum technical elements scores at certain international events:

Assignments

The ISU published the preliminary Grand Prix assignments on June 30, 2016.

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dance

Changes to preliminary assignments

Skate America

Skate Canada International

Rostelecom Cup

Trophée de France

The French organisers decided not to replace Mendoza/Kovalev despite the ISU's rules stating that it is "mandatory" to invite another pair if one withdraws more than 14 days before the event. The pairs competition ended up with only six entries after a further withdrawal.

Cup of China

NHK Trophy

Medal summary

Medalists

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Skate CanadaMen Patrick Chan Yuzuru Hanyu Kevin Reynolds
Skate CanadaLadies Evgenia Medvedeva Kaetlyn Osmond Satoko Miyahara
Skate CanadaPairs Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch
Skate CanadaIce dancing Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Madison Chock / Evan Bates Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Rostelecom CupMen Javier Fernández Shoma Uno Alexei Bychenko
Rostelecom CupLadies Anna Pogorilaya Elena Radionova Courtney Hicks
Rostelecom CupPairs Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov
Rostelecom CupIce dancing Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Madison Chock / Evan Bates Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Trophée de FranceMen Javier Fernández Denis Ten Adam Rippon
Trophée de FranceLadies Evgenia Medvedeva Maria Sotskova Wakaba Higuchi
Trophée de FrancePairs Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
Trophée de FranceIce dancing Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Cup of ChinaMen Patrick Chan Jin Boyang Sergei Voronov
Cup of ChinaLadies Elena Radionova Kaetlyn Osmond Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Cup of ChinaPairs Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch
Cup of ChinaIce dancing Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
NHK TrophyMen Yuzuru Hanyu Nathan Chen Keiji Tanaka
NHK TrophyLadies Anna Pogorilaya Satoko Miyahara Maria Sotskova
NHK TrophyPairs Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei
NHK TrophyIce dancing Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte

EventDisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Grand Prix FinalMen Yuzuru Hanyu Nathan Chen Shoma Uno
Grand Prix FinalLadies Evgenia Medvedeva Satoko Miyahara Anna Pogorilaya
Grand Prix FinalPairs Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
Grand Prix FinalIce dancing Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani

Medal standings

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:
PlacementPoints Points
1st1515
2nd1313
3rd1111
4th99
5th77
6th55
7th4–
8th3–
9th––
10th––

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.

Qualification standings

Bold denotes Grand Prix Final qualification.
PointsMenLadiesPairsIce dance
30 Javier Fernández
Patrick Chan		 Evgenia Medvedeva
Anna Pogorilaya		 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot '		 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
28 Yuzuru Hanyu
Shoma Uno		 Elena Radionova Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
26 Kaetlyn Osmond Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
Madison Chock / Evan Bates
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
24 Maria Sotskova
Satoko Miyahara		 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
22 Nathan Chen
Adam Rippon		 Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau
Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert '
Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier
Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch		 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
20 Jin Boyang
Sergei Voronov
Alexei Bychenko		 Ashley Wagner
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Mai Mihara
Wakaba Higuchi		 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei		 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
19
18 Gabrielle Daleman Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
17 Jason Brown
16 Max Aaron
Mikhail Kolyada		 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin
15 Keiji Tanaka
14 Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
13 Denis Ten Mariah Bell
12 Li Zijun
Rika Hongo		 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov
Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise		 Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko
11 Kevin Reynolds Courtney Hicks
10 Takahito Mura
Daniel Samohin		 Elizabet Tursynbayeva
Gracie Gold
Park So-youn		 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
9 Michal Březina
Alexander Petrov
Misha Ge		 Karen Chen
Yura Matsuda		 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek
8 Nam Nguyen
Maxim Kovtun
7 Yan Han Alaine Chartrand
Mirai Nagasu		 Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran
Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert		 Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev
Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro
6 Chafik Besseghier
5 Jorik Hendrickx
Deniss Vasiļjevs
Elladj Baldé		 Mao Asada
Laurine Lecavelier		 Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit
Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
4 Choi Da-bin
Nicole Rajičová
Maé-Bérénice Méité
Serafima Sakhanovich
3 Timothy Dolensky Roberta Rodeghiero
Kim Na-hyun
0 Artur Dmtiriev
Ross Miner
Gordei Gorshkov
Liam Firus
Ryuju Hino
Brendan Kerry
Grant Hochstein
Ivan Righini
Alexander Majorov		 Anastasia Galustyan
Yuka Nagai
Kanako Murakami
Joshi Helgesson
Angelīna Kučvaļska
Li Xiangning
Zhao Ziquan
Yulia Lipnitskaya
Alena Leonova		 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin
Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau-Audet
Brittany Jones / Joshua Reagan
Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan
Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev		 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus
Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin
Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar
Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed
Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam
Cortney Mansour / Michal Češka
Song Linshu / Sun Zhuoming
Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin
Lorenza Alessandrini / Pierre Souquet
Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion
Chen Hong / Zhao Yan
Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev
Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin
Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen

Qualifiers

Top Grand Prix scores

Men

Total score

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Yuzuru Hanyu301.472016 NHK Trophy
2Javier Fernández292.982016 Rostelecom Cup
3Shoma Uno285.072016 Rostelecom Cup
4Nathan Chen282.852016–17 Grand Prix Final
5Patrick Chan279.722016 Cup of China
6Jin Boyang278.542016 Cup of China
7Denis Ten269.262016 Trophée de France
8Jason Brown268.382016 Skate America
9Adam Rippon267.532016 Trophée de France
10Alexei Bychenko255.522016 Rostelecom Cup

Short program

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Yuzuru Hanyu106.532016–17 Grand Prix Final
2Patrick Chan99.762016–17 Grand Prix Final
3Shoma Uno98.592016 Rostelecom Cup
4Javier Fernández96.572016 Trophée de France
5Jin Boyang96.172016 Cup of China
6Nathan Chen92.852016 Trophée de France
7Mikhail Kolyada90.282016 Rostelecom Cup
8Denis Ten89.212016 Trophée de France
9Adam Rippon87.322016 Skate America
10Alexei Bychenko86.812016 Rostelecom Cup

Free program

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Javier Fernández201.432016 Rostelecom Cup
2Yuzuru Hanyu197.582016 NHK Trophy
3Nathan Chen197.552016–17 Grand Prix Final
4Patrick Chan196.312016 Cup of China
5Shoma Uno195.692016–17 Grand Prix Final
6Jason Brown182.632016 Skate America
7Jin Boyang182.372016 Cup of China
8Adam Rippon182.282016 Trophée de France
9Denis Ten180.052016 Trophée de France
10Takahito Mura170.042016 Trophée de France

Ladies

Total score

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Evgenia Medvedeva227.662016–17 Grand Prix Final
2Satoko Miyahara218.332016–17 Grand Prix Final
3Anna Pogorilaya216.472016–17 Grand Prix Final
4Kaetlyn Osmond212.452016–17 Grand Prix Final
5Elena Radionova205.902016 Cup of China
6Maria Sotskova200.352016 Trophée de France
7Ashley Wagner196.442016 Skate America
8Wakaba Higuchi194.482016 Trophée de France
9Elizaveta Tuktamysheva192.572016 Cup of China
10Gabrielle Daleman192.102016 Trophée de France

Short program

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Evgenia Medvedeva79.212016–17 Grand Prix Final
2Kaetlyn Osmond75.542016–17 Grand Prix Final
3Satoko Miyahara74.642016–17 Grand Prix Final
4Anna Pogorilaya73.932016 Rostelecom Cup
5Gabrielle Daleman72.702016 Trophée de France
6Elena Radionova71.932016 Rostelecom Cup
7Maria Sotskova69.962016 NHK Trophy
8Ashley Wagner69.502016 Skate America
9Yulia Lipnitskaya69.252016 Rostelecom Cup
10Mai Mihara68.482016 Cup of China

Free program

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Evgenia Medvedeva148.452016–17 Grand Prix Final
2Satoko Miyahara143.692016–17 Grand Prix Final
3Anna Pogorilaya143.182016–17 Grand Prix Final
4Kaetlyn Osmond136.912016–17 Grand Prix Final
5Elena Radionova135.152016 Cup of China
6Maria Sotskova133.052016–17 Grand Prix Final
7Mariah Bell130.672016 Skate America
8Wakaba Higuchi129.462016 Trophée de France
9Elizaveta Tuktamysheva127.692016 Cup of China
10Ashley Wagner126.942016 Skate America

Pairs

Total score

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford218.302016 Skate Canada
2Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov213.852016–17 Grand Prix Final
3Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot210.592016 Trophée de France
4Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao203.762016 Cup of China
5Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès198.582016 Trophée de France
6Peng Cheng / Jin Yang197.962016 Cup of China
7Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert197.772016 Rostelecom Cup
8Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau197.312016 Skate America
9Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier192.652016 Skate America
10Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch191.542016 Cup of China

Short program

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov78.602016–17 Grand Prix Final
2Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford78.392016 Skate Canada
3Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot77.552016 Trophée de France
4Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao75.342016–17 Grand Prix Final
5Peng Cheng / Jin Yang73.332016 NHK Trophy
6Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert71.362016 Trophée de France
7Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch71.282016 Cup of China
8Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier67.292016 Skate America
9Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek66.822016 Rostelecom Cup
10Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau66.492016 Skate America

Free program

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford139.912016 Skate Canada
2Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot138.382016 Rostelecom Cup
3Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov135.252016–17 Grand Prix Final
4Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao132.652016 Skate Canada
5Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès132.532016 Trophée de France
6Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau130.822016 Skate America
7Peng Cheng / Jin Yang128.032016 Cup of China
8Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert128.012016 Rostelecom Cup
9Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier125.362016 Skate America
10Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov123.232016 Rostelecom Cup

Ice dancing

Total score

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir197.222016–17 Grand Prix Final
2Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron193.502016 Trophée de France
3Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani189.602016–17 Grand Prix Final
4Madison Chock / Evan Bates188.242016 Skate Canada
5Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev186.682016 Rostelecom Cup
6Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier182.572016 Skate Canada
7Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje181.542016 Cup of China
8Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte180.422016 NHK Trophy
9Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue179.592016–17 Grand Prix Final
10Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin177.412016 Cup of China

Short dance

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir80.502016–17 Grand Prix Final
2Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron78.262016 Trophée de France
3Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani77.972016–17 Grand Prix Final
4Madison Chock / Evan Bates76.212016 Skate Canada
5Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev74.922016 Rostelecom Cup
6Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje73.782016 Cup of China
7Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue72.472016–17 Grand Prix Final
8Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier72.122016 Skate Canada
9Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin72.092016 Cup of China
10Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte72.002016 NHK Trophy

Free dance

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir116.722016–17 Grand Prix Final
2Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron115.242016 Trophée de France
3Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani112.712016 Skate America
4Madison Chock / Evan Bates112.032016 Skate Canada
5Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev111.762016 Rostelecom Cup
6Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier110.452016 Skate Canada
7Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte109.272016 Skate Canada
8Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje108.762016 Rostelecom Cup
9Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue107.812016 Trophée de France
10Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin105.322016 Cup of China