2006–07 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating

The ice dancing podium at the 2006 Skate America.

The 2006–07 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of international invitational competitions in the first half of the 2006–07 figure skating season. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dancing over six events. Skaters earned a certain number of points per placement and the top six scoring skaters at the end of the series qualified for the 2006–07 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.

The Grand Prix series set the stage for the 2007 European Figure Skating Championships, the 2007 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, the 2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, and the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships, as well as each country's national championships. The Grand Prix series began on 26 October 2006 and ended on 17 December 2006.

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 2006–07 ISU Junior Grand Prix.

Qualifying[]

Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2006 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit. The top six skaters from the 2006 World Figure Skating Championships were seeded and were guaranteed two events. Skaters who placed 7th through 12th were also given two events, though they were not considered seeded.

Skaters/teams who medaled at the 2005–06 Junior Grand Prix Final or the 2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were guaranteed one event. Skaters were 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 in each discipline.

Medal summary[]

Event	Date	Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Skate America	October 27	Pairs	Rena Inoue / John Baldwin	Dorota Siudek / Mariusz Siudek (NSE)*	Naomi Nari Nam / Themistocles Leftheris
	October 28	Men	Nobunari Oda	Evan Lysacek	Alban Préaubert
		Ladies	Miki Ando	Kimmie Meissner	Mao Asada
	October 29	Ice dancing	Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski	Melissa Gregory / Denis Petukhov	Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat

Event	Date	Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Skate Canada International	November 3	Pairs	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	Rena Inoue / John Baldwin (NSE)*	Valérie Marcoux / Craig Buntin
	November 4	Men	Stéphane Lambiel	Daisuke Takahashi	Johnny Weir
		Ladies	Joannie Rochette	Fumie Suguri	Yuna Kim
	November 5	Ice dancing	Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir	Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali

Event	Date	Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cup of China	November 10	Pairs	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
	November 11	Men	Evan Lysacek	Sergei Davydov	Emanuel Sandhu
		Ladies	Júlia Sebestyén	Yukari Nakano	Emily Hughes
	November 12	Ice dancing	Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin	Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto	Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski

Event	Date	Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Trophée Eric Bompard	November 16	Pairs	Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov	Rena Inoue / John Baldwin	Julia Obertas / Sergei Slavnov
	November 17	Men	Brian Joubert	Alban Préaubert	Sergei Dobrin
		Ladies	Yuna Kim	Miki Ando	Kimmie Meissner
	November 18	Ice dancing	Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder	Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali

Event	Date	Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cup of Russia	November 25	Ladies	Sarah Meier	Júlia Sebestyén	Yoshie Onda
		Pairs	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov	Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov
		Men	Brian Joubert	Johnny Weir	Ilia Klimkin
	November 26	Ice dancing	Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto	Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder

Event	Date	Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
NHK Trophy	December 1	Pairs	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	Valérie Marcoux / Craig Buntin
	December 2	Ice dancing	Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon	Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski	Melissa Gregory / Denis Petukhov
		Ladies	Mao Asada	Fumie Suguri	Yukari Nakano
	December 3	Men	Daisuke Takahashi	Nobunari Oda	Takahiko Kozuka

Event	Date	Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Grand Prix Final	December 16	Ice dancing	Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski	Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon	Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin
		Men	Brian Joubert	Daisuke Takahashi	Nobunari Oda
		Ladies	Yuna Kim	Mao Asada	Sarah Meier
		Pairs	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao

^*Non-scoring event

Points[]

After the final event, the NHK Trophy, the six skaters/teams with the most points advanced to the Grand Prix Final. The point system was as follows:

If a pairs team competed in more than two events, the teams who scored below them in their non-scoring competition did not automatically move up in gaining points. For example, if Team A placed second below Team B, and it was Team B's non-scoring event, Team A still earned 13 points, not 15.

Skaters had to compete in two events to qualify for the Final.

Final points[]

Skaters in bold qualified for the Grand Prix Final.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Points	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dance
30	Brian Joubert		Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo	Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon
28	Evan Lysacek Daisuke Takahashi Nobunari Oda	Miki Ando Júlia Sebestyén	Rena Inoue / John Baldwin Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto (withdrew) Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin
26		Yuna Kim Mao Asada Fumie Suguri	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
24	Alban Préaubert Johnny Weir	Sarah Meier Joannie Rochette Kimmie Meissner Yukari Nakano		Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski Melissa Gregory / Denis Petukhov (called up)
22			Valérie Marcoux / Craig Buntin	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali
20	Sergei Davydov Ilia Klimkin
18	Shawn Sawyer Emanuel Sandhu	Emily Hughes	Elizabeth Putnam / Sean Wirtz	Meryl Davis / Charlie White
16	Tomáš Verner Takahiko Kozuka	Beatrisa Liang	Dorota Siudek / Mariusz Siudek Utako Wakamatsu / Jean-Sébastien Fecteau Julia Obertas / Sergei Slavnov	Sinead Kerr / John Kerr
15	Stéphane Lambiel	Yoshie Onda		Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat
14	Scott Smith Sergei Dobrin Kevin van der Perren	Susanna Pöykiö		Morgan Matthews / Maxim Zavozin
13		Elena Sokolova	Pang Qing / Tong Jian
12	Alexander Uspenski	Xu Binshu	Tiffany Vise / Derek Trent Julia Vlassov / Drew Meekins	Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski Nóra Hoffmann / Attila Elek
11	Patrick Chan	Christine Zukowski	Naomi Nari Nam / Themistocles Leftheris Li Jiaqi / Xu Jiankun Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov	Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido
10		Mai Asada Aki Sawada	Kendra Moyle / Andy Seitz	Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre Pernelle Carron / Mathieu Jost Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
9	Yannick Ponsero Li Chengjiang	Alissa Czisny Kiira Korpi	Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay
8	Andrei Griazev	Mira Leung Arina Martinova	Dominika Piątkowska / Dmitri Khromin
7	Kensuke Nakaniwa			Anastasia Platonova / Andrei Maximishin Lauren Senft / Leif Gislason
6	Wu Jialiang		Angelika Pylkina / Niklas Hogner
5	Kristoffer Berntsson	Valentina Marchei Fang Dan		Anastasia Grebenkina / Vazgen Azrojan Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo
4	Sergei Voronov Vaughn Chipeur		Elena Efaieva / Alexei Menshikov Jessica Millar / Ian Moram Adeline Canac / Maxime Coia Stacey Kemp / David King	Chantal Lefebvre / Arseni Markov Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin Trina Pratt / Todd Gilles
3	Ryan Bradley Marc Andre Craig	Anne-Sophie Calvez Viktoria Volchkova Lesley Hawker	Emilie Demers Boutin / Pierre-Philippe Joncas Mélodie Chataigner / Medhi Bouzzine Mari Vartmann / Florian Just	Natalia Mikhailova / Arkadi Sergeev Mylène Girard / Bradley Yaeger

Prize money[]

The total prize money is $180,000 per individual event and $272,000 for the Final. All amounts are in U.S. dollars. Pairs and dance teams split the money. The breakdown is as follows:

References[]

External links[]

• 2006 Skate America at the International Skating Union
• 2006 Skate Canada International at the International Skating Union
• 2006 Cup of China at the International Skating Union
• 2006 Trophée Eric Bompard at the International Skating Union
• 2006 Cup of Russia at the International Skating Union
• 2006 NHK Trophy at the International Skating Union
• 2006–2007 Grand Prix Final at the International Skating Union