2018–19 ISU Challenger Series

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2018–19 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:August 1 – December 8, 2018
Season:2018–19
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The 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series was held from August to December 2018. It was the fifth season of a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions ranked below the Grand Prix series.

Events[]

The 2018–19 series will be composed of ten events.[1]

Date Event Location Details
August 1–5 2018 CS Asian Open Trophy Bangkok, Thailand Details
September 12–16 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy Details
September 12–16 2018 CS U.S. International Classic Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Details
September 19–22 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy Bratislava, Slovakia Details
September 20–22 2018 CS Autumn Classic Oakville, Ontario, Canada Details
September 26–29 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details
October 4–7 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details
November 11–18 2018 CS Inge Solar Memorial – Alpen Trophy Innsbruck, Austria Details
November 26 – December 2 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy Tallinn, Estonia Details
December 5–8 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia Details

Medal summary[]

Medalists[]

Men[]

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Asian Open Japan Sōta Yamamoto Chinese Taipei Tsao Chih-i South Korea Byun Se-jong Details
Lombardia Trophy Japan Shoma Uno Russia Dmitri Aliev Russia Andrei Lazukin Details
U.S. Classic Canada Nam Nguyen Czech Republic Michal Březina United States Jimmy Ma Details
Ondrej Nepela Russia Mikhail Kolyada Russia Sergei Voronov Japan Keiji Tanaka Details
Autumn Classic Japan Yuzuru Hanyu South Korea Cha Jun-hwan Canada Roman Sadovsky Details
Nebelhorn Trophy Canada Keegan Messing Sweden Alexander Majorov Russia Artur Dmitriev Details
Finlandia Trophy Russia Mikhail Kolyada South Korea Cha Jun-hwan Georgia (country) Morisi Kvitelashvili Details
Alpen Trophy Italy Daniel Grassl Canada Roman Sadovsky United States Tomoki Hiwatashi Details
Tallinn Trophy Russia Maxim Kovtun United States Vincent Zhou Russia Anton Shulepov Details
Golden Spin United States Jason Brown Russia Mikhail Kolyada Russia Alexander Samarin Details

Ladies[]

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Asian Open South Korea Lim Eun-soo Japan Yuna Shiraiwa Japan Mako Yamashita Details
Lombardia Trophy Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Russia Sofia Samodurova Japan Mako Yamashita Details
U.S. Classic Japan Satoko Miyahara South Korea Lim Eun-soo South Korea Kim Ye-lim Details
Ondrej Nepela Japan Rika Kihira Kazakhstan Elizabet Tursynbaeva Russia Stanislava Konstantinova Details
Autumn Classic United States Bradie Tennell Russia Evgenia Medvedeva France Maé-Bérénice Méité Details
Nebelhorn Trophy Russia Alina Zagitova Japan Mai Mihara Belgium Loena Hendrickx Details
Finlandia Trophy Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Kazakhstan Elizabet Tursynbaeva Finland Viveca Lindfors Details
Alpen Trophy Russia Anna Tarusina Russia Serafima Sakhanovich Australia Brooklee Han Details
Tallinn Trophy Russia Serafima Sakhanovich United States Ting Cui Finland Viveca Lindfors Details
Golden Spin United States Bradie Tennell Russia Anastasiia Gubanova United States Mariah Bell Details

Pairs[]

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Asian Open not enough competitors to qualify as a Challenger event Details
Lombardia Trophy Russia Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Russia Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Italy Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Details
U.S. Classic United States Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc United States Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Australia Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Details
Ondrej Nepela not enough competitors to qualify as a Challenger event Details
Autumn Classic France Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Canada Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro United States Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Details
Nebelhorn Trophy Russia Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin United States Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim United States Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay Details
Finlandia Trophy Russia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Canada Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Russia Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Details
Alpen Trophy not enough competitors to qualify as a Challenger event Details
Tallinn Trophy Austria Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer United States Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea United States Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Details
Golden Spin Russia Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin United States Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim United States Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay Details

Ice dancing[]

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Asian Open China Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu United States Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Japan Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Details
Lombardia Trophy Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri United States Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Spain Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin Details
U.S. Classic United States Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue United States Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Japan Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Details
Ondrej Nepela Russia Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov United States Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Russia Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov Details
Autumn Classic Canada Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Spain Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz Canada Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus Details
Nebelhorn Trophy Canada Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier United States Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons United States Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Details
Finlandia Trophy Russia Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Spain Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz France Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Details
Alpen Trophy Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri United States Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter France Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Details
Tallinn Trophy United States Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Russia Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin Poland Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Details
Golden Spin Canada Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Poland Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Russia Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov Details

Medal standings[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)149831
2 United States (USA)612826
3 Canada (CAN)53210
4 Japan (JPN)52512
5 Italy (ITA)3014
6 South Korea (KOR)1326
7 France (FRA)1034
8 Austria (AUT)1001
 China (CHN)1001
10 Spain (ESP)0213
11 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0202
12 Poland (POL)0112
13 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0101
 Czech Republic (CZE)0101
 Sweden (SWE)0101
16 Australia (AUS)0022
 Finland (FIN)0022
18 Belgium (BEL)0011
 Georgia (GEO)0011
Totals (19 nations)373737111

Challenger Series rankings[]

The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or duo.[2]

Men[]

[3]

Rank Name 1st event Score 2nd event Score Total score
1 Russia Mikhail Kolyada 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 274.37 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 253.14 527.51
2 South Korea Cha Jun-hwan 2018 CS Autumn Classic 259.78 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 239.19 498.97
3 United States Jason Brown 2018 CS Autumn Classic 233.23 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 263.42 496.65
4 Russia Dmitri Aliev 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy 250.55 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 224.95 475.50
5 Italy Daniel Grassl 2018 CS Alpen Trophy 230.50 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 229.82 460.32

Ladies[]

[4]

Rank Name 1st event Score 2nd event Score Total score
1 Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy 206.07 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 202.85 408.92
2 United States Bradie Tennell 2018 CS Autumn Classic 206.41 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 202.41 408.82
3 Kazakhstan Elizabet Tursynbaeva 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 192.30 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 200.74 393.04
4 United States Mariah Bell 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 188.97 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 196.60 385.57
5 Russia Anastasiia Gubanova 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy 180.73 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 198.65 379.38

Pairs[]

[5]

Rank Name 1st event Score 2nd event Score Total score
1 Russia Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy 191.99 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 188.54 380.53
2 Canada Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 193.93 2018 CS Autumn Classic 176.32 370.25
3 Russia Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 178.94 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 183.89 362.83
4 Austria Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 176.09 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy 184.60 360.69
5 United States Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 177.22 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 182.84 360.06

Ice dancing[]

[6]

Rank Name 1st event Score 2nd event Score Total score
1 Canada Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 194.12 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 201.27 395.39
2 Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy 193.28 2018 CS Alpen Trophy 195.39 388.67
3 United States Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 177.49 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy 180.22 357.71
4 United States Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 178.64 2018 CS Alpen Trophy 174.35 352.99
5 United States Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy 170.68 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 180.95 351.63

Top scores[]

For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.
For the season's highest scores, see 2018–19 figure skating season § Season's best scores.

Men[]

Best total score[]

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Shoma Uno  Japan 276.20 2018 Lombardia Trophy
2 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia 274.37 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
3 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 263.65 2018 Autumn Classic
4 Jason Brown  United States 263.42 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
5 Cha Jun-hwan  South Korea 259.78 2018 Autumn Classic
6 Keegan Messing  Canada 257.16 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
7 Dmitri Aliev  Russia 250.55 2018 Lombardia Trophy
8 Maxim Kovtun  Russia 247.55 2018 Tallinn Trophy
9 Andrei Lazukin  Russia 243.45 2018 Lombardia Trophy
10 Sergei Voronov  Russia 239.73 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy

Best short program score[]

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Shoma Uno  Japan 104.15 2018 Lombardia Trophy
2 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 97.74 2018 Autumn Classic
3 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia 97.04 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
4 Jason Brown  United States 95.50 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
5 Keegan Messing  Canada 90.63 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
6 Cha Jun-hwan  South Korea 90.56 2018 Autumn Classic
7 Andrei Lazukin  Russia 87.92 2018 Lombardia Trophy
8 Dmitri Aliev  Russia 86.57 2018 Lombardia Trophy
9 Alexander Samarin  Russia 86.29 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Matteo Rizzo  Italy 85.51 2018 Lombardia Trophy

Best free skating score[]

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia 177.55 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
2 Shoma Uno  Japan 172.05 2018 Lombardia Trophy
3 Cha Jun-hwan  South Korea 169.22 2018 Autumn Classic
4 Jason Brown  United States 167.92 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
5 Maxim Kovtun  Russia 166.64 2018 Tallinn Trophy
6 Keegan Messing  Canada 166.53 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
7 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 165.91 2018 Autumn Classic
8 Dmitri Aliev  Russia 163.98 2018 Lombardia Trophy
9 Kévin Aymoz  France 162.93 2018 Autumn Classic
10 Sergei Voronov  Russia 157.96 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy

Ladies[]

Best total score[]

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Alina Zagitova  Russia 238.43 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Rika Kihira  Japan 218.16 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
3 Mai Mihara  Japan 209.22 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Bradie Tennell  United States 206.41 2018 Autumn Classic
5 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 206.07 2018 Lombardia Trophy
6 Evgenia Medvedeva  Russia 204.89 2018 Autumn Classic
7 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 204.16 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Serafima Sakhanovich  Russia 202.62 2018 Tallinn Trophy
9 Satoko Miyahara  Japan 201.23 2018 U.S. Classic
10 Elizabet Tursynbaeva  Kazakhstan 200.74 2018 Finlandia Trophy

Best short program score[]

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Alina Zagitova  Russia 79.93 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 73.83 2018 Finlandia Trophy
3 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 71.50 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
Bradie Tennell  United States 71.50 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
5 Evgenia Medvedeva  Russia 70.98 2018 Autumn Classic
6 Elizabet Tursynbaeva  Kazakhstan 70.95 2018 Finlandia Trophy
7 Mai Mihara  Japan 70.94 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Rika Kihira  Japan 70.79 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
9 Serafima Sakhanovich  Russia 70.33 2018 Tallinn Trophy
10 Mariah Bell  United States 70.02 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy

Best free skating score[]

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Alina Zagitova  Russia 158.50 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Rika Kihira  Japan 147.37 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 140.38 2018 Lombardia Trophy
4 Mai Mihara  Japan 138.28 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
5 Bradie Tennell  United States 137.15 2018 Autumn Classic
6 Evgenia Medvedeva  Russia 133.91 2018 Autumn Classic
7 Satoko Miyahara  Japan 133.77 2018 U.S. Classic
8 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 132.66 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Serafima Sakhanovich  Russia 132.29 2018 Tallinn Trophy
9 Ting Cui  United States 132.23 2018 Tallinn Trophy
10 Anna Tarusina  Russia 131.28 2018 Alpen Trophy

Pairs[]

Best total score[]

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres  France 210.21 2018 Autumn Classic
2 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 198.98 2018 Finlandia Trophy
3 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert  Russia 196.15 2018 Lombardia Trophy
4 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro  Canada 193.93 2018 Finlandia Trophy
5 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii  Russia 191.99 2018 Lombardia Trophy
6 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin  Russia 183.89 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
7 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim  United States 182.84 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy 178.18 2018 Lombardia Trophy
9 Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay  United States 176.44 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer  Austria 176.09 2018 Finlandia Trophy

Best short program score[]

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès  France 73.81 2018 Autumn Classic
2 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 73.27 2018 Finlandia Trophy
3 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert  Russia 72.50 2018 Lombardia Trophy
4 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii  Russia 67.81 2018 Finlandia Trophy
5 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy 66.93 2018 Lombardia Trophy
6 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro  Canada 66.52 2018 Finlandia Trophy
7 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer  Austria 66.08 2018 Tallinn Trophy
8 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin  Russia 65.84 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc  United States 64.34 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim  United States 64.04 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb

Best free skating score[]

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès  France 136.40 2018 Autumn Classic
2 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro  Canada 127.41 2018 Finlandia Trophy
3 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii  Russia 126.78 2018 Lombardia Trophy
4 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 125.71 2018 Finlandia Trophy
5 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert  Russia 123.65 2018 Lombardia Trophy
6 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim  United States 118.80 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
7 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin  Russia 118.05 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay  United States 116.32 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc  United States 113.95 2018 U.S. Classic
10 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer  Austria 113.83 2018 Finlandia Trophy

Ice dancing[]

Best total score[]

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 201.27 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
2 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 200.78 2018 Finlandia Trophy
3 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 197.42 2018 U.S. Classic
4 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje  Canada 197.27 2018 Autumn Classic
5 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia 196.42 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
6 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 195.39 2018 Alpen Trophy
7 Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons  United States 180.95 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko  United States 180.22 2018 Tallinn Trophy
9 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz  Spain 180.07 2018 Finlandia Trophy
10 Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin  Russia 179.78 2018 Tallinn Trophy

Best rhythm dance score[]

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 79.80 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
2 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 79.16 2018 Finlandia Trophy
3 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 79.11 2018 U.S. Classic
4 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 76.96 2018 Alpen Trophy
5 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje  Canada 76.53 2018 Autumn Classic
6 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia 75.96 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
7 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz  Spain 72.61 2018 Finlandia Trophy
8 Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin  Russia 71.17 2018 Tallinn Trophy
9 Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus  Canada 70.79 2018 Finlandia Trophy
10 Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter  United States 70.37 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy

Best free dance score[]

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 121.62 2018 Finlandia Trophy
2 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 121.47 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
3 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje  Canada 120.74 2018 Autumn Classic
4 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia 120.46 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
5 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 118.43 2018 Alpen Trophy
6 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 118.31 2018 U.S. Classic
7 Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons  United States 110.93 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko  United States 110.64 2018 Tallinn Trophy
9 Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev  Poland 109.01 2018 Tallinn Trophy
10 Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin  Russia 108.61 2018 Tallinn Trophy

References[]

  1. ^ "Challenger Series 2018/19 - Decision of the ISU Council". International Skating Union. May 15, 2018.
  2. ^ "ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating 2018/19 Announcement". International Skating Union.
  3. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2018/2019: Men". International Skating Union.
  4. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2018/2019: Ladies". International Skating Union.
  5. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2018/2019: Pairs". International Skating Union.
  6. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2018/2019: Ice Dance". International Skating Union.

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