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2018–19 ISU Challenger Series

The 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series was held from August to December 2018. It was the fifth season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held.

2018–19 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:August 1 – December 8, 2018
Season:2018–19
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Competitions edit

This season, the series included the following events.[1]

Date Event Location Notes Results
August 1–5   2018 Asian Open Trophy Bangkok, Thailand Pairs competition did not qualify as a Challenger Series event. Details
September 12–16   2018 Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy Details
September 12–16   2018 U.S. International Classic Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Details
September 19–22   2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy Bratislava, Slovakia Pairs competition did not qualify as a Challenger Series event. Details
September 20–22   2018 Autumn Classic International Oakville, Ontario, Canada Details
September 26–29   2018 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details
October 4–7   2018 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details
November 11–18   2018 Inge Solar Memorial – Alpen Trophy Innsbruck, Austria Pairs competition did not qualify as a Challenger Series event. Details
November 26 – December 2   2018 Tallinn Trophy Tallinn, Estonia Details
December 5–8   2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia Details

Medal summary edit

Men's singles edit

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  Asian Open Trophy   Sōta Yamamoto   Tsao Chih-i   Byun Se-jong Details
  Lombardia Trophy   Shoma Uno   Dmitri Aliev   Andrei Lazukin Details
  U.S. International Classic   Nam Nguyen   Michal Březina   Jimmy Ma Details
  Ondrej Nepela Trophy   Mikhail Kolyada   Sergei Voronov   Keiji Tanaka Details
  Autumn Classic International   Yuzuru Hanyu   Cha Jun-hwan   Roman Sadovsky Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Keegan Messing   Alexander Majorov   Artur Dmitriev Details
  Finlandia Trophy   Mikhail Kolyada   Cha Jun-hwan   Morisi Kvitelashvili Details
  2018 Alpen Trophy   Daniel Grassl   Roman Sadovsky   Tomoki Hiwatashi Details
  2018 Tallinn Trophy   Maxim Kovtun   Vincent Zhou   Anton Shulepov Details
  2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb   Jason Brown   Mikhail Kolyada   Alexander Samarin Details

Ladies' singles edit

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  Asian Open Trophy   Lim Eun-soo   Yuna Shiraiwa   Mako Yamashita Details
  Lombardia Trophy   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Sofia Samodurova   Mako Yamashita Details
  U.S. International Classic   Satoko Miyahara   Lim Eun-soo   Kim Ye-lim Details
  Ondrej Nepela Trophy   Rika Kihira   Elizabet Tursynbaeva   Stanislava Konstantinova Details
  Autumn Classic International   Bradie Tennell   Evgenia Medvedeva   Maé-Bérénice Méité Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Alina Zagitova   Mai Mihara   Loena Hendrickx Details
  Finlandia Trophy   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Elizabet Tursynbaeva   Viveca Lindfors Details
  2018 Alpen Trophy   Anna Tarusina   Serafima Sakhanovich   Brooklee Han Details
  2018 Tallinn Trophy   Serafima Sakhanovich   Ting Cui   Viveca Lindfors Details
  2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb   Bradie Tennell   Anastasiia Gubanova   Mariah Bell Details

Pairs edit

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  Lombardia Trophy   Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert   Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii   Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Details
  U.S. International Classic   Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc   Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov   Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Details
  Autumn Classic International   Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès   Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro   Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin   Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim   Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay Details
  Finlandia Trophy   Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro   Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Details
  2018 Tallinn Trophy   Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer   Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea   Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Details
  2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb   Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin   Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim   Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay Details

Ice dance edit

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  Asian Open Trophy   Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu   Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons   Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Details
  Lombardia Trophy   Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons   Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin Details
  U.S. International Classic   Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue   Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko   Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Details
  Ondrej Nepela Trophy   Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov   Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter   Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov Details
  Autumn Classic International   Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje   Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz   Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier   Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons   Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Details
  Finlandia Trophy   Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin   Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz   Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Details
  2018 Alpen Trophy   Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter   Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Details
  2018 Tallinn Trophy   Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko   Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin   Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Details
  2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb   Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier   Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev   Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov Details

Medal standings edit

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 entries)373737111

Challenger Series rankings edit

The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team.[1]

Men's singles edit

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[2]
1 Mikhail Kolyada   Russia Ondrej Nepela Trophy 274.37 Golden Spin of Zagreb 253.14 527.51
2 Cha Jun-hwan   South Korea Autumn Classic International 259.78 Finlandia Trophy 239.19 498.97
3 Jason Brown   United States 233.23 Golden Spin of Zagreb 263.42 496.65
4 Dmitri Aliev   Russia Lombardia Trophy 250.55 Finlandia Trophy 224.95 475.50
5 Daniel Grassl   Italy Alpen Trophy 230.50 Golden Spin of Zagreb 229.82 460.32

Ladies' singles edit

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[3]
1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Russia Lombardia Trophy 206.07 Finlandia Trophy 202.85 408.92
2 Bradie Tennell   United States Autumn Classic International 206.41 Golden Spin of Zagreb 202.41 408.82
3 Elizabet Tursynbaeva   Kazakhstan Ondrej Nepela Trophy 192.30 Finlandia Trophy 200.74 393.04
4 Mariah Bell   United States Nebelhorn Trophy 188.97 Golden Spin of Zagreb 196.60 385.57
5 Anastasiia Gubanova   Russia Tallinn Trophy 180.73 198.65 379.38

Pairs edit

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[4]
1 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii   Russia Lombardia Trophy 191.99 Finlandia Trophy 188.54 380.53
2 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro   Canada Finlandia Trophy 193.93 Autumn Classic International 176.32 370.25
3 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin   Russia Nebelhorn Trophy 178.94 Golden Spin of Zagreb 183.89 362.83
4 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer   Austria Finlandia Trophy 176.09 Tallinn Trophy 184.60 360.69
5 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim   United States Nebelhorn Trophy 177.22 Golden Spin of Zagreb 182.84 360.06

Ice dance edit

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[5]
1 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier   Canada Nebelhorn Trophy 194.12 Golden Spin of Zagreb 201.27 395.39
2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy Lombardia Trophy 193.28 Alpen Trophy 195.39 388.67
3 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko   United States Nebelhorn Trophy 177.49 Tallinn Trophy 180.22 357.71
4 Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Ondrej Nepela Trophy 178.64 Alpen Trophy 174.35 352.99
5 Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Lombardia Trophy 170.68 Nebelhorn Trophy 180.95 351.63

Top scores edit

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's singles edit

Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total
No. Skater 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 International
4 Jason Brown   United States 263.42 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
5 Cha Jun-hwan   South Korea 259.78 2018 Autumn Classic International
6 Keegan Messing   Canada 257.16 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
7 Dmitri Aliev   Russia 250.55 2018 Lombardia Trophy
8 Maxim Kovtun 247.55 2018 Tallinn Trophy
9 Andrei Lazukin 243.45 2018 Lombardia Trophy
10 Sergei Voronov 239.73 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the men's short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Shoma Uno   Japan 104.15 2018 Lombardia Trophy
2 Yuzuru Hanyu 97.74 2018 Autumn Classic International
3 Mikhail Kolyada   Russia 97.04 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
4 Jason Brown   United States 95.50
5 Keegan Messing   Canada 90.63 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
6 Cha Jun-hwan   South Korea 90.56 2018 Autumn Classic International
7 Andrei Lazukin   Russia 87.92 2018 Lombardia Trophy
8 Dmitri Aliev 86.57
9 Alexander Samarin 86.29 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Matteo Rizzo   Italy 85.51 2018 Lombardia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the men's free skating
No. Skater 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 International
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 International
8 Dmitri Aliev   Russia 163.98 2018 Lombardia Trophy
9 Kévin Aymoz   France 162.93 2018 Autumn Classic International
10 Sergei Voronov   Russia 157.96 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy

Ladies' singles edit

Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total
No. Skater 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 209.22 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Bradie Tennell   United States 206.41 2018 Autumn Classic International
5 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Russia 206.07 2018 Lombardia Trophy
6 Evgenia Medvedeva 204.89 2018 Autumn Classic International
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. International Classic
10 Elizabet Tursynbaeva   Kazakhstan 200.74 2018 Finlandia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the ladies' short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Alina Zagitova   Russia 79.93 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 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 International
6 Elizabet Tursynbaeva   Kazakhstan 70.95 2018 Finlandia Trophy
7 Mai Mihara   Japan 70.94 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Rika Kihira 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
Top 10 best scores in the ladies' free skating
No. Skater 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 International
6 Evgenia Medvedeva   Russia 133.91
7 Satoko Miyahara   Japan 133.77 2018 U.S. International Classic
8 Loena Hendrickx   Belgium 132.66 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
9 Serafima Sakhanovich   Russia 132.29 2018 Tallinn Trophy
10 Ting Cui   United States 132.23

Pairs edit

Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres   France 210.21 2018 Autumn Classic International
2 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Russia 198.98 2018 Finlandia Trophy
3 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert 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 183.89 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
7 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim   United States 182.84
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
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' short program
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès   France 73.81 2018 Autumn Classic International
2 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Russia 73.27 2018 Finlandia Trophy
3 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert 72.50 2018 Lombardia Trophy
4 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii 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
10 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim 64.04
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' free skating
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès   France 136.40 2018 Autumn Classic International
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 125.71 2018 Finlandia Trophy
5 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert 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
8 Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay   United States 116.32
9 Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc 113.95 2018 U.S. International Classic
10 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer   Austria 113.83 2018 Finlandia Trophy

Ice dance edit

Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance)
No. Team 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. International 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 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
Top 10 best scores in the rhythm dance
No. Team 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. International 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
Top 10 best scores in the free dance
No. Team 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 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. International Classic
7 Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons 110.93 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko 110.64 2018 Tallinn Trophy
9 Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev   Poland 109.01
10 Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin   Russia 108.61

References edit

  1. ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating 2018/19 Announcement". International Skating Union.
  2. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2018/2019: Men". International Skating Union.
  3. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2018/2019: Ladies". International Skating Union.
  4. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2018/2019: Pairs". International Skating Union.
  5. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2018/2019: Ice Dance". International Skating Union.

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