The 2007 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2007–08 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania on October 25–28. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2007–08 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Austrian Waltz.
| 2007 Skate America | |
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| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | October 25 – 28 |
| Season: | 2007–08 |
| Location: | Reading, Pennsylvania |
| Host: | U.S. Figure Skating |
| Venue: | Sovereign Center |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Daisuke Takahashi | |
Ladies' singles:  Kimmie Meissner | |
Pairs:  Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison | |
| Ice dance: Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | |
| Previous: 2006 Skate America | |
| Next: 2008 Skate America | |
| Next GP: 2007 Skate Canada International | |
Schedule edit
- Friday, Oct. 26
- 6:00 p.m. - Compulsory dance
- 7:35 p.m. - Pairs' short program
- 9:10 p.m. - Men's short program
- Saturday, Oct. 27
- 2:00 p.m. - Original dance
- 3:45 p.m. - Pairs' free skating
- 6:00 p.m. - Ladies' short program
- 7:55 p.m. - Men's free skating
- Sunday, Oct. 28
- 2:00 p.m. - Free dance
- 4:08 p.m. - Ladies' free skating
- 7:30 p.m. - Exhibition of Champions
Results edit
Men edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daisuke Takahashi | Japan |
228.97 | 1 | 80.04 | 2 | 148.93 |
| 2 | Evan Lysacek |  United States |
220.08 | 2 | 67.70 | 1 | 152.38 |
| 3 | Patrick Chan | Canada |
213.33 | 3 | 67.47 | 3 | 145.86 |
| 4 | Stephen Carriere | United States |
196.33 | 6 | 66.85 | 4 | 129.48 |
| 5 | Alban Préaubert |  France |
194.40 | 4 | 67.05 | 5 | 127.35 |
| 6 | Ryan Bradley | United States |
181.66 | 8 | 58.69 | 6 | 122.97 |
| 7 | Andrei Lutai |  Russia |
180.88 | 5 | 66.91 | 8 | 113.97 |
| 8 | Takahiko Kozuka | Japan |
177.47 | 10 | 56.25 | 7 | 121.22 |
| 9 | Kevin Reynolds | Canada |
169.12 | 7 | 59.25 | 9 | 109.87 |
| 10 | Yasuharu Nanri | Japan |
153.99 | 9 | 57.84 | 12 | 96.15 |
| 11 | Kristoffer Berntsson |  Sweden |
152.52 | 11 | 54.15 | 10 | 98.37 |
| 12 | Karel Zelenka |  Italy |
144.51 | 12 | 46.14 | 11 | 98.37 |
Referee: Beth Crane
Technical Controller: Igor Prokop
Technical Specialist: Vladimir Petrenko
Assistant Technical Specialist: David Santee
Judge No.1: Karen Butcher
Judge No.2: Raffaella Locatelli
Judge No.3: Anne G. Shean
Judge No.4: Igor Obraztsov
Judge No.5: Kerstin Kimminus 
Judge No.6: Salome Chigogidze 
Judge No.7: Leena Kurri 
Judge No.8: Mona Jonsson
Judge No.9: Masako Kubota
Judge No.10: Valerie Greugny
Data Operator: Marylin Kreuzinger
Replay Operator: David Kirby
Ladies edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kimmie Meissner | United States |
163.23 | 1 | 59.24 | 2 | 103.99 |
| 2 | Miki Ando | Japan |
161.89 | 2 | 56.58 | 1 | 105.31 |
| 3 | Caroline Zhang | United States |
153.35 | 3 | 56.48 | 3 | 96.87 |
| 4 | Emily Hughes | United States |
140.50 | 4 | 47.66 | 5 | 92.84 |
| 5 | Mira Leung | Canada |
139.14 | 6 | 46.04 | 4 | 93.10 |
| 6 | Elene Gedevanishvili | Georgia |
126.06 | 11 | 38.30 | 6 | 87.76 |
| 7 | Alexandra Ievleva | Russia |
124.84 | 8 | 44.78 | 7 | 80.06 |
| 8 | Mai Asada | Japan |
120.49 | 5 | 47.66 | 9 | 73.67 |
| 9 | Tuğba Karademir |  Turkey |
119.26 | 10 | 41.58 | 8 | 77.68 |
| 10 | Valentina Marchei | Italy |
116.44 | 9 | 44.64 | 10 | 71.80 |
| 11 | Xu Binshu |  China |
112.46 | 7 | 45.16 | 11 | 67.30 |
Referee: Hely Abbondati
Technical Controller: Steve Winkler
Technical Specialist: Jayson Peace
Assistant Technical Specialist: Vladimir Petrenko
Judge No.1: Karen Howard
Judge No.2: Elena Buriak
Judge No.3: Salome Chigogidze
Judge No.4: Wei Shi
Judge No.5: Mayumi Kato
Judge No.6: Mona Jonsson
Judge No.7: Raffaella Locatelli
Judge No.8: William S. Smith
Judge No.9: Karen Jones 
Judge No.10: Leena Kurri
Data Operator: Marylin Kreuzinger
Replay Operator: David Santee
Pairs edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison | Canada |
173.26 | 1 | 60.80 | 1 | 112.46 |
| 2 | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | China |
165.19 | 2 | 60.32 | 2 | 104.87 |
| 3 | Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov | Russia |
159.58 | 3 | 56.76 | 3 | 102.82 |
| 4 | Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig | United States |
140.40 | 4 | 46.18 | 4 | 94.22 |
| 5 | Meeran Trombley / Laureano Ibarra | United States |
132.42 | 5 | 45.48 | 5 | 86.94 |
| 6 | Laura Magitteri / Ondřej Hotárek | Italy |
114.66 | 7 | 38.76 | 6 | 75.90 |
| 7 | Stacey Kemp / David King | United Kingdom |
109.27 | 6 | 44.74 | 7 | 64.53 |
Ice dancing edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | CD | OD | FD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | United States |
192.95 | 1 | 36.03 | 1 | 59.24 | 1 | 97.68 |
| 2 | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat | France |
181.84 | 2 | 34.56 | 2 | 56.95 | 2 | 90.33 |
| 3 | Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali | Italy |
172.28 | 3 | 31.43 | 3 | 54.56 | 3 | 86.29 |
| 4 | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | United States |
168.79 | 5 | 30.16 | 4 | 52.84 | 4 | 85.79 |
| 5 | Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin |  Azerbaijan |
167.80 | 4 | 31.19 | 5 | 51.23 | 5 | 85.38 |
| 6 | Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre | United States |
159.93 | 6 | 27.90 | 6 | 51.13 | 6 | 80.90 |
| 7 | Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski |  Israel |
157.85 | 7 | 27.80 | 7 | 51.12 | 8 | 78.93 |
| 8 | Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer | Russia |
151.58 | 8 | 26.95 | 8 | 45.46 | 7 | 79.17 |
| 9 | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed | Japan |
142.63 | 9 | 26.47 | 9 | 43.79 | 9 | 72.37 |
| 10 | Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen | China |
135.29 | 10 | 22.14 | 10 | 43.19 | 10 | 69.96 |
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