The 2013–14 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of senior international figure skating competitions in the 2013–14 season. 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, held in Fukuoka, Japan.
Organized by the International Skating Union, the Grand Prix series began October 18 and continued until December 8, 2013. Skaters competed for medals, prize money, and a chance to compete in the Grand Prix Final. The series set the stage for the 2014 European, Four Continents, the World Championships, as well as the 2014 Winter Olympics and each country's national championships.
The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2013–14 ISU Junior Grand Prix.
Schedule The ISU announced the following schedule of events taking place in autumn 2013:
Date Event Location October 18–20 2013 Skate America Detroit, USA October 25–27 2013 Skate Canada International Saint John, Canada November 1–3 2013 Cup of China Beijing, China November 8–10 2013 NHK Trophy Tokyo, Japan November 15–17 2013 Trophée Éric Bompard Paris, France November 22–24 2013 Rostelecom Cup Moscow, Russia December 5–8 2013–14 Grand Prix Final Fukuoka, Japan
General requirements Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2013 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit. Prior to competing in a Grand Prix event, skaters were required to have earned the following scores:
Discipline Minimum Men 160.68 Ladies 130.98 Pairs 135.42 Ice dance 113.73 Minimums not required for host country skaters. Skaters who need the minimum score may compete at: U.S. International F.S. Classic 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy 2012 Ondrej Nepela Memorial 2012 Finlandia Trophy (no pairs event) 2012 Cup of Nice
Assignments The International Skating Union released the initial list of Grand Prix assignments on June 3, 2013:
Men Skater Assignment(s) Max Aaron Skate America, NHK Trophy Jeremy Abbott Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Florent Amodio Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Elladj Balde Skate Canada International Chafik Besseghier NHK Trophy, Trophée Éric Bompard Michal Březina Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Jason Brown Skate America (added) Patrick Chan Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Richard Dornbush Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Joshua Farris Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Javier Fernández NHK Trophy, Rostelecom Cup Artur Gachinski Skate America, Rostelecom Cup (added) Misha Ge Rostelecom Cup (added) Yan Han Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Yuzuru Hanyu Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Brian Joubert Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Maxim Kovtun Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Takahiko Kozuka Skate America, Cup of China Peter Liebers Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Evan Lysacek Skate America Tatsuki Machida Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Konstantin Menshov NHK Trophy, Rostelecom Cup (added) Ross Miner Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Takahito Mura Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Alexander Majorov Skate America Nobunari Oda Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Evgeni Plushenko Rostelecom Cup Romain Ponsart Trophée Éric Bompard Kevin Reynolds Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Adam Rippon Skate America, NHK Trophy Andrei Rogozine Skate Canada International Song Nan Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Daisuke Takahashi Skate America, NHK Trophy Denis Ten Skate America, Cup of China Sergei Voronov NHK Trophy Wang Yi Cup of China
Ladies Skater Assignment(s) Samantha Cesario Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard (added) Christina Gao Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Bingwa Geng Cup of China Elene Gedevanishvili Skate America, NHK Trophy Gracie Gold Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Lenaelle Gilleron-Gorry Trophée Éric Bompard Nikol Gosviani Cup of China (added), Rostelecom Cup (added) Joshi Helgesson Cup of China Viktoria Helgesson Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Courtney Hicks Skate Canada International (added) Haruka Imai Rostelecom Cup Polina Korobeinikova Cup of China Carolina Kostner Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Amelie Lacoste Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard (added) Alena Leonova Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Li Zijun Cup of China, NHK Trophy Yulia Lipnitskaya Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Veronik Mallet Skate Canada International Valentina Marchei Skate America, NHK Trophy Mae Berenice Meite Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Satoko Miyahara NHK Trophy, Rostelecom Cup Kanako Murakami Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Mirai Nagasu NHK Trophy, Rostelecom Cup Kaetlyn Osmond Skate Canada International, Rostelcom Cup Anna Pogorilaya Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Natalia Popova Skate Canada International (added), Trophée Éric Bompard (added) Yuna Kim Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Mao Asada Skate America, NHK Trophy Elena Radionova Skate America, NHK Trophy Yretha Silete Trophée Éric Bompard Adelina Sotnikova Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Akiko Suzuki Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Ashley Wagner Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Agnes Zawadzki Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Caroline Zhang Skate America Zhang Kexin Cup of China
Pairs Pair Assignment(s) Julia Antipova / Nodari Maisuradze Rostelecom Cup Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov Trophée Éric Bompard, Rostelecom Cup Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek Skate America, Skate Canada International Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir Skate America, NHK Trophy Lindsay Davis / Rockne Brubaker Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup (added) Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Trophée Éric Bompard Caydee Denney / John Coughlin Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Skate Canada International (added), NHK Trophy Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov Cup of China, NHK Trophy (added) Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Pang Qing / Jian Tong Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao Cup of China, NHK Trophy Daria Popova / Bruno Massot Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Annabelle Prolss / Ruben Blommaert Trophée Éric Bompard (added) Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro Skate America (added), Skate Canada International Natasha Purich / Mervin Tran Trophée Éric Bompard Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer Rostelecom Cup Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Narumi Takahashi / Ryuichi Kihara NHK Trophy, Rostelecom Cup Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave Skate Canada International Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Skate America, NHK Trophy Felicia Zhang / Nathan Bartholomay Cup of China
Ice dance Team Assignment(s) Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton Cup of China Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones Skate America, Cup of China Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Skate America, NHK Trophy Madison Chock / Evan Bates Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Trophée Éric Bompard Meryl Davis / Charlie White Skate America, NHK Trophy Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier NHK Trophy, Rostelcom Cup Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun Rostelcom Cup Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov NHK Trophy, Trophée Éric Bompard Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso NHK Trophy Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin Trophée Éric Bompard Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams Trophée Éric Bompard Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam Skate Canada International Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Rostelecom Cup Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Cathy Reed / Chris Reed Skate America Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko Rostelecom Cup Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Skate America, NHK Trophy Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin NHK Trophy Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniūnas Skate America Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen Cup of China Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov Skate America
Changes to preliminary assignments Skate America Evan Lysacek withdrew and was replaced by Jason Brown. Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres withdrew and were replaced by Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro. Brian Joubert withdrew. No replacement was made. Denis Ten withdrew due to illness. No replacement was made.
Skate Canada International Yuna Kim and Kiira Korpi withdrew. They were replaced by Courtney Hicks and Natalia Popova. Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov withdrew due to an injury to Smirnov. They were replaced by Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier. Alena Leonova withdrew due to a leg injury. No replacement was made.
Cup of China Polina Korobeynikova withdrew and was replaced by Nikol Gosviani. Geng Bingwa withdrew and was replaced by Guo Xiaowen. Kevin Reynolds withdrew. No replacement was made.
NHK Trophy Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov withdrew due to an injury to Smirnov. Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov were named to replace them. Li Zijun withdrew. No replacement was made. Chafik Besseghier withdrew. No replacement was made.
Trophée Éric Bompard Yuna Kim and Kiira Korpi withdrew. They were replaced by Amelie Lacoste and Natalia Popova. Ross Miner withdrew. No replacement was made. Chafik Besseghier and Romain Ponsart withdrew. Annabelle Prolss / Ruben Blommaert replaced Daria Popova / Bruno Massot.
Rostelecom Cup Artur Gachinski, Nikol Gosviani, Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin, and Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov were selected later as host picks. Kevin Reynolds withdrew. He was replaced by Misha Ge. On 13 November, it was announced that Evgeni Plushenko had withdrawn due to injury. He was replaced by Konstantin Menshov. Brian Joubert withdrew. No replacement was made. Kaetlyn Osmond withdrew. No replacement was made. Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer withdrew and were replaced by Lindsay Davis / Rockne Brubaker.
Medal summary Event DisciplineGoldSilverBronze Skate America Men Tatsuki Machida Adam Rippon Max Aaron Ladies Mao Asada Ashley Wagner Elena Radionova Pairs Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Ice dancing Meryl Davis / Charlie White Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
Event DisciplineGoldSilverBronze Skate Canada Men Patrick Chan Yuzuru Hanyu Nobunari Oda Ladies Yulia Lipnitskaya Akiko Suzuki Gracie Gold Pairs Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Ice dancing Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
Event DisciplineGoldSilverBronze Cup of China Men Yan Han Maxim Kovtun Takahiko Kozuka Ladies Anna Pogorilaya Adelina Sotnikova Carolina Kostner Pairs Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Pang Qing / Tong Jian Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao Ice dancing Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Madison Chock / Evan Bates