The 2014–15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of senior international figure skating competitions in the 2014–15 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 Barcelona, Spain.
Organized by the International Skating Union, the Grand Prix series began in October 24 and ran until December 14, 2014. The series sets the stage for the 2015 European, Four Continents, and World Championships. The corresponding series for junior-level skaters were the 2014–15 ISU Junior Grand Prix.
Schedule The series comprised the following events:
Date Event Location October 24–26 2014 Skate America Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States Oct. 31 – Nov. 2 2014 Skate Canada International Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada November 7–9 2014 Cup of China Shanghai, China November 14–16 2014 Rostelecom Cup Moscow, Russia November 21–23 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard Bordeaux, France November 28–30 2014 NHK Trophy Osaka, Japan December 11–14 2014–15 Grand Prix Final Barcelona, Spain
Assignments On June 28, the preliminary Grand Prix assignments were announced:
Men Skater Assignment(s) 2 Assignments Nam Nguyen Skate America, Cup of China Jeremy Ten Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy (added) Yan Han Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Michal Březina Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Florent Amodio Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Chafik Besseghier Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Alexei Bychenko Skate America, Cup of China (added) Ivan Righini Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy Yuzuru Hanyu Cup of China, NHK Trophy Takahiko Kozuka Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Tatsuki Machida Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Takahito Mura Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Denis Ten Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Kim Jin-seo Cup of China (added), NHK Trophy Artur Gachinski Skate America, Rostelecom Cup (added) Maxim Kovtun Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Konstantin Menshov Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Adian Pitkeev Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Sergei Voronov Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy Javier Fernández Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Max Aaron Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Jeremy Abbott Skate America, NHK Trophy Jason Brown Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Stephen Carriere Skate Canada International (added), Rostelecom Cup Richard Dornbush Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Douglas Razzano Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard (added) Adam Rippon Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Misha Ge Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup (added) 1 Assignment Jorik Hendrickx Skate America, NHK Trophy (added) Elladj Balde Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy (added) Liam Firus Skate Canada International Andrei Rogozine Skate Canada International (added) Guan Yuhang Cup of China (added) Wang Yi Cup of China Daisuke Murakami NHK Trophy (added) Keiji Tanaka Cup of China Michael Christian Martinez Skate America Moris Kvitelashvili Rostelecom Cup (added) Joshua Farris Cup of China, NHK Trophy Ross Miner NHK Trophy Removed Kevin Reynolds Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Guan Jinlin Cup of China Song Nan Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Romain Ponsart Trophée Éric Bompard (added) Peter Liebers Cup of China, NHK Trophy Zhan Bush Skate Canada International (added), Cup of China Mikhail Kolyada Rostelecom Cup Alexander Majorov Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Ladies Skater Assignment(s) 2 Assignments Brooklee Han Skate America, Skate Canada International (added) Alaine Chartrand Skate Canada International (added), Rostelecom Cup Gabrielle Daleman Cup of China, NHK Trophy Veronik Mallet Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard (added) Li Zijun Cup of China, NHK Trophy Eliška Březinová Rostelecom Cup (added), Trophée Éric Bompard Mae Berenice Meite Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Elene Gedevanishvili Skate America, NHK Trophy (added) Rika Hongo Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup (added) Haruka Imai Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Satoko Miyahara Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Kanako Murakami Cup of China, NHK Trophy Kim Hae-jin Skate Canada International, Cup of China (added) Park So-youn Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Anne Line Gjersem Cup of China, NHK Trophy (added) Maria Artemieva Rostelecom Cup (added), Trophée Éric Bompard Alena Leonova Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Yulia Lipnitskaya Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Anna Pogorilaya Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Elena Radionova Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Skate America, Cup of China Anna Ovcharova Trophée Éric Bompard, NHK Trophy Viktoria Helgesson Skate Canada International (added), Cup of China Ashley Cain Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup (added) Samantha Cesario Skate America (added), Trophée Éric Bompard Polina Edmunds Cup of China, NHK Trophy Christina Gao Cup of China, NhK Trophy Gracie Gold Skate America, NHK Trophy Courtney Hicks Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Mirai Nagasu Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Ashley Wagner Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard 1 Assignment Julianne Séguin Skate Canada International (added) Laurine Lecavelier Trophée Éric Bompard Riona Kato NHK Trophy (added) Miyabi Oba Rostelecom Cup Maria Stavitskaya Rostelecom Cup (added) Joshi Helgesson Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Natalia Popova Skate America Angela Wang Rostelecom Cup Removed Kaetlyn Osmond Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Zhang Kexin Cup of China Anais Ventard Trophée Éric Bompard (added) Nathalie Weinzierl Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Valentina Marchei Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Nikol Gosviani Rostelecom Cup (added), NHK Trophy Adelina Sotnikova Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy Vanessa Lam Rostelecom Cup
Pairs Pair Assignment(s) 2 Assignments Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard (added) Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao Skate America, Cup of China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Cup of China, NHK Trophy Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Annabelle Prolss / Ruben Blommaert Skate America, Rostelecom Cup (added) Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy (added) Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard (added) Narumi Takahashi / Ryuichi Kihara Rostelecom Cup (added), NHK Trophy Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat Cup of China, NHK Trophy Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Skate America, NHK Trophy Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Trophée Éric Bompard, Rostelecom Cup Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Skate Canada International, (added), Rostelecom Cup Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage Skate America, Skate Canada International (added) Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup (added) Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Skate America, Rostelecom Cup DeeDee Leng / Simon Shnapir Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard 1 Assignment Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps Skate America (added) Brittany Jones / Joshua Reagan Skate Canada International Natasha Purich / Andrew Wolfe Cup of China (added) Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Rostelecom Cup (added) Arina Cherniavskaia / Antonio Souza-Kordeyru Cup of China, NHK Trophy (added) Removed Maylin Wende / Daniel Wende Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Julia Antipova / Nodari Maisuradze Cup of China, NHK Trophy Vasilisa Davankova / Alexander Enbert Rostelecom Cup Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Skate America, Cup of China Elizaveta Usmantseva / Roman Talan Skate America (added) Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Felicia Zhang / Nathan Bartholomay Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Ice dance Team Assignment(s) 2 Assignments Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette Skate America (added), Skate Canada International Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard (added) Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov Rostelecom Cup, Trophée Éric Bompard (added) Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Viktoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Rostelcom Cup, NHK Trophy Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Skate America (added), Rostelecom Cup Sara Hurtado / Adria Diaz Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Madison Chock / Evan Bates Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Skate America, Cup of China 1 Assignment Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams Skate America Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Cup of China Zhang Yiyi / Wu Nan Cup of China Zhao Yue / Zhang Xun Cup of China (added) Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion NHK Trophy (added) Cathy Reed / Chris Reed Skate America, NHK Trophy Federica Testa / Lukas Csolley Skate America (added) Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus Skate America (added) Removed Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov Skate America, Rostelcom Cup Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard
Changes to preliminary assignments Skate America On July 2, it was announced that Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek had split up. On July 22, it was announced that their replacement was Elizaveta Usmantseva / Roman Talan. On July 10, Douglas Razzano and Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus were added as host picks. On July 18, Samantha Cesario was added as a host pick. On August 13, Maylin Wende / Daniel Wende were removed from the roster due to an injury to Wende. On August 22, it was announced that Annabelle Prolss / Ruben Blommaert were their replacements. On September 2, Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage were announced as host picks. On September 19, Elizaveta Usmantseva / Roman Talan were removed from the roster. No reason has been given. On September 23, Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer were announced as their replacements. On September 20, it was reported that Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev were going to be withdrawing due to an injury to Soloviev. They were removed from the roster on September 29. On October 1, Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin were announced as their replacements. On September 22, it was reported that Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov were going to be withdrawing due to an injury to Trankov. On October 1, they were removed from the roster. On October 3, Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps were announced as their replacements. On October 2, Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov withdrew. No reason has been given. On October 3, Federica Testa / Lukas Csolley were announced as their replacements. On October 10, Cathy Reed / Chris Reed were replaced on the roster by Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette. No reason has been given.