The 2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of senior invitational internationals which ran from October 23 to December 13, 2015. 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 series set the stage for the 2016 Europeans, the 2016 Four Continents, and the 2016 World Championships. The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2015–16 ISU Junior Grand Prix.
Schedule The series was composed of the following events:
Date Event Location October 23–25 2015 Skate America Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States Oct. 30 – Nov. 1 2015 Skate Canada International Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada November 6–8 2015 Cup of China Beijing, China November 13–15 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard Bordeaux, France November 20–22 2015 Rostelecom Cup Moscow, Russia November 27–29 2015 NHK Trophy Nagano, Japan December 10–13 2015–16 Grand Prix Final Barcelona, Spain
Assignments The preliminary Grand Prix assignments were announced on June 15, 2015.
Men Skater Assignment(s) Brendan Kerry Skate America, NHK Trophy Elladj Baldé Cup of China, NHK Trophy Patrick Chan Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Nam Nguyen Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Jin Boyang Cup of China, NHK Trophy Yan Han Skate America, Cup of China Michal Březina Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Chafik Besseghier Trophee Éric Bompard, NHK Trophy Oleksii Bychenko Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Ivan Righini Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Yuzuru Hanyu Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Takahiko Kozuka Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Takahito Mura Skate America, NHK Trophy Daisuke Murakami Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Shoma Uno Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Denis Ten Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Kim Jin-seo Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Maxim Kovtun Trophée Éric Bompard, NHK Trophy Konstantin Menshov Skate America, NHK Trophy Alexander Petrov Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Adian Pitkeev Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Sergei Voronov Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Javier Fernández Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Max Aaron Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Richard Dornbush Cup of China, NHK Trophy Grant Hochstein Cup of China, NHK Trophy Ross Miner Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Adam Rippon Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup 1 Assignment Keegan Messing Skate Canada International Song Nan Cup of China Wang Yi Trophée Éric Bompard Florent Amodio Skate America Romain Ponsart Trophée Éric Bompard Sei Kawahara Skate Canada International Keiji Tanaka NHK Trophy Lee June-hyoung Skate Canada International Michael Christian Martinez Cup of China Mikhail Kolyada Rostelecom Cup Moris Kvitelashvili Cup of China Jason Brown Skate America Timothy Dolensky Skate Canada International Misha Ge Cup of China
Ladies Skater Assignment(s) Alaine Chartrand Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Gabrielle Daleman Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Kaetlyn Osmond Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Li Zijun Cup of China, NHK Trophy Roberta Rodeghiero Trophée Éric Bompard, Rostelecom Cup Mao Asada Cup of China, NHK Trophy Rika Hongo Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Haruka Imai Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Satoko Miyahara Skate America, NHK Trophy Kanako Murakami Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Yuka Nagai Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Elizabet Tursynbaeva Skate America, Skate Canada International Park So-youn Skate America, Cup of China Alena Leonova Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Yulia Lipnitskaya Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Evgenia Medvedeva Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Anna Pogorilaya Cup of China, NHK Trophy Elena Radionova Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Nicole Rajičová Skate America, Cup of China Joshi Helgesson Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Karen Chen Skate America, Cup of China Polina Edmunds Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Gracie Gold Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Courtney Hicks Cup of China, NHK Trophy Hannah Miller Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Ashley Wagner Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy 1 Assignment Brooklee Han Trophée Éric Bompard Véronik Mallet Skate Canada International Zhao Ziquan Cup of China Zheng Lu Cup of China Laurine Lecavelier Trophée Éric Bompard Maé-Bérénice Méité Trophée Éric Bompard Riona Kato Rostelecom Cup Mariko Kihara NHK Trophy Miyu Nakashio Skate America Angelīna Kučvaļska Trophée Éric Bompard Maria Artemieva NHK Trophy Adelina Sotnikova Rostelecom Cup Daša Grm Rostelecom Cup Isabelle Olsson Skate Canada International Mariah Bell Skate America Mirai Nagasu NHK Trophy Angela Wang Trophée Éric Bompard
Pairs Pair Assignment(s) Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps Skate Canada International, Cup of China Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch Cup of China, NHK Trophy Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao Trophée Éric Bompard, Rostelecom Cup Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Skate America, Cup of China Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei Skate America, Cup of China Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Cup of China, NHK Trophy Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Trophée Éric Bompard, NHK Trophy Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Skate America, Cup of China Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Skate America, NHK Trophy 1 Assignment Hayleigh Bell / Rudi Swiegers Rostelecom Cup Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert Cup of China Amani Fancy / Christopher Boyadji NHK Trophy Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Trophée Éric Bompard Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Trophée Éric Bompard Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert Rostelecom Cup Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu NHK Trophy Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan Skate America
Ice dance Team Assignment(s) Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Skate America, Cup of China Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Trophée Éric Bompard, NHK Trophy Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Trophée Éric Bompard, NHK Trophy Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus Skate America, NHK Trophy Madison Chock / Evan Bates Skate America, Cup of China Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Skate America, Cup of China Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Trophée Éric Bompard, NHK Trophy Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy 1 Assignment Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev Rostelecom Cup Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette Skate Canada International Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam Skate Canada International Zhao Yue / Zheng Xun Cup of China Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion NHK Trophy Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed NHK Trophy Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov Rostelecom Cup Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley Cup of China Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar Trophée Éric Bompard Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin Skate America
Changes to preliminary assignments Skate America On August 21, three out of the four host picks were announced as Ross Miner, Karen Chen, and Gretchen Donlan / Nathan Bartholomay. On August 26, the fourth host pick was officially announced as Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus. On October 21, Gretchen Donlan / Nathan Bartholomay were replaced by Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan as Donlan / Bartholomay withdrew due to Donlan recovering from an illness.
Skate Canada International On July 24, Ronald Lam announced his retirement. He was officially removed from the roster on August 21. On September 4, he was officially replaced with Kim Jin-seo. On August 21, Véronik Mallet was announced as a host pick. On September 2, Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps, and Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette were announced as host picks. On September 24, Joshua Farris was removed from the roster due to a concussion. On September 25, it was announced that he was replaced by Timothy Dolensky. Dolensky was officially added to the roster on September 28. On October 16, Elene Gedevanishvili was removed from the roster. No reason has been given. On October 19, her replacement was announced as Isabelle Olsson. On October 22, Peter Liebers was replaced by Sei Kawahara. No reason has been given.
Cup of China On August 17, Daniel Samohin and Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin were removed from the roster. No reasons were given. However, Samohin is not eligible to compete on the Senior Grand Prix circuit due to competing on the Junior Grand Prix this season. On August 21, Elladj Baldé and Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps were announced as their replacements. On September 15, Zhao Ziquan, Zheng Lu, and Cong Yue / Sun Zhuoming were added as host picks. On October 6, Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage were removed from the roster. No reason has been given. Their replacement was announced as Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert. On October 15, Takahiko Kozuka was removed from the roster due to an injury. On October 16, his replacement was announced as Ivan Righini. On November 5, China's Cong / Sun withdrew from the ice dancing event due to a medical reason.
Trophée Éric Bompard On August 14, Kiira Korpi was removed from the roster. On August 21, her replacement was announced as Roberta Rodeghiero. On August 27, it was announced that Korpi had retired. On September 14, Chafik Besseghier was added as a host pick. On September 23, Brooklee Han, Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer, Sara Hurtado / Adrià Díaz, and Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar were added to the roster in place of host picks. On September 28, Misha Ge was removed from the roster due to visa problems. On October 15, Kim Jin-seo was announced as his replacement. On October 16, Sara Hurtado / Adrià Díaz were removed from the roster. It was announced that the couple had split, because Hurtado had dissolved the partnership. On October 26, their replacement was announced as Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen. On November 6, Florent Amodio was removed from the roster due to an injury. No replacement was made. On November 11, Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron withdrew due to Papadakis not having fully recovered from her concussion. No replacement was made.
Rostelecom Cup On September 14, Adelina Sotnikova, Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert, and Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov were added as a host picks.