The 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of invitational senior internationals which ran from October through December 2016. 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 in Marseille.
Organized by the International Skating Union, the series set the stage for the 2017 Europeans, the 2017 Four Continents, and the 2017 World Championships. The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2016–17 ISU Junior Grand Prix.
Schedule The series was composed of the following events:
Date Event Location October 21–23 2016 Skate America Chicago, Illinois, United States October 28–30 2016 Skate Canada International Mississauga, Ontario, Canada November 4–6 2016 Rostelecom Cup Moscow, Russia November 11–13 2016 Trophée de France Paris, France November 18–20 2016 Cup of China Beijing, China November 25–27 2016 NHK Trophy Sapporo, Japan December 8–11 2016–17 Grand Prix Final Marseille, France
Requirements Skaters were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit if they had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2016. They were also required to have earned either a minimum total score or minimum technical elements scores (TES) at certain international events:
Discipline Total score Short segment TES Free segment TES Men 188.95 36.91 70.83 Ladies 134.31 24.31 46.66 Pairs 139.19 26.33 47.68 Ice dance 116.67 23.08 35.63 Total scores: ISU Championships, Grand Prix; Challenger Series, Junior Grand Prix in the 2015–16 season. TES: ISU Events or selected international competitions in the 2015–16 or 2016–17 season
Assignments The ISU published the preliminary Grand Prix assignments on June 30, 2016.
Men Skater Assignment(s) Brendan Kerry Skate America, Trophée de France (added) Jorik Hendrickx Skate America, Trophée de France (added) Elladj Baldé Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy Patrick Chan Skate Canada International, Cup of China Nam Nguyen Skate America, NHK Trophy Jin Boyang Skate America, Cup of China Yan Han Skate Canada International, Cup of China Michal Březina Skate Canada International, Cup of China Chafik Besseghier Rostelecom Cup, Trophée de France Alexei Bychenko Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy Daniel Samohin Skate Canada International, Cup of China Yuzuru Hanyu Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Takahito Mura Skate Canada International, Trophée de France Keiji Tanaka Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy Shoma Uno Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Deniss Vasiļjevs Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy (added) Artur Dmitriev Jr. Rostelecom Cup, Trophée de France Mikhail Kolyada Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy Maxim Kovtun Skate America, Cup of China Alexander Petrov Skate Canada International, Cup of China Sergei Voronov Skate America, Cup of China Javier Fernández Rostelecom Cup, Trophée de France Max Aaron Rostelecom Cup, Cup of China Jason Brown Skate America, NHK Trophy Nathan Chen Trophée de France, NHK Trophy Grant Hochstein Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Ross Miner Skate Canada International, Cup of China Adam Rippon Skate America, Trophée de France Misha Ge Skate Canada International, Trophée de France 1 assignment Liam Firus Skate Canada International Kevin Reynolds Skate Canada International Ivan Righini Trophée de France, NHK Trophy Ryuju Hino NHK Trophy (added) Denis Ten Skate America, Trophée de France Gordei Gorshkov Rostelecom Cup Alexander Majorov Rostelecom Cup Timothy Dolensky Skate America
Ladies Skater Assignment(s) Anastasia Galustyan Rostelecom Cup (added), Trophée de France (added) Alaine Chartrand Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Gabrielle Daleman Skate America, Trophée de France Kaetlyn Osmond Skate Canada International, Cup of China Li Zijun Rostelecom Cup, Cup of China Roberta Rodeghiero Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Mao Asada Skate America, Trophée de France Wakaba Higuchi Trophée de France, NHK Trophy Rika Hongo Skate Canada International, Cup of China Yura Matsuda Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy Mai Mihara Skate America, Cup of China Satoko Miyahara Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Kanako Murakami Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Yuka Nagai Skate Canada International, Trophée de France Elizabet Tursynbayeva Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy Choi Da-bin Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy (added) Park So-youn Skate America, Trophée de France Angelīna Kučvaļska Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Evgenia Medvedeva Skate Canada International, Trophée de France Anna Pogorilaya Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy Elena Radionova Rostelecom Cup, Cup of China Maria Sotskova Trophée de France, NHK Trophy Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Skate Canada International, Cup of China Nicole Rajičová Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy Joshi Helgesson Skate Canada International, Cup of China Karen Chen Cup of China, NHK Trophy Gracie Gold Skate America, Trophée de France Courtney Hicks Rostelecom Cup, Cup of China Mirai Nagasu Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Ashley Wagner Skate America, Cup of China 1 assignment Li Xiangning Cup of China Zhao Ziquan Cup of China Laurine Lecavelier Trophée de France Maé-Bérénice Méité Trophée de France Kim Na-hyun Skate Canada International (added) Alena Leonova Trophée de France, NHK Trophy Yulia Lipnitskaya Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Serafima Sakhanovich Skate America Mariah Bell Skate America (added)
Pairs Pair Assignment(s) Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Trophée de France, NHK Trophy Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch Skate Canada International, Cup of China Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Cup of China, NHK Trophy Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei Cup of China (added), NHK Trophy Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao Skate Canada International, Cup of China Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Skate America, Trophée de France Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Rostelecom Cup, Trophée de France Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert Cup of China, NHK Trophy (added) Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Skate Canada International, Cup of China Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Skate America (added), Rostelecom Cup Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Skate Canada International, Cup of China Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Skate America, Trophée de France Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Rostelecom Cup, Trophée de France Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran Skate America, Trophée de France Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Skate America (added), Skate Canada International Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea Skate America, NHK Trophy 1 assignment Brittany Jones / Joshua Reagan Skate Canada International Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe Rostelecom Cup (added) Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau Audet NHK Trophy Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev Rostelecom Cup (added) Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin Rostelecom Cup (added) Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan Cup of China (added)
Ice dance Team Assignment(s) Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev Rostelecom Cup, Trophée de France (added) Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Skate Canada International, Trophée de France Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam Skate Canada International, Cup of China Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Rostelecom Cup International, Cup of China Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Skate Canada International, Cup of China Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Trophée de France, NHK Trophy Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Trophée de France, NHK Trophy Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko Skate America, Trophée de France Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Skate America, NHK Trophy Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Cup of China, NHK Trophy Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin Skate America, Trophée de France Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Cup of China, NHK Trophy Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Skate Canada International, Cup of China Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus Cup of China, NHK Trophy (added) Madison Chock / Evan Bates Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Skate America, Trophée de France Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Skate America, Cup of China 1 assignment Chen Hong / Zhao Yan Cup of China Song Linshu / Sun Zhuoming Cup of China (added) Cortney Mansour / Michal Češka Trophée de France (added) Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen Skate Canada International (added) Lorenza Alessandrini / Pierre Souquet Trophée de France Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion NHK Trophy Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin Rostelecom Cup Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro Rostelecom Cup Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin Skate America (added) Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin Trophée de France
Changes to preliminary assignments Skate America Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs August 10 Pairs Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Split August 16 Men N/A Timothy Dolensky Host picks August 22 Ladies Angela Wang September 9 Ice dance Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit September 14 Pairs Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran September 22 and 23 Pairs Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Injury (Sui) September 22 and 23 Ice dance Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin October 12 Ladies Angela Wang Mariah Bell Injury October 16 Men Denis Ten Not replaced October 17 Ladies Yulia Lipnitskaya Not replaced Injury October 20 Men Daisuke Murakami Not replaced Injury
Skate Canada International Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs July 7 Ice dancing Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen Split August 17 Men N/A Kevin Reynolds Host picks August 17 Ladies Véronik Mallet August 17 Pairs Brittany Jones / Joshua Reagan September 21 and 30 Ladies Maria Artemieva Kim Na-hyun October 25 Pairs Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat Not replaced Injury October 25 Ladies Véronik Mallet Not replaced Injury
Rostelecom Cup Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs September 15 Men N/A Gordei Gorshkov Host picks September 15 Ice dance Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin September 28 and 30 Pairs Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev Illness (Scimeca) October 12 and 17 Ladies Polina Edmunds Anastasia Galustyan Injury October 17 Pairs Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe October 17 and 20 Pairs Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin
Trophée de France Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs July 7 Ice dancing Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley Cortney Mansour / Michal Češka Split September 1 and 12 Ice dance Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev Injury (Coomes) September 13 and 21 Men Adian Pitkeev Jorik Hendrickx Injury October 12 and 17 Ladies Tyler Pierce Anastasia Galustyan Injury October 24 November 1 Men Romain Ponsart Brendan Kerry October 24 Pairs Camille Mendoza / Pavel Kovalev N/A October 27 Men Sota Yamamoto Injury November 7 Pairs Lola Esbrat / Andrei Novoselov
The French organisers decided not to replace Mendoza/Kovalev despite the ISU's rules stating that it is "mandatory" to invite another pair if one withdraws more than 14 days before the event. The pairs competition ended up with only six entries after a further withdrawal (Esbrat/Novoselov).
Cup of China