The 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of senior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union that were held from October 2018 through December 2018. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points based on their placements at each event and the top six in each discipline qualified to compete at the Grand Prix Final in Vancouver, Canada. The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2018–19 ISU Junior Grand Prix.
Competitions The series included the following events.
Date Event Location Results October 19–21 2018 Skate America Everett, Washington, United States Details October 26–28 2018 Skate Canada International Laval, Quebec, Canada Details November 2–4 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland Details November 9–11 2018 NHK Trophy Hiroshima, Japan Details November 16–18 2018 Rostelecom Cup Moscow, Russia Details November 23–25 2018 Internationaux de France Grenoble, France Details December 6–9 2018–19 Grand Prix Final Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Details
Requirements Skaters are eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit if they had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2018. They were also required to have earned a minimum total score at certain international events.
Assignments The ISU announced the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.
Men's singles Nation Skater Assignment(s) Brendan Kerry Skate Canada International Rostelecom Cup Keegan Messing Nam Nguyen Skate America Skate Canada International Kevin Reynolds NHK Trophy Jin Boyang Grand Prix of Helsinki Internationaux de France Michal Březina Skate America Grand Prix of Helsinki Kévin Aymoz Skate Canada International Internationaux de France Romain Ponsart Skate America Morisi Kvitelashvili Rostelecom Cup Alexei Bychenko Grand Prix of Helsinki Daniel Samohin Skate Canada International Internationaux de France Matteo Rizzo Skate America NHK Trophy Yuzuru Hanyu Grand Prix of Helsinki Rostelecom Cup Keiji Tanaka Internationaux de France Kazuki Tomono Skate Canada International Rostelecom Cup Shoma Uno NHK Trophy Deniss Vasiļjevs NHK Trophy Internationaux de France Julian Zhi Jie Yee Skate America Rostelecom Cup Dmitri Aliev NHK Trophy Internationaux de France Mikhail Kolyada Grand Prix of Helsinki Rostelecom Cup Andrei Lazukin Alexander Samarin Skate Canada International Internationaux de France Sergei Voronov Skate America NHK Trophy Cha Jun-hwan Skate Canada International Grand Prix of Helsinki Alexander Majorov Rostelecom Cup Jason Brown Internationaux de France Nathan Chen Skate America Alexei Krasnozhon Grand Prix of Helsinki Rostelecom Cup Vincent Zhou Skate America NHK Trophy Nicolas Nadeau Internationaux de France Roman Sadovsky Skate Canada International Valtter Virtanen Grand Prix of Helsinki Paul Fentz Rostelecom Cup Phillip HarrisGrand Prix of Helsinki Hiroaki Sato NHK Trophy Sōta Yamamoto Artur Dmitriev Rostelecom Cup Lee June-hyoung NHK Trophy Yaroslav Paniot Alexander Johnson Jimmy Ma Skate America
Ladies' singles Nation Skater Assignment(s) Loena Hendrickx Skate AmericaGrand Prix of Helsinki Alaine Chartrand Skate Canada International Laurine Lecavelier Internationaux de France Maé-Bérénice Méité NHK Trophy Marin Honda Skate America Rika Kihira NHK Trophy Yura Matsuda Skate Canada InternationalRostelecom Cup Mai Mihara NHK TrophyInternationaux de France Satoko Miyahara Skate AmericaNHK Trophy Kaori Sakamoto Grand Prix of Helsinki Yuna Shiraiwa Grand Prix of HelsinkiRostelecom Cup Mako Yamashita Skate Canada International Elizabet Tursynbaeva Stanislava Konstantinova Grand Prix of HelsinkiInternationaux de France Evgenia Medvedeva Skate Canada International Daria Panenkova Grand Prix of Helsinki Sofia Samodurova Skate AmericaRostelecom Cup Maria Sotskova NHK TrophyInternationaux de France Polina Tsurskaya Skate AmericaRostelecom Cup Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Skate Canada InternationalNHK Trophy Alina Zagitova Grand Prix of HelsinkiRostelecom Cup Lim Eun-soo NHK Trophy Alexia Paganini Rostelecom CupInternationaux de France Starr Andrews Skate AmericaSkate Canada International Mariah Bell Skate Canada InternationalNHK Trophy Bradie Tennell Skate AmericaInternationaux de France Angela Wang Grand Prix of HelsinkiNHK Trophy Kailani Craine NHK Trophy Alicia Pineault Skate Canada International Viveca Lindfors Grand Prix of Helsinki Emmi Peltonen Léa Serna Internationaux de France Wakaba Higuchi Skate Canada International Rika Hongo Grand Prix of Helsinki Alena Leonova NHK Trophy Kim Ha-nul Grand Prix of Helsinki Matilda Algotsson Internationaux de France Gracie Gold Rostelecom Cup Courtney Hicks NHK Trophy Megan Wessenberg Skate America
Pairs Nation Team Assignment(s) Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Skate Canada InternationalRostelecom Cup Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Grand Prix of Helsinki Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Skate Canada InternationalNHK Trophy Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe Internationaux de France Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud Skate AmericaSkate Canada International Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Skate Canada InternationalNHK Trophy Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Internationaux de France Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert Skate America Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Grand Prix of HelsinkiRostelecom Cup Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara NHK Trophy Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik Internationaux de France Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Skate Canada International Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin Skate AmericaRostelecom Cup Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin Grand Prix of Helsinki Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Skate America Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Grand Prix of HelsinkiNHK Trophy Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc Skate AmericaRostelecom Cup Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea NHK TrophyInternationaux de France Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim Skate AmericaNHK Trophy Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay Grand Prix of HelsinkiRostelecom Cup Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert Skate America Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Skate Canada International Nica Digerness / Danny Neudecker Skate America
Ice dance Nation Team Assignment(s) Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Skate Canada InternationalInternationaux de France Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus NHK Trophy Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Internationaux de France Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck Skate AmericaGrand Prix of Helsinki Lilah Fear / Lewis GibsonNHK TrophyRobynne Tweedale / Joseph BucklandSkate Canada International Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Grand Prix of Helsinki Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto NHK TrophyRostelecom Cup Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius Rostelecom CupInternationaux de France Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Skate AmericaRostelecom Cup Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov Grand Prix of HelsinkiInternationaux de France Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Skate Canada International Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill AleshinNHK Trophy Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Grand Prix of HelsinkiRostelecom Cup Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro Skate AmericaNHK Trophy Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin Grand Prix of HelsinkiRostelecom Cup Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz Skate Canada InternationalInternationaux de France Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin Skate AmericaNHK Trophy Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Grand Prix of HelsinkiRostelecom Cup Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker NHK TrophyInternationaux de France Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Skate AmericaSkate Canada International Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Grand Prix of Helsinki Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons NHK TrophyInternationaux de France Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker Skate Canada International Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis Grand Prix of Helsinki Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron Internationaux de France Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Jasmine Tessari / Francesco Fioretti Grand Prix of Helsinki Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern Anna Yanovskaya / Ádám Lukács Rostelecom Cup Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin Karina Manta / Joseph Johnson Skate America
Changes to preliminary assignments Skate America Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s) Pairs July 9 Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao July 31 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert Injury (Yu) Ice dance July 18 Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin September 7 Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland Min & Gamelin split. Ladies August 9 Nicole Rajičová August 16 Alaine Chartrand Men August 15 Jorik Hendrickx Kevin Reynolds scope="row" style="text-align:left" colspan="2" rowspan="4" September 10 Jimmy Ma Host picks Ladies Megan Wessenberg Pairs Nica Digerness / Danny Neudecker Ice dance Karina Manta / Joseph Johnson Pairs October 8 Li Xiangning / Xie Zhong October 9 Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud Ladies October 15 Elena Radionova colspan="2" Injury
Skate Canada International Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s) Men September 11 September 11 Nam Nguyen Host pick Ladies October 12 Larkyn Austman October 12 Véronik Mallet Injury; host pick Gabrielle Daleman Alicia Pineault Focus on mental health; host pick Choi Da-bin October 16 Starr Andrews Boot issues October 25 Véronik Mallet October 25 Injury
Grand Prix of Helsinki Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s) Pairs July 19 Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau August 10 Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara Séguin & Bilodeau split. July 30 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong August 9 Li Xiangning / Xie Zhong Injury recovery (Sui) colspan="2" August 6 Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay Host picks Ladies August 9 Nicole Rajičová August 26 Viveca Lindfors Ice dance August 15 Cortney Mansour / Michal Češka August 16 Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern Men Jorik Hendrickx August 31 Cha Jun-hwan colspan="2" rowspan="3" August 25 Valtter Virtanen Host picks Ice dance August 28 Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis Ladies September 21 Emmi Peltonen Ice dance September 21 Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen September 21 Jasmine Tessari / Francesco Fioretti Pairs October 8 Li Xiangning / Xie Zhong October 9 Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu Ladies October 15 Karen Chen October 16 Angela Wang Injury recovery Ice dance October 16 Madison Chock / Evan Bates October 18 Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck Injury recovery (Chock) Ladies October 20 Carolina Kostner October 23 Kim Ha-nul Injury Men October 29 Alexey Erokhov colspan="2" rowspan="2" Ladies Nicole Schott
NHK Trophy Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s) Pairs July 30 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong August 6 Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Injury recovery (Sui) Ice dance August 9 Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed August 31 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Muramoto & Reed split. Men colspan="2" rowspan="2" September 3 Sōta Yamamoto Host picks Ladies Rika Kihira October 8 Li Xiangning October 11 Maé-Bérénice Méité October 12 Choi Da-bin October 17 Lim Eun-soo Boot issues October 26 Elena Radionova October 29 Alena Leonova Injury October 29 Gabrielle Daleman October 30 Kailani Craine Focus on mental health Pairs November 1 Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert November 1 Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu Ice dance November 6 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron colspan="2" Injury (Cizeron)
Rostelecom Cup