The 2019–20 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2019. It was the sixth season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held.
Competitions This season, the series included the following events.
On July 22, 2019, the International Skating Union revoked the Chinese Taipei Skating Union's right to host the Asian Open Figure Skating Classic, scheduled to be held in Taipei, Taiwan. The event was replaced with the Hong Kong Skating Union's Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy. The Sports Administration of the Republic of China ordered the removal of Chinese Taipei Skating Union Secretary-General Eddy Wu for mishandling this situation. The Sports Administration also suspended funding of the Chinese Taipei Skating Union for one year.
Date Event Location Notes Results September 12–14 2019 Autumn Classic International Oakville, Ontario, Canada No pairs Details September 13–15 2019 Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy No pairs Details September 17–22 2019 U.S. International Classic Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Details September 19–21 2019 Nepela Memorial Bratislava, Slovakia No pairs Details September 25–28 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details October 11–13 2019 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details October 18–20 2019 Ice Star Minsk, Belarus No pairs DetailsOctober 30 – November 3 2019 Asian Open Classic Cancelled 2019 Asian Open Trophy Dongguan, China No pairs Details November 14–17 2019 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland Details December 4–7 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia Details
Medal summary Men's singles Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results Autumn Classic International Yuzuru Hanyu Kévin Aymoz Keegan Messing Details Lombardia Trophy Jin Boyang Dmitri Aliev Matteo Rizzo Details U.S. International Classic Keiji Tanaka Sōta Yamamoto Vincent Zhou Details Nepela Memorial Dmitri Aliev Matteo Rizzo Deniss Vasiļjevs Details Nebelhorn Trophy Makar Ignatov Koshiro Shimada Alexei Bychenko Details Finlandia Trophy Shoma Uno Sōta Yamamoto Roman Sadovsky Details Ice Star Daniel Grassl Artem Kovalev Adam Siao Him Fa Details Asian Open Trophy Daniel Grassl Andrew Torgashev Ryan Dunk Details Warsaw Cup Andrei Mozalev Petr Gumennik Lee June-hyoung Details Golden Spin of Zagreb Jason Brown Morisi Kvitelashvili Makar Ignatov Details
Ladies' singles Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results Autumn Classic International Rika Kihira Evgenia Medvedeva Lim Eun-soo Details Lombardia Trophy Anna Shcherbakova Elizaveta Tuktamysheva You Young Details U.S. International Classic Satoko Miyahara You Young Amber Glenn Details Nepela Memorial Alexandra Trusova Kaori Sakamoto Kim Ha-nul Details Nebelhorn Trophy Mariah Bell Kim Ye-lim Nicole Schott Details Finlandia Trophy Alena Kostornaia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Yuhana Yokoi Details Ice Star Sofia Samodurova Kim Ha-nul Ekaterina Ryabova Details Asian Open Trophy Lim Eun-soo Kim Ha-nul Gabriella Izzo Details Warsaw Cup Ekaterina Kurakova Bradie Tennell Elizaveta Nugumanova Details Golden Spin of Zagreb Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Viktoriia Safonova Nicole Schott Details
Pairs Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results U.S. International Classic Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Details Nebelhorn Trophy Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik Details Finlandia Trophy Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin Liubov Ilyushechkina / Charlie Bilodeau Details Warsaw Cup Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov Justine Brasseur / Mark Bardei Details Golden Spin of Zagreb Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert Details
Ice dance Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results Autumn Classic International Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Details Lombardia Trophy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin Details U.S. International Classic Madison Chock / Evan Bates Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus Details Nepela Memorial Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Details Nebelhorn Trophy Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Details Finlandia Trophy Madison Chock / Evan Bates Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov Details Ice Star Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin Details Asian Open Trophy Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Ksenia Konkina / Pavel Drozd Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya Details Warsaw Cup Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Ksenia Konkina / Pavel Drozd Caroline Green / Michael Parsons Details Golden Spin of Zagreb Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin Caroline Green / Michael Parsons Details
Medal standings
Challenger Series rankings The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team.
Men’s singles Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Dmitri Aliev Lombardia Trophy 249.62 Nepela Memorial 255.32 504.94 2 Daniel Grassl Ice Star 243.82 Asian Open Trophy 230.08 473.90 3 Sōta Yamamoto U.S. International Classic 240.11 Finlandia Trophy 223.24 463.35 4 Matteo Rizzo Lombardia Trophy 227.38 Nepela Memorial 232.70 460.08 5 Morisi Kvitelashvili 220.96 Golden Spin of Zagreb 236.65 457.61
Ladies' singles Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Lombardia Trophy 214.38 Golden Spin of Zagreb 221.15 435.53 2 You Young 200.89 U.S. International Classic 199.29 400.18 3 Lim Eun-soo Autumn Classic International 184.38 Asian Open Trophy 197.63 382.01 4 Kim Ye-lim Lombardia Trophy 182.60 Nepela Memorial 186.27 368.87 5 Sofia Samodurova Ice Star 187.16 Golden Spin of Zagreb 180.61 367.77
Pairs Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc U.S. International Classic 205.58 Golden Spin of Zagreb 199.43 405.01 2 Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea 174.02 194.29 368.31 3 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert Nebelhorn Trophy 182.30 185.09 367.39 4 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin 171.46 Finlandia Trophy 194.28 365.74 5 Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson U.S. International Classic 166.50 Warsaw Cup 191.46 357.96
Ice dance Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Lombardia Trophy 202.10 Golden Spin of Zagreb 202.18 404.28 2 Madison Chock / Evan Bates U.S. International Classic 202.40 Finlandia Trophy 198.26 400.66 3 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Lombardia Trophy 189.36 Nebelhorn Trophy 201.00 390.36 4 Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin Nepela Memorial 188.97 Ice Star 193.47 382.44 5 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Nebelhorn Trophy 190.35 Asian Open Trophy 191.55 381.90
Top scores
Men's singles +Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total Skater Nation Score Event 1 Yuzuru Hanyu 279.05 2019 Autumn Classic International 2 Jin Boyang 268.31 2019 Lombardia Trophy 3 Kévin Aymoz 262.47 2019 Autumn Classic International 4 Keegan Messing 256.02 5 Dmitri Aliev 255.32 2019 Nepela Memorial 6 Shoma Uno 255.23 2019 Finlandia Trophy 7 Keiji Tanaka 249.96 2019 U.S. International Classic 8 Daniel Grassl 243.82 2019 Ice Star 9 Jason Brown 242.39 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb 10 Sōta Yamamoto 240.11 2019 U.S. International Classic +Top 10 best scores in the men's short program Skater Nation Score Event 1 Jin Boyang 101.89 2019 Lombardia Trophy 2 Dmitri Aliev 101.49 2019 Nepela Memorial 3 Yuzuru Hanyu 98.38 2019 Autumn Classic International 4 Kévin Aymoz 94.76 5 Sōta Yamamoto 92.81 2019 Finlandia Trophy 6 Shoma Uno 92.28 7 Keegan Messing 89.57 2019 Autumn Classic International 8 Vincent Zhou 89.03 2019 U.S. International Classic 9 Keiji Tanaka 88.76 10 Roman Sadovsky 86.34 2019 Finlandia Trophy +Top 10 best scores in the men's free skating Skater Nation Score Event 1 Yuzuru Hanyu 180.67 2019 Autumn Classic International 2 Dmitri Aliev 168.44 2019 Lombardia Trophy 3 Kévin Aymoz 167.71 2019 Autumn Classic International 4 Jin Boyang 167.22 2019 Lombardia Trophy 5 Keegan Messing 166.45 2019 Autumn Classic International 6 Jason Brown 162.95 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb Shoma Uno 2019 Finlandia Trophy 8 Keiji Tanaka 161.20 2019 U.S. International Classic 9 Daniel Grassl 158.40 2019 Ice Star 10 Sōta Yamamoto 157.23 2019 U.S. International Classic
Ladies' singles +Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total Skater Nation Score Event 1 Alexandra Trusova 238.69 2019 Nepela Memorial 2 Alena Kostornaia 234.84 2019 Finlandia Trophy 3 Rika Kihira 224.16 2019 Autumn Classic International 4 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 221.15 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb 5 Anna Shcherbakova 218.20 2019 Lombardia Trophy 6 Evgenia Medvedeva 217.43 2019 Autumn Classic International 7 Mariah Bell 205.13 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy 8 Satoko Miyahara 204.30 2019 U.S. International Classic 9 Ekaterina Kurakova 201.47 2019 Warsaw Cup 10 You Young 200.89 2019 Lombardia Trophy +Top 10 best scores in the ladies' short program Skater Nation Score Event 1 Rika Kihira 78.18 2019 Autumn Classic International 2 Alena Kostornaia 77.25 2019 Finlandia Trophy 3 Evgenia Medvedeva 75.14 2019 Autumn Classic International 4 Alexandra Trusova 74.91 2019 Nepela Memorial 5 Satoko Miyahara 74.16 2019 U.S. International Classic 6 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 73.66 2019 Lombardia Trophy 7 You Young 70.47 8 Bradie Tennell 70.10 2019 Warsaw Cup 9 Mariah Bell 68.45 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy 10 Anna Shcherbakova 67.73 2019 Lombardia Trophy +Top 10 best scores in the ladies' free skating Skater Nation Score Event 1 Alexandra Trusova 163.78 2019 Nepela Memorial 2 Alena Kostornaia 157.59 2019 Finlandia Trophy 3 Anna Shcherbakova 150.47 2019 Lombardia Trophy 4 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 148.29 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb 5 Rika Kihira 145.98 2019 Autumn Classic International 6 Evgenia Medvedeva 142.29 7 You Young 141.25 2019 U.S. International Classic 8 Mariah Bell 136.68 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy 9 Ekaterina Kurakova 135.39 2019 Warsaw Cup 10 Kaori Sakamoto 134.45 2019 Nepela Memorial
Pairs +Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total Team Nation Score Event 1 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro 210.35 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy 2 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov 210.18 2019 Finlandia Trophy 3 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc 205.58 2019 U.S. International Classic 4 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim 202.41 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy 5 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 194.69 2019 U.S. International Classic 6 Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea 194.29 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb 7 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin 194.28 2019 Finlandia Trophy 8 Liubov Ilyushechkina / Charlie Bilodeau 193.58 9 Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson 191.46 2019 Warsaw Cup 10 Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov 188.79 +Top 10 best scores in the pairs' short program Team Nation Score Event 1 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc 76.23 2019 U.S. International Classic 2 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov 74.99 2019 Finlandia Trophy 3 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 74.85 2019 U.S. International Classic 4 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro 71.76 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy 5 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim 70.83 6 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin 69.12 2019 Finlandia Trophy 7 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert 68.30 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb 8 Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson 68.20 2019 Warsaw Cup 9 Liubov Ilyushechkina / Charlie Bilodeau 68.07 2019 Finlandia Trophy 10 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang 67.90 2019 U.S. International Classic