The 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2021. It was the eighth 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.
The 2021 Asian Open Trophy, which was held on October 13–17 in Beijing, China, was intended to be a Challenger Series event. However, as only the men's and women's singles events featured international participants and the total number of ISU member nations represented at the event totaled nine, it did not meet the necessary criteria to qualify for Challenger Series status.
Date Event Location Notes Results September 10–12 2021 Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy No pairs Details September 16–18 2021 Autumn Classic International Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada Men's singles competition did not qualify as a Challenger Series event Details September 22–25 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Olympic qualifying event Details September 30 – October 2 2021 Nepela Memorial Cancelled October 7–10 2021 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details October 28–31 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan No pairs Details November 11–14 2021 Cup of Austria Graz, Austria No pairs Details November 18–21 2021 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland Details December 8–11 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb Sisak, Croatia Details
Requirements Skaters were eligible to compete on the Challenger Series if they had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2021.
Medal summary Men's singles Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results Lombardia Trophy Daniel Grassl Adam Siao Him Fa Morisi Kvitelashvili Details Autumn Classic International Competition did not qualify as a Challenger Series event Nebelhorn Trophy Vincent Zhou Adam Siao Him Fa Mark Kondratiuk Details Finlandia Trophy Jason Brown Mikhail Kolyada Dmitri Aliev Details Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Petr Gumennik Mark Kondratiuk Andrei Mozalev Details Cup of Austria Nika Egadze Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Ilia Malinin Details Warsaw Cup Sōta Yamamoto Daniel Grassl Petr Gumennik Details Golden Spin of Zagreb Keegan Messing Andrei Mozalev Jimmy Ma Details
Women's singles Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results Lombardia Trophy Alysa Liu Ekaterina Kurakova Audrey Shin Details Autumn Classic International Marilena Kitromilis You Young Ji Seo-yeon Details Nebelhorn Trophy Alysa Liu Ekaterina Kurakova Viktoriia Safonova Details Finlandia Trophy Kamila Valieva Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Alena Kostornaia Details Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Viktoriia Safonova Ekaterina Ryabova Anastasiia Shabotova Details Cup of Austria Wakaba Higuchi Park Yeon-jeong Niina Petrõkina Details Warsaw Cup Maiia Khromykh Niina Petrõkina Ekaterina Kurakova Details Golden Spin of Zagreb Anastasiia Gubanova Amber Glenn Niina Petrõkina Details
Pairs Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results Autumn Classic International Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Vanessa James / Eric Radford Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Details Nebelhorn Trophy Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert Laura Barquero / Marco Zandron Karina Safina / Luka Berulava Details Finlandia Trophy Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Details Warsaw Cup Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko Details Golden Spin of Zagreb Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Anastasiia Metelkina / Daniil Parkman Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev Details
Ice dance Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results Lombardia Trophy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin Details Autumn Classic International Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz Caroline Green / Michael Parsons Details Nebelhorn Trophy Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya Details Finlandia Trophy Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Madison Chock / Evan Bates Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Details Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor Bazin Details Cup of Austria Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz Details Warsaw Cup Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi Caroline Green / Michael Parsons Details Golden Spin of Zagreb Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius Elizaveta Shanaeva / Devid Naryzhnyy 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 Petr Gumennik Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 263.14 Warsaw Cup 242.91 506.05 2 Keegan Messing Finlandia Trophy 242.58 Golden Spin of Zagreb 255.07 497.65 3 Mark Kondratiuk Nebelhorn Trophy 241.06 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 250.08 491.14 4 Daniel Grassl Lombardia Trophy 247.80 Warsaw Cup 242.96 490.76 5 Andrei Mozalev Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 234.05 Golden Spin of Zagreb 252.15 486.20
Women’s singles .
Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Alysa Liu Lombardia Trophy 219.24 Nebelhorn Trophy 207.40 426.64 2 Anastasiia Gubanova Finlandia Trophy 203.91 Golden Spin of Zagreb 184.29 388.20 3 Ekaterina Kurakova Nebelhorn Trophy 193.58 Warsaw Cup 187.80 381.38 4 Viktoriia Safonova 190.29 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 190.06 380.35 5 Karen Chen Autumn Classic International 173.00 Finlandia Trophy 202.49 375.49
Pairs .
Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Finlandia Trophy 213.72 Warsaw Cup 228.49 442.21 2 Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson 191.89 196.85 388.74 3 Vanessa James / Eric Radford 190.58 Golden Spin of Zagreb 187.57 378.15 4 Anastasiia Metelkina / Daniil Parkman Warsaw Cup 184.24 189.60 373.84 5 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert Nebelhorn Trophy 185.25 Finlandia Trophy 188.37 373.62
Ice dance .
Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Lombardia Trophy 205.36 Cup of Austria 208.88 414.24 2 Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin Cup of Austria 184.62 Warsaw Cup 199.90 384.52 3 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz Autumn Classic International 191.31 Cup of Austria 189.88 381.19 4 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Lombardia Trophy 185.26 194.67 379.93 5 Caroline Green / Michael Parsons Autumn Classic International 188.43 Warsaw Cup 187.84 376.27
Top scores
Men's singles +Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total Skater Nation Score Event 1 Vincent Zhou 284.23 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy 2 Petr Gumennik 263.14 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 3 Jason Brown 262.52 2021 Finlandia Trophy 4 Mikhail Kolyada 256.98 5 Keegan Messing 255.07 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb 6 Andrei Mozalev 252.15 7 Jimmy Ma 250.97 8 Mark Kondratiuk 250.08 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 9 Deniss Vasiļjevs 250.07 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb 10 Dmitri Aliev 249.25 2021 Finlandia Trophy +Top 10 best scores in the men's short program Skater Nation Score Event 1 Vincent Zhou 97.35 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy 2 Jason Brown 92.39 2021 Finlandia Trophy Keegan Messing 92.39 4 Petr Gumennik 91.84 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 5 Sōta Yamamoto 91.75 2021 Warsaw Cup 6 Koshiro Shimada 90.55 7 Adam Siao Him Fa 89.23 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy 8 Brendan Kerry 85.89 9 Mark Kondratiuk 84.79 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 10 Deniss Vasiļjevs 84.46 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb +Top 10 best scores in the men's free skating Skater Nation Score Event 1 Vincent Zhou 186.88 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy 2 Matteo Rizzo 176.18 2021 Finlandia Trophy 3 Mikhail Kolyada 174.23 4 Daniel Grassl 173.54 2021 Lombardia Trophy 5 Evgeni Semenenko 172.60 2021 Finlandia Trophy 6 Andrei Mozalev 171.44 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb 7 Petr Gumennik 171.30 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 8 Dmitri Aliev 170.97 2021 Finlandia Trophy 9 Jason Brown 170.13 Jimmy Ma 170.13 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
Women's singles +Top 10 best scores in the women's combined total Skater Nation Score Event 1 Kamila Valieva 249.24 2021 Finlandia Trophy 2 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 233.30 3 Alysa Liu 219.24 2021 Lombardia Trophy 4 Alena Kostornaia 218.83 2021 Finlandia Trophy 5 Loena Hendrickx 212.07 6 Anastasiia Gubanova 203.91 7 Karen Chen 202.49 8 Eva-Lotta Kiibus 202.04 2021 Finlandia Trophy 9 Maiia Khromykh 194.02 2021 Warsaw Cup 10 Ekaterina Kurakova 193.58 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy +Top 10 best scores in the women's short program Skater Nation Score Event 1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 81.53 2021 Finlandia Trophy 2 Wakaba Higuchi 79.73 2021 Cup of Austria 3 Alena Kostornaia 78.61 2021 Finlandia Trophy 4 Kamila Valieva 74.93 5 Alysa Liu 74.31 2021 Lombardia Trophy 6 Anastasiia Gubanova 69.50 2021 Finlandia Trophy 7 Maiia Khromykh 69.24 2021 Warsaw Cup 8 Loena Hendrickx 68.82 2021 Finlandia Trophy 9 Jenni Saarinen 68.71 2021 Warsaw Cup 10 Karen Chen 67.50 2021 Finlandia Trophy +Top 10 best scores in the women's free skating Skater Nation Score Event 1 Kamila Valieva 174.31 2021 Finlandia Trophy 2 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 151.77 3 Alysa Liu 144.93 2021 Lombardia Trophy 4 Loena Hendrickx 143.25 2021 Finlandia Trophy 5 Alena Kostornaia 140.22 6 Eva-Lotta Kiibus 137.51 7 Karen Chen 134.99 8 Anastasiia Gubanova 134.41 9 Ekaterina Kurakova 132.54 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy 10 Viktoriia Safonova 128.27
Pairs +Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total Team Nation Score Event 1 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 228.49 2021 Warsaw Cup 2 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov 227.13 2021 Finlandia Trophy 3 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara 204.06 2021 Autumn Classic International 4 Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson 196.85 2021 Warsaw Cup 5 Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov 195.32 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb 6 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc 193.00 2021 Finlandia Trophy 7 Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko 192.94 2021 Warsaw Cup 8 Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov 190.93 9 Vanessa James / Eric Radford 190.58 2021 Finlandia Trophy 10 Laura Barquero / Marco Zandron 189.99 +Top 10 best scores in the pairs' short program Team Nation Score Event 1 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 79.76 2021 Warsaw Cup 2 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov 73.76 2021 Finlandia Trophy 3 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara 72.32 2021 Autumn Classic 4 Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov 69.42 2021 Warsaw Cup 5 Vanessa James / Eric Radford 68.29 2021 Autumn Classic 6 Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko 67.53 2021 Warsaw Cup 7 Karina Safina / Luka Berulava 66.95 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb 8 Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier 66.44 9 Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov 66.41 10 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert 66.26 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy +Top 10 best scores in the pairs' free skating Team Nation Score Event 1 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov 153.37 2021 Finlandia Trophy 2 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 148.73 2021 Warsaw Cup 3 Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson 135.16 4 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara 131.74 2021 Autumn Classic International 5 Vanessa James / Eric Radford 130.83 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb 6 Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov 128.91 7 Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev 128.11 8 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc 128.02 2021 Finlandia Trophy 9 Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko 125.41 2021 Warsaw Cup 10 Laura Barquero / Marco Zandron 124.66 2021 Finlandia Trophy
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