The 2014–15 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2014. It was the inaugural season of the ISU Challenger Series: a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions.
Competitions This season, the series included the following events. The 2014 Triglav Trophy was originally scheduled for November 6–9, 2014, but it was removed from the calendar as a Challenger Series event. Date Event Location Results September 10–14 2014 U.S. International Classic Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Details September 18–21 2014 Lombardia Trophy Sesto San Giovanni, Italy Details September 25–27 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details October 2–5 2014 Ondrej Nepela Trophy Bratislava, Slovakia Details October 9–12 2014 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details October 15–18 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic Barrie, Ontario, Canada Details November 5–9 2014 Volvo Open Cup Riga, Latvia Details November 6–9 2014 Triglav Trophy No longer a Challenger Series event November 11–16 2014 Ice Challenge Graz, Austria Details November 21–24 2014 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland Details December 4–7 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia Details
Medal summary Men's singles Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results U.S. International Classic Max Aaron Ross Miner Daisuke Murakami Details Lombardia Trophy Richard Dornbush Takahito Mura Adian Pitkeev Details Nebelhorn Trophy Jason Brown Michal Březina Konstantin Menshov Details Ondrej Nepela Trophy Stephen Carriere Kim Jin-seo Gordei Gorshkov Details Finlandia Trophy Sergei Voronov Adam Rippon Alexander Petrov Details Skate Canada Autumn Classic Ross Miner Nam Nguyen Jeremy Ten Details Volvo Open Cup Alexander Petrov Gordei Gorshkov Artur Dmitriev Jr. Details Ice Challenge Douglas Razzano Alexander Samarin Martin Rappe Details Warsaw Cup Alexander Petrov Michael Christian Martinez Matteo Rizzo Details Golden Spin of Zagreb Denis Ten Michal Březina Konstantin Menshov Details
Ladies' singles Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results U.S. International Classic Polina Edmunds Courtney Hicks Riona Kato Details Lombardia Trophy Satoko Miyahara Hannah Miller Angela Wang Details Nebelhorn Trophy Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Alena Leonova Gracie Gold Details Ondrej Nepela Trophy Roberta Rodeghiero Joshi Helgesson Ashley Cain Details Finlandia Trophy Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Samantha Cesario Rika Hongo Details Skate Canada Autumn Classic Gabrielle Daleman Angela Wang Julianne Séguin Details Volvo Open Cup Angelīna Kučvaļska Lutricia Bock Jenni Saarinen Details Ice Challenge Hannah Miller Isabelle Olsson Ivett Tóth Details Warsaw Cup Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Anastasia Galustyan Aleksandra Golovkina Details Golden Spin of Zagreb Kiira Korpi Maria Artemieva Nicole Rajičová Details
Pairs Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results U.S. International Classic Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage Details Lombardia Trophy Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Bianca Manacorda / Niccolo Macii Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat Details Nebelhorn Trophy Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Details Skate Canada Autumn Classic Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu Details Volvo Open Cup Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev Maria Paliakova / Nikita Bochkov Details Ice Challenge Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave Details Warsaw Cup Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Details Golden Spin of Zagreb Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea Details
Ice dance Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results U.S. International Classic Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus Details Nebelhorn Trophy Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Madison Chock / Evan Bates Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Details Ondrej Nepela Trophy Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley Details Finlandia Trophy Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus Details Skate Canada Autumn Classic Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Details Volvo Open Cup Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov Details Ice Challenge Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin Details Warsaw Cup Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley Alexandra Nazarova / Maksym Nikitin Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Details Golden Spin of Zagreb Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Sara Hurtado / Adrián Díaz 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 Michal Březina Nebelhorn Trophy 228.48 Golden Spin of Zagreb 239.62 468.10 2 Alexander Petrov Volvo Open Cup 218.78 Warsaw Cup 231.53 450.31 3 Konstantin Menshov Nebelhorn Trophy 211.03 Golden Spin of Zagreb 229.51 440.54 4 Ross Miner U.S. International Classic 209.78 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 227.26 437.04 5 Sergei Voronov Nebelhorn Trophy 210.05 Finlandia Trophy 221.11 431.16
Ladies' singles Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Finlandia Trophy 193.31 Warsaw Cup 196.66 389.97 2 Alena Leonova Nebelhorn Trophy 186.71 Ice Challenge 148.29 335.00 3 Hannah Miller Lombardia Trophy 170.26 156.39 326.65 4 Angela Wang 160.25 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 163.68 323.93 5 Maria Artemieva Finlandia Trophy 140.38 Golden Spin of Zagreb 166.48 306.86
Pairs Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim U.S. International Classic 163.24 Nebelhorn Trophy 166.10 329.34 2 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Lombardia Trophy 157.80 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 167.28 325.08 3 Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu U.S. International Classic 156.18 156.46 312.64 4 Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps Lombardia Trophy 157.06 145.00 302.06 5 Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage U.S. International Classic 138.52 Lombardia Trophy 143.85 282.37
Ice dance Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Ondrej Nepela Trophy 162.98 Ice Challenge 166.34 329.32 2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri 143.94 Golden Spin of Zagreb 166.46 310.40 3 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Nebelhorn Trophy 147.10 Finlandia Trophy 139.98 287.08 4 Alexandra Nazarova / Maksym Nikitin Warsaw Cup 136.90 Golden Spin of Zagreb 148.48 285.38 5 Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley Volvo Open Cup 140.84 Warsaw Cup 143.36 284.20
Top scores
Men's singles +Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total Skater Nation Score Event 1 Denis Ten 249.94 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 2 Max Aaron 240.22 2014 U.S. International Classic 3 Michal Březina 239.62 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 4 Richard Dornbush 237.28 2014 Lombardia Trophy 5 Jason Brown 237.17 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 6 Takahito Mura 235.79 2014 Lombardia Trophy 7 Alexander Petrov 231.53 2014 Warsaw Cup 8 Konstantin Menshov 229.51 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 9 Ross Miner 227.26 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 10 Nam Nguyen 225.63
Ladies' singles +Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total Skater Nation Score Event 1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 196.66 2014 Warsaw Cup 2 Alena Leonova 186.71 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 3 Satoko Miyahara 183.90 2014 Lombardia Trophy 4 Gracie Gold 182.31 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 5 Polina Edmunds 176.35 2014 U.S. International Classic 6 Courtney Hicks 174.14 7 Hannah Miller 170.26 2014 Lombardia Trophy 8 Kiira Korpi 167.81 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 9 Maria Artemieva 166.48 10 Gabrielle Daleman 165.59 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic
Pairs +Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total Team Nation Score Event 1 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford 203.16 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 2 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov 195.89 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 3 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov 184.24 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 4 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 178.98 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 5 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier 167.28 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 6 Valentina Marchei / Ondrej Hotarek 167.18 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 7 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim 166.10 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 8 Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres 164.15 9 Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea 161.72 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 10 Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin 157.80 2014 Ice Challenge
Ice dance +Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance) Team Nation Score Event 1 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue 166.74 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 2 Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri 166.46 3 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 166.34 2014 Ice Challenge 4 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje 165.32 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 5 Madison Chock / Evan Bates 163.73 6 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin 152.82 2015 Finlandia Trophy 7 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron 150.20 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 8 Sara Hurtado / Adria Diaz 150.00 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 9 Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin 148.48 10 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi 147.10 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy
References
External links ISU Challenger Series at the International Skating Union