The 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series was held from August to December 2018. It was the fifth 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.
Date Event Location Notes Results August 1–5 2018 Asian Open Trophy Bangkok, ThailandPairs competition did not qualify as a Challenger Series event. Details September 12–16 2018 Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy Details September 12–16 2018 U.S. International Classic Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Details September 19–22 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy Bratislava, SlovakiaPairs competition did not qualify as a Challenger Series event. Details September 20–22 2018 Autumn Classic International Oakville, Ontario, Canada Details September 26–29 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details October 4–7 2018 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details November 11–18 2018 Inge Solar Memorial – Alpen Trophy Innsbruck, AustriaPairs competition did not qualify as a Challenger Series event. Details November 26 – December 2 2018 Tallinn Trophy Tallinn, Estonia Details December 5–8 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia Details
Medal summary
Men's singles Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results Asian Open Trophy Sōta Yamamoto Tsao Chih-i Byun Se-jong Details Lombardia Trophy Shoma Uno Dmitri Aliev Andrei Lazukin Details U.S. International Classic Nam Nguyen Michal Březina Jimmy Ma Details Ondrej Nepela Trophy Mikhail Kolyada Sergei Voronov Keiji Tanaka Details Autumn Classic International Yuzuru Hanyu Cha Jun-hwan Roman Sadovsky Details Nebelhorn Trophy Keegan Messing Alexander Majorov Artur Dmitriev Details Finlandia Trophy Mikhail Kolyada Cha Jun-hwan Morisi Kvitelashvili Details 2018 Alpen Trophy Daniel Grassl Roman Sadovsky Tomoki Hiwatashi Details 2018 Tallinn Trophy Maxim Kovtun Vincent Zhou Anton Shulepov Details 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb Jason Brown Mikhail Kolyada Alexander Samarin Details
Ladies' singles Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results Asian Open Trophy Lim Eun-soo Yuna Shiraiwa Mako Yamashita Details Lombardia Trophy Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Sofia Samodurova Mako Yamashita Details U.S. International Classic Satoko Miyahara Lim Eun-soo Kim Ye-lim Details Ondrej Nepela Trophy Rika Kihira Elizabet Tursynbaeva Stanislava KonstantinovaDetails Autumn Classic International Bradie Tennell Evgenia Medvedeva Maé-Bérénice Méité Details Nebelhorn Trophy Alina Zagitova Mai Mihara Loena Hendrickx Details Finlandia Trophy Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Elizabet Tursynbaeva Viveca Lindfors Details 2018 Alpen Trophy Anna Tarusina Serafima Sakhanovich Brooklee Han Details 2018 Tallinn Trophy Serafima Sakhanovich Ting Cui Viveca Lindfors Details 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb Bradie Tennell Anastasiia Gubanova Mariah Bell Details
Pairs Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results Lombardia Trophy Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Details U.S. International Classic Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Details Autumn Classic International Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Details Nebelhorn Trophy Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay Details Finlandia Trophy Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Details 2018 Tallinn Trophy Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Details 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay Details
Ice dance Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results Asian Open Trophy Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Details Lombardia Trophy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin Details U.S. International Classic Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Details Ondrej Nepela Trophy Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov Details Autumn Classic International Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus Details Nebelhorn Trophy Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Details Finlandia Trophy Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Details 2018 Alpen Trophy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Details 2018 Tallinn Trophy Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Details 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov 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 Mikhail Kolyada Ondrej Nepela Trophy 274.37 Golden Spin of Zagreb 253.14 527.51 2 Cha Jun-hwan Autumn Classic International 259.78 Finlandia Trophy 239.19 498.97 3 Jason Brown 233.23 Golden Spin of Zagreb 263.42 496.65 4 Dmitri Aliev Lombardia Trophy 250.55 Finlandia Trophy 224.95 475.50 5 Daniel Grassl Alpen Trophy 230.50 Golden Spin of Zagreb 229.82 460.32
Ladies' singles Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Lombardia Trophy 206.07 Finlandia Trophy 202.85 408.92 2 Bradie Tennell Autumn Classic International 206.41 Golden Spin of Zagreb 202.41 408.82 3 Elizabet Tursynbaeva Ondrej Nepela Trophy 192.30 Finlandia Trophy 200.74 393.04 4 Mariah Bell Nebelhorn Trophy 188.97 Golden Spin of Zagreb 196.60 385.57 5 Anastasiia Gubanova Tallinn Trophy 180.73 198.65 379.38
Pairs Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Lombardia Trophy 191.99 Finlandia Trophy 188.54 380.53 2 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Finlandia Trophy 193.93 Autumn Classic International 176.32 370.25 3 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin Nebelhorn Trophy 178.94 Golden Spin of Zagreb 183.89 362.83 4 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Finlandia Trophy 176.09 Tallinn Trophy 184.60 360.69 5 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim Nebelhorn Trophy 177.22 Golden Spin of Zagreb 182.84 360.06
Ice dance Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Nebelhorn Trophy 194.12 Golden Spin of Zagreb 201.27 395.39 2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Lombardia Trophy 193.28 Alpen Trophy 195.39 388.67 3 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Nebelhorn Trophy 177.49 Tallinn Trophy 180.22 357.71 4 Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Ondrej Nepela Trophy 178.64 Alpen Trophy 174.35 352.99 5 Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Lombardia Trophy 170.68 Nebelhorn Trophy 180.95 351.63
Top scores
Men's singles +Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total Skater Nation Score Event 1 Shoma Uno 276.20 2018 Lombardia Trophy 2 Mikhail Kolyada 274.37 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 3 Yuzuru Hanyu 263.65 2018 Autumn Classic International 4 Jason Brown 263.42 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb 5 Cha Jun-hwan 259.78 2018 Autumn Classic International 6 Keegan Messing 257.16 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy 7 Dmitri Aliev 250.55 2018 Lombardia Trophy 8 Maxim Kovtun 247.55 2018 Tallinn Trophy 9 Andrei Lazukin 243.45 2018 Lombardia Trophy 10 Sergei Voronov 239.73 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy +Top 10 best scores in the men's short program Skater Nation Score Event 1 Shoma Uno 104.15 2018 Lombardia Trophy 2 Yuzuru Hanyu 97.74 2018 Autumn Classic International 3 Mikhail Kolyada 97.04 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb 4 Jason Brown 95.50 5 Keegan Messing 90.63 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy 6 Cha Jun-hwan 90.56 2018 Autumn Classic International 7 Andrei Lazukin 87.92 2018 Lombardia Trophy 8 Dmitri Aliev 86.57 9 Alexander Samarin 86.29 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb 10 Matteo Rizzo 85.51 2018 Lombardia Trophy +Top 10 best scores in the men's free skating Skater Nation Score Event 1 Mikhail Kolyada 177.55 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 2 Shoma Uno 172.05 2018 Lombardia Trophy 3 Cha Jun-hwan 169.22 2018 Autumn Classic International 4 Jason Brown 167.92 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb 5 Maxim Kovtun 166.64 2018 Tallinn Trophy 6 Keegan Messing 166.53 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy 7 Yuzuru Hanyu 165.91 2018 Autumn Classic International 8 Dmitri Aliev 163.98 2018 Lombardia Trophy 9 Kévin Aymoz 162.93 2018 Autumn Classic International 10 Sergei Voronov 157.96 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
Ladies' singles +Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total Skater Nation Score Event 1 Alina Zagitova 238.43 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy 2 Rika Kihira 218.16 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 3 Mai Mihara 209.22 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy 4 Bradie Tennell 206.41 2018 Autumn Classic International 5 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 206.07 2018 Lombardia Trophy 6 Evgenia Medvedeva 204.89 2018 Autumn Classic International 7 Loena Hendrickx 204.16 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy 8 Serafima Sakhanovich 202.62 2018 Tallinn Trophy 9 Satoko Miyahara 201.23 2018 U.S. International Classic 10 Elizabet Tursynbaeva 200.74 2018 Finlandia Trophy +Top 10 best scores in the ladies' short program Skater Nation Score Event 1 Alina Zagitova 79.93 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy 2 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 73.83 2018 Finlandia Trophy 3 Loena Hendrickx 71.50 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy Bradie Tennell 71.50 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb 5 Evgenia Medvedeva 70.98 2018 Autumn Classic International 6 Elizabet Tursynbaeva 70.95 2018 Finlandia Trophy 7 Mai Mihara 70.94 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy 8 Rika Kihira 70.79 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 9 Serafima Sakhanovich 70.33 2018 Tallinn Trophy 10 Mariah Bell 70.02 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy +Top 10 best scores in the ladies' free skating Skater Nation Score Event 1 Alina Zagitova 158.50 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy 2 Rika Kihira 147.37 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 140.38 2018 Lombardia Trophy 4 Mai Mihara 138.28 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy 5 Bradie Tennell 137.15 2018 Autumn Classic International 6 Evgenia Medvedeva 133.91 7 Satoko Miyahara 133.77 2018 U.S. International Classic 8 Loena Hendrickx 132.66 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy 9 Serafima Sakhanovich 132.29 2018 Tallinn Trophy 10 Ting Cui 132.23
Pairs +Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total Team Nation Score Event 1 Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres 210.21 2018 Autumn Classic International 2 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 198.98 2018 Finlandia Trophy 3 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert 196.15 2018 Lombardia Trophy 4 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro 193.93 2018 Finlandia Trophy 5 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii 191.99 2018 Lombardia Trophy 6 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin 183.89 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb 7 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim 182.84 8 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise 178.18 2018 Lombardia Trophy 9 Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay 176.44 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb 10 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer 176.09 2018 Finlandia Trophy