2009–10 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

The 2009–10 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was a figure skating competition in the 2009–10 season. It was the culminating competition of the 2009–10 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition, and the 2009–10 ISU Junior Grand Prix, a junior-level international competition.

2009–10 Grand Prix Final
Type:	Grand Prix
Date:	December 2 – 6, 2009
Season:	2009–10
Location:	Tokyo, Japan
Venue:	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Champions
Men's singles: Evan Lysacek (S) Yuzuru Hanyu (J)
Ladies' singles: Kim Yuna (S) Kanako Murakami (J)
Pairs: Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo (S) Sui Wenjing / Han Cong (J)
Ice dance: Meryl Davis / Charlie White (S) Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin (J)
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Previous Grand Prix: 2009 Skate Canada International

Skaters earned points towards qualifying for the senior Grand Prix Final at the 2009 Trophée Eric Bompard, the 2009 NHK Trophy, the 2009 Rostelecom Cup, the 2009 Cup of China, the 2009 Skate America, and the 2009 Skate Canada International. Skaters earned points towards qualifying for the Junior Grand Prix Final at each of the seven Junior Grand Prix events. The six highest ranking skaters/teams from the Grand Prix series and the eight highest ranking skaters/teams from the Junior Grand Prix met at the Grand Prix Final.

The event was held in Tokyo, Japan from December 2 to December 6, 2009. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels.

Unlike the other events in both series, there was no compulsory dance portion of the competition. Ice dancers were ranked in the original dance starting order in reverse order of their qualification to the Final.

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).

• Wednesday, December 2
  • 19:30 Opening ceremony
• Thursday, December 3
  • 17:00 Junior pairs – Short program
  • 18:30 Junior men – Short program
  • 20:00 Senior pairs – Short program
  • 21:15 Senior ice dancing – Original dance
• Friday, December 4
  • 15:00 Junior men – Free skating
  • 16:35 Junior pairs – Free skating
  • 18:30 Senior men – Short program
  • 19:40 Senior ladies – Short program
  • 20:50 Senior ice dancing – Free dance
• Saturday, December 5
  • 13:30 Junior ice dancing – Original dance
  • 14:55 Junior ladies – Short program
  • 16:25 Senior pairs – Free skating
  • 18:00 Senior men – Free skating
  • 19:30 Senior ladies – Free skating
• Sunday, December 6
  • 12:30 Junior ice dancing – Free dance
  • 14:00 Junior ladies – Free skating
  • 16:15 Exhibition gala

Qualifiers

Senior-level qualifiers

The following skaters qualified for the Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.^[1][2][3][4]

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Nobunari Oda	Kim Yuna	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo	Meryl Davis / Charlie White
2	Evan Lysacek	Miki Ando	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
3	Brian Joubert (withdrew)	Joannie Rochette	Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov	Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto (withdrew)
4	Jeremy Abbott	Alena Leonova	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat
5	Daisuke Takahashi	Ashley Wagner	Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
6	Johnny Weir	Akiko Suzuki	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	Sinead Kerr / John Kerr
Alternates
1st	Tomáš Verner (called up)	Rachael Flatt	Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison	Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski (withdrew)
2nd	Michal Březina	Alissa Czisny	Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov	Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier (called up)
3rd	Takahiko Kozuka	Mao Asada	Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker	Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski

• Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto, the third qualifiers in the ice dancing event, withdrew due to illness (Belbin).^[5] They were replaced by second alternates Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier after the first alternates, Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski, withdrew due to illness (Novitski).^[6]
• Brian Joubert, the third qualifier in the men's event, withdrew due to injury.^[6] He was replaced by first alternate Tomáš Verner.

Junior-level qualifiers

The following skaters qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.^{[7][8][9][10]}

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Yuzuru Hanyu	Kanako Murakami	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
2	Ross Miner	Polina Shelepen	Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran	Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin
3	Song Nan	Kiri Baga	Kaleigh Hole / Adam Johnson	Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov
4	Artur Gachinski	Angela Maxwell	Zhang Yue / Wang Lei	Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro
5	Kento Nakamura	Ksenia Makarova	Tatiana Novik / Mikhail Kuznetsov	Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill
6	Stanislav Kovalev	Christina Gao	Britney Simpson / Nathan Miller	Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi
7	Richard Dornbush	Anna Ovcharova	Alexandra Vasilieva / Yuri Shevchuk	Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev
8	Grant Hochstein	Ellie Kawamura	Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov	Isabella Cannuscio / Ian Lorello
Alternates
1st	Austin Kanallakan	Yuki Nishino	Brittany Jones / Kurtis Gaskell	Karen Routhier / Eric Saucke-Lacelle
2nd	Gordei Gorshkov	Kristine Musademba	Anaïs Morand / Antoine Dorsaz	Alisa Agafonova / Dmitri Dun
3rd	Zhan Bush	Kate Charbonneau	Maddison Bird / Raymond Schultz	Tatiana Baturintseva / Ivan Volobuiev

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	2	2	1	5
2	United States (USA)	2	0	1	3
3	China (CHN)	1	1	0	2
4	South Korea (KOR)	1	0	0	1
5	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
6	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		6	4	4	14

Senior-level results

Men

The men's podium for the 2009–10 Grand Prix Final.

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Evan Lysacek	United States	249.45	2	89.85	1	159.60
2	Nobunari Oda	Japan	243.36	3	87.65	3	155.71
3	Johnny Weir	United States	237.35	4	84.60	4	152.75
4	Jeremy Abbott	United States	235.38	5	76.65	2	158.73
5	Daisuke Takahashi	Japan	224.60	1	89.95	5	134.65
6	Tomáš Verner	Czech Republic	192.32	6	70.17	6	122.15

Ladies

The ladies' podium for the 2009–10 Grand Prix Final.

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Kim Yuna	South Korea	188.86	2	65.64	1	123.22
2	Miki Ando	Japan	185.94	1	66.20	2	119.74
3	Akiko Suzuki	Japan	174.00	5	57.54	3	116.46
4	Ashley Wagner	United States	162.07	6	54.26	4	107.81
5	Joannie Rochette	Canada	156.71	4	60.94	5	95.77
6	Alena Leonova	Russia	156.55	3	61.60	6	94.95

Pairs

Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo set a new short program world record of 75.36,^[11] a new free skating world record of 138.89, and a new combined total score of 214.25.^[12]

The pairs' podium for the 2009–10 Grand Prix Final.

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo	China	214.25	1	75.36	1	138.89
2	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	China	201.86	4	68.04	2	133.82
3	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Germany	200.38	2	73.14	4	127.24
4	Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov	Russia	198.35	3	69.78	3	128.57
5	Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov	Russia	183.01	6	62.30	5	120.71
6	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	China	180.25	5	66.24	6	114.01

Ice dancing

The ice dancing podium for the 2009–10 Grand Prix Final.

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	OD		FD
1	Meryl Davis / Charlie White	United States	169.44	1	65.80	2	103.64
2	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir	Canada	168.22	2	64.01	1	104.21
3	Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat	France	147.62	3	56.93	3	90.69
4	Sinead Kerr / John Kerr	United Kingdom	145.33	4	56.47	4	88.86
5	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	Italy	139.21	5	54.91	5	84.30
6	Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier	Canada	135.99	6	51.69	6	84.30

Junior-level results

Junior men

The men's podium for the 2009–10 Junior Grand Prix Final.

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Yuzuru Hanyu	Japan	206.77	3	69.85	1	136.92
2	Song Nan	China	204.99	1	71.70	2	133.29
3	Ross Miner	United States	196.09	2	70.85	4	125.24
4	Richard Dornbush	United States	191.80	6	59.35	3	132.45
5	Grant Hochstein	United States	187.92	4	66.45	5	121.47
6	Artur Gachinski	Russia	178.03	5	62.44	6	115.59
7	Stanislav Kovalev	Russia	163.20	7	57.69	7	105.51
8	Kento Nakamura	Japan	142.78	8	57.16	8	85.62

Junior ladies

The ladies' podium for the 2009–10 Junior Grand Prix Final.

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Kanako Murakami	Japan	160.53	2	59.52	1	101.01
2	Polina Shelepen	Russia	159.29	1	59.54	2	99.75
3	Christina Gao	United States	151.47	5	52.82	3	98.65
4	Ksenia Makarova	Russia	147.29	3	55.38	4	91.91
5	Anna Ovcharova	Russia	144.96	4	54.92	6	90.04
6	Angela Maxwell	United States	137.55	8	47.28	5	90.27
7	Kiri Baga	United States	122.35	7	49.58	7	72.77
8	Ellie Kawamura	United States	120.93	6	50.30	8	70.63

Junior pairs

The pairs' podium for the 2009–10 Junior Grand Prix Final.

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	China	160.45	1	56.80	1	103.65
2	Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran	Japan	145.80	2	54.44	2	91.36
3	Zhang Yue / Wang Lei	China	137.19	5	46.04	3	91.15
4	Tatiana Novik / Mikhail Kuznetsov	Russia	134.33	6	45.72	4	88.61
5	Kaleigh Hole / Adam Johnson	Canada	132.17	4	47.00	5	85.17
6	Britney Simpson / Nathan Miller	United States	128.62	7	44.48	6	84.14
7	Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov	Russia	122.19	3	48.90	8	73.29
8	Alexandra Vasilieva / Yuri Shevchuk	Russia	121.35	8	43.08	7	78.27

Junior ice dancing

The ice dancing podium for the 2009–10 Junior Grand Prix Final.

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	OD		FD
1	Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin	Russia	141.21	1	55.70	1	85.51
2	Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov	Russia	139.36	3	54.35	2	85.01
3	Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani	United States	138.75	2	55.21	3	83.54
4	Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill	Canada	124.75	4	48.84	4	75.91
5	Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro	Russia	119.50	5	46.68	5	72.82
6	Isabella Cannuscio / Ian Lorello	United States	118.11	6	46.48	6	71.63
7	Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi	Italy	106.78	8	39.03	7	67.75
8	Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev	Russia	106.69	7	42.17	8	64.52