2022–23 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating

The 2022–23 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of senior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union that were held from October 2022 through December 2022. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points based on their placements at each event and the top six in each discipline qualified to compete at the Grand Prix Final in Turin, Italy. The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2022–23 ISU Junior Grand Prix.

In April 2022, the ISU cancelled the Rostelecom Cup in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[1] The Grand Prix of Espoo was named as its replacement on July 14, 2022.^[2]

On May 10, 2022, the Chinese Skating Association informed the ISU that they could no longer host the Cup of China due to travel restrictions and quarantine requirements related to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] The MK John Wilson Trophy was chosen as the replacement.^[4]

The series included the following events.

Skaters were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit if they had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2022. They were also required to have earned a minimum total score at certain international events.

At each event, skaters earned points toward qualification for the Grand Prix Final. Following the sixth event, the top six highest-scoring skaters/teams advanced to the Final. The points earned per placement were as follows:

There were originally seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:

1. Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker is the 1st place, and that beats a skater who placed 2nd in both events.
2. Highest combined total scores in both events. If a skater earned 200 points at one event and 250 at a second, that skater would win in the second tie-break over a skater who earned 200 points at one event and 150 at another.
3. Participated in two events.
4. Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dance portion of both events.
5. Highest individual score in the free skating/free dance portion from one event.
6. Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events.
7. Highest number of total participants at the events.

If a tie remained, it was considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advanced to the Grand Prix Final.

Alternates

• At the 2022 Skate Canada, Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara became the first Japanese pairs team to win a Grand Prix gold medal.^[48]
• At the 2022 Grand Prix de France, Loena Hendrickx won Belgium's first Grand Prix gold medal at the senior level in any discipline.^[49]
• At the 2022 Grand Prix de France, Deanna Stellato-Dudek was the oldest skater (at age 39) to win a Grand Prix gold medal in any discipline.^[50]
• At the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy, Daniel Grassl became the first Italian men's singles skater to win a Grand Prix gold medal.^[51]
• At the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy, Deniss Vasiļjevs won Latvia's first Grand Prix medal in men's singles (a silver medal).^[51]
• At the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy, Anastasiia Gubanova won Georgia's first Grand Prix medal in women's singles (a bronze medal).^[52]
• At the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo, Anastasiia Metelkina and Daniil Parkman won Georgia's first Grand Prix medal in pairs (a bronze medal) .^[53]
• At the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo, Juulia Turkkila and Matthias Versluis won Finland's first Grand Prix medal in ice dance (a bronze medal) at either the senior or junior level.^[54]
• Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara became the first Japanese pairs team to win a gold medal at a Grand Prix Final.^[55]
• Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier won the United States' first Grand Prix Final medal in pairs (the silver medal).^[55]
• Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii won Italy's first Grand Prix Final medal in pairs (the bronze medal) at either the senior or junior level.^[55]
• Loena Hendrickx won Belgium's first Grand Prix Final medal (the bronze medal) at the senior level in any discipline.^[56]

• ISU Grand Prix at the International Skating Union