# 2018 Internationaux de France

The 2018 Internationaux de France was the sixth event of six in the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Patinoire Polesud in Grenoble on November 23–25. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters also earned points toward qualifying for the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final.

## Entries

The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.
| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance |
| Canada | Nicolas Nadeau | | Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier |
| China | Jin Boyang | | | |
| North Korea | | | Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik | |
| France | Kévin Aymoz Romain Ponsart | Laurine Lecavelier Maé-Bérénice Méité Léa Serna | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron |
| Germany | | | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert | |
| Israel | Daniel Samohin | | | |
| Japan | Keiji Tanaka | Marin Honda Rika Kihira Mai Mihara | | |
| Latvia | Deniss Vasiļjevs | | | |
| Lithuania | | | | Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius |
| Russia | Dmitri Aliev Alexander Samarin | Stanislava Konstantinova Evgenia Medvedeva Maria Sotskova | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov |
| Spain | | | | Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz |
| Sweden | | Matilda Algotsson | | |
| Switzerland | | Alexia Paganini | | |
| United States | Jason Brown Nathan Chen | Bradie Tennell | Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons |

### Changes to preliminary assignments

| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes |
| July 9 and 31 | Pairs | Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert | Foot injury (Yu) |
| July 19 and August 2 | Pairs | Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau | Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe | Split |
| July 27 and September 28 | Pairs | Lola Esbrat / Andrei Novoselov | Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov | Split; host pick |
| September 14 | Men | N/A | Kévin Aymoz | Host pick |
| September 14 | Ladies | N/A | Léa Serna | Host pick |
| September 14 | Ice dance | N/A | Adelina Galayavieva / Louis Thauron | Host pick |
| October 20 and 24 | Ladies | Carolina Kostner | Alexia Paganini | Hip injury |
| November 14 | Pairs | Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier | N/A | |
| November 15 | Men | Chafik Besseghier | N/A | |

## Records

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
| Event | Component | Skater(s) | Score | Date |
| Ice dance | Rhythm dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | 84.13 | 23 November 2018 |
| Ice dance | Free dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | 132.65 | 24 November 2018 |
| Ice dance | Total score | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | 216.78 | 24 November 2018 |

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Nathan Chen | United States | 271.58 | 3 | 86.94 | 1 | 184.64 |
| 2 | Jason Brown | United States | 256.33 | 1 | 96.41 | 3 | 159.92 |
| 3 | Alexander Samarin | Russia | 247.09 | 2 | 90.86 | 4 | 156.23 |
| 4 | Dmitri Aliev | Russia | 237.82 | 9 | 75.15 | 2 | 162.67 |
| 5 | Kevin Aymoz | France | 231.16 | 6 | 81.00 | 5 | 150.16 |
| 6 | Romain Ponsart | France | 229.86 | 4 | 84.97 | 6 | 144.89 |
| 7 | Deniss Vasiljevs | Latvia | 221.26 | 5 | 82.30 | 7 | 138.96 |
| 8 | Keiji Tanaka | Japan | 216.32 | 8 | 79.35 | 8 | 136.97 |
| 9 | Boyang Jin | China | 208.89 | 7 | 79.41 | 10 | 129.48 |
| 10 | Daniel Samohin | Israel | 205.99 | 10 | 72.33 | 9 | 133.66 |
| WD | Nicolas Nadeau | Canada | withdrew | 11 | 61.46 | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Rika Kihira | Japan | 205.92 | 2 | 67.65 | 1 | 138.28 |
| 2 | Mai Mihara | Japan | 202.81 | 1 | 67.95 | 3 | 134.86 |
| 3 | Bradie Tennell | United States | 197.78 | 6 | 61.34 | 2 | 136.44 |
| 4 | Evgenia Medvedeva | Russia | 192.81 | 3 | 67.55 | 5 | 125.26 |
| 5 | Stanislava Konstantinova | Russia | 189.67 | 10 | 54.91 | 4 | 134.76 |
| 6 | Marin Honda | Japan | 188.61 | 4 | 65.37 | 6 | 123.24 |
| 7 | Maria Sotskova | Russia | 177.59 | 5 | 61.76 | 7 | 115.83 |
| 8 | Maé Bérénice Méité | France | 168.02 | 7 | 60.86 | 8 | 107.16 |
| 9 | Laurine Lecavelier | France | 157.24 | 11 | 51.66 | 9 | 105.58 |
| 10 | Alexia Paganini | Switzerland | 156.51 | 8 | 56.88 | 10 | 99.63 |
| 11 | Léa Serna | France | 149.49 | 9 | 55.31 | 12 | 94.18 |
| 12 | Matilda Algotsson | Sweden | 146.35 | 12 | 48.58 | 11 | 97.77 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | France | 205.77 | 3 | 65.24 | 1 | 140.53 |
| 2 | Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea | United States | 191.43 | 4 | 63.45 | 2 | 127.98 |
| 3 | Aleksandra Boikova / Dimitrii Kozlovskii | Russia | 189.84 | 1 | 68.83 | 3 | 121.01 |
| 4 | Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik | North Korea | 187.95 | 2 | 67.18 | 4 | 120.77 |
| 5 | Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe | Canada | 164.10 | 5 | 58.25 | 5 | 105.85 |
| 6 | Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov | United States | 157.28 | 6 | 56.71 | 7 | 100.57 |
| 7 | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert | Germany | 154.77 | 7 | 52.61 | 6 | 102.16 |

### Ice dance

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | RD | RD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | France | 216.78 | 1 | 84.13 | 1 | 132.65 |
| 2 | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | Russia | 200.38 | 2 | 77.91 | 2 | 122.47 |
| 3 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada | 188.74 | 3 | 74.25 | 3 | 114.49 |
| 4 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | United States | 181.47 | 4 | 69.85 | 4 | 111.62 |
| 5 | Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons | United States | 171.17 | 6 | 68.14 | 6 | 103.03 |
| 6 | Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac | France | 170.64 | 7 | 64.94 | 5 | 105.70 |
| 7 | Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz | Spain | 165.69 | 5 | 68.16 | 8 | 97.53 |
| 8 | Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov | Russia | 163.18 | 8 | 63.64 | 7 | 99.54 |
| 9 | Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius | Lithuania | 153.27 | 9 | 59.77 | 9 | 93.50 |
| 10 | Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron | France | 146.05 | 10 | 55.21 | 10 | 90.84 |