# 2009–10 ISU Junior Grand Prix

The 2009–10 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 13th season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the Junior-level complement to the 2009–10 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which is for Senior-level skaters. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
Skaters earned points towards qualification at each of the seven Junior Grand Prix events. The top eight skaters/teams in the series from each discipline met at the Junior Grand Prix Final, which was held concurrently with the senior Grand Prix Final.

## Competitions

The locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 2009–10 season, the series was composed of the following events:
| Date | Event | Location | Other notes |
| August 26–30 | 2009 JGP Budapest | Budapest, Hungary | No pair competition |
| September 2–6 | 2009 JGP Lake Placid | Lake Placid, USA | |
| September 9–13 | 2009 JGP Torun Cup | Toruń, Poland | |
| September 23–27 | 2009 JGP Minsk Ice | Minsk, Belarus | |
| Sept. 30 – Oct. 4 | 2009 JGP Pokal der Blauen Schwerter | Dresden, Germany | |
| October 7–11 | 2009 Croatia Cup | Zagreb, Croatia | No pair competition |
| October 14–18 | 2009 JGP Bosphorus | Istanbul, Turkey | No pair competition |
| December 3–6 | 2009–10 Junior Grand Prix Final | Tokyo, Japan | |
For the second time, the Junior Grand Prix Final was held in conjunction with the senior Grand Prix Final.

## Qualifying

Skaters who reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2009 but had not turned 19 (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers) were eligible to compete on the junior circuit. Unlike the senior ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, skaters for the Junior Grand Prix are entered by their national federations rather than seeded by the ISU. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation is determined by their skaters' placements at the previous season's World Junior Figure Skating Championships in each respective discipline.
For the 2009–2010 season, in singles, the three best placed member nations at the 2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were allowed to enter two skaters in all seven events. Member nations who placed fourth through sixth were allowed to enter one skater in all seven events. Member nations who placed seventh through twelfth were allowed to enter one skater in six of the seven events. Member nations with a skater who had qualified for the free skate at the World Junior Championships were allowed to enter one skater in five of the events. Member nations who did not qualify for the free skate but placed 25th through 30th in the short program were allowed to enter one skater in four of the events. Member nations who did not qualify for the free skate but placed 31st and lower were allowed to enter one skater in three of the events. Member nations who had not participated in the 2009 World Junior Championships were allowed to enter one skater in two events. There were provisions for additional entries per member country if another country did not use all of its allotted entries.
In pairs, member nations who placed in the top five at the 2009 World Junior Championships were allowed to enter three entries in all four events in which pairs will be contested. Member nations who qualified for the free skate at the World Junior Championships were allowed to enter two entries in all four events. All other member nations were allowed to enter one entry in all four events. The host nation was allowed to enter as many pair teams as it wanted.
In ice dance, the multiple spots allowance was the same as for singles.
The host country was allowed to enter up to three skaters/teams in singles and dance in their event, and there was no limit to the number of pairs teams.
The general spots allowance for the 2009-2010 Junior Grand Prix events was as follows:
| Entries | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance |
| 3 per event | | | Russia United States Canada Japan China | |
| 2 per event | United States Czech Republic Russia | Russia United States Sweden | Switzerland Estonia Poland France Italy Slovakia Czech Republic Netherlands Hong Kong Ukraine | United States Russia Canada |
| 1 per event | Kazakhstan China Canada | Georgia Germany Slovakia | | Czech Republic Italy France |
| 1 in six events | Ukraine Japan Sweden Germany France Slovakia | Italy France Canada Austria Estonia Japan | | Ukraine China Greece Austria Slovakia United Kingdom |
| 1 in five events | Spain Italy South Korea Estonia Australia | Chinese Taipei China Ukraine Spain South Korea United Kingdom Belarus | | Hungary Germany Finland |
| 1 in four events | Poland Chinese Taipei Belgium United Kingdom Finland Turkey | Switzerland Netherlands Denmark Thailand New Zealand | | Belarus Poland Switzerland Estonia Lithuania Bulgaria |
| 1 in three events | Armenia Lithuania Belarus Austria Switzerland Romania Bulgaria Georgia Netherlands Croatia New Zealand | Norway Poland Lithuania Hungary Greece Finland Australia Latvia Czech Republic Mexico Philippines Israel Bulgaria Slovenia Croatia Andorra Belgium Armenia Turkey Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina Singapore | | Israel Spain Uzbekistan |
All other member nations had one entry per discipline in two of the seven events in singles and ice dance and one entry in all four events in pairs.

## Junior Grand Prix Final qualifiers

The following skaters have qualified for the 2009–2010 Junior Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.
| | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance |
| 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 |

## Medalists
### Men

| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Hungary | Richard Dornbush | Grant Hochstein | Zhan Bush |
| United States | Ross Miner | Kento Nakamura | Mark Shakhmatov |
| Poland | Yuzuru Hanyu | Austin Kanallakan | Gordei Gorshkov |
| Belarus | Artur Gachinski | Song Nan | Stanislav Kovalev |
| Germany | Song Nan | Artur Gachinski | Gordei Gorshkov |
| Croatia | Yuzuru Hanyu | Ross Miner | Zhan Bush |
| Turkey | Yan Han | Stanislav Kovalev | Kento Nakamura |
| Final | Yuzuru Hanyu | Song Nan | Ross Miner |

### Ladies

| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Hungary | Polina Shelepen | Angela Maxwell | Haruka Imai |
| United States | Kristine Musademba | Ksenia Makarova | Isabelle M. Olsson |
| Poland | Kanako Murakami | Anna Ovcharova | Christina Gao |
| Belarus | Polina Shelepen | Yuki Nishino | Ksenia Makarova |
| Germany | Kiri Baga | Angela Maxwell | Polina Agafonova |
| Croatia | Kanako Murakami | Kate Charbonneau | Ellie Kawamura |
| Turkey | Kiri Baga | Sofia Biryukova | Christina Gao |
| Final | Kanako Murakami | Polina Shelepen | Christina Gao |

### Pairs

| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Hungary | No pairs competition held | No pairs competition held | No pairs competition held |
| United States | Kaleigh Hole / Adam Johnson | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran |
| Poland | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran | Tatiana Novik / Mikhail Kuznetsov | Brittany Jones / Kurtis Gaskell |
| Belarus | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Zhang Yue / Wang Lei | Kaleigh Hole / Adam Johnson |
| Germany | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Zhang Yue / Wang Lei | Britney Simpson / Nathan Miller |
| Croatia | No pairs competition held | No pairs competition held | No pairs competition held |
| Turkey | No pairs competition held | No pairs competition held | No pairs competition held |
| Final | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran | Zhang Yue / Wang Lei |

### Ice dance

| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Hungary | Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov | Karen Routhier / Eric Saucke-Lacelle | Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi |
| United States | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill | Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager |
| Poland | Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov | Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev | Isabella Cannuscio / Ian Lorello |
| Belarus | Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin | Rachel Tibbetts / Collin Brubaker | Alisa Agafonova / Dmitri Dun |
| Germany | Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro | Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi | Piper Gilles / Zachary Donohue |
| Croatia | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill | Tatiana Baturintseva / Ivan Volobuiev |
| Turkey | Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin | Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro | Isabella Cannuscio / Ian Lorello |
| Final | Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin | Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani |

## Medals table

The following is the table of total medals earned by each country on the 2009–2010 Junior Grand Prix. It can be sorted by country name, number of gold medals, number of silver medals, number of bronze medals, and total medals overall. The table is numbered by number of total medals.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 9 | 11 | 9 | 29 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 7 | 6 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | China (CHN) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 |