# 2013 Skate America

The 2013 Hilton HHonors Skate America was the first event of six in the 2013–14 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan on October 17–20. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2013–14 Grand Prix Final.

## Eligibility

Skaters who reached the age of 14 before July 1, 2013 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit.

## Entries

The entries were as follows.
| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| Azerbaijan | | | | Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov |
| Canada | | | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro | |
| France | | Maé Bérénice Méité | | Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones |
| Georgia | | Elene Gedevanishvili | | |
| Italy | | Valentina Marchei | Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte |
| Japan | Daisuke Takahashi Takahiko Kozuka Tatsuki Machida | Mao Asada | | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed |
| Lithuania | | | | Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniunas |
| Russia | Artur Gachinski | Elena Radionova Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov | |
| Sweden | Alexander Majorov | Viktoria Helgesson | | |
| United States | Max Aaron Jason Brown Adam Rippon | Samantha Cesario Ashley Wagner Caroline Zhang | Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir Caydee Denney / John Coughlin Felicia Zhang / Nathan Bartholomay | Meryl Davis / Charlie White Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani |

### Changes to initial lineup

On September 30, 2013, Evan Lysacek announced that his injury would force him out of Skate America. He was replaced by Jason Brown. Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres withdrew and were replaced by Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro. Brian Joubert and Denis Ten also withdrew, and no substitutes were announced.

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Tatsuki Machida | Japan | 265.38 | 1 | 91.18 | 1 | 174.20 |
| 2 | Adam Rippon | United States | 241.24 | 3 | 80.26 | 3 | 160.98 |
| 3 | Max Aaron | United States | 238.36 | 6 | 75.91 | 2 | 162.45 |
| 4 | Daisuke Takahashi | Japan | 236.21 | 5 | 77.09 | 4 | 159.12 |
| 5 | Jason Brown | United States | 231.03 | 2 | 83.78 | 6 | 147.25 |
| 6 | Takahiko Kozuka | Japan | 230.95 | 4 | 77.75 | 5 | 153.20 |
| 7 | Alexander Majorov | Sweden | 208.72 | 7 | 74.97 | 8 | 133.75 |
| 8 | Artur Gachinski | Russia | 208.16 | 8 | 69.81 | 7 | 138.35 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Mao Asada | Japan | 204.55 | 1 | 73.18 | 1 | 131.37 |
| 2 | Ashley Wagner | United States | 193.81 | 2 | 69.26 | 2 | 124.55 |
| 3 | Elena Radionova | Russia | 183.95 | 3 | 67.01 | 4 | 116.94 |
| 4 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia | 176.75 | 9 | 53.20 | 3 | 123.55 |
| 5 | Samantha Cesario | United States | 167.98 | 8 | 53.51 | 5 | 114.47 |
| 6 | Maé Bérénice Méité | France | 167.35 | 7 | 55.84 | 6 | 111.51 |
| 7 | Valentina Marchei | Italy | 156.79 | 4 | 59.25 | 7 | 97.54 |
| 8 | Viktoria Helgesson | Sweden | 152.34 | 5 | 58.80 | 8 | 93.54 |
| 9 | Elene Gedevanishvili | Georgia | 149.44 | 6 | 56.68 | 9 | 92.76 |
| 10 | Caroline Zhang | United States | 110.12 | 10 | 45.76 | 10 | 64.36 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | Russia | 237.71 | 1 | 83.05 | 1 | 154.66 |
| 2 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch | Canada | 208.45 | 2 | 71.51 | 2 | 136.94 |
| 3 | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov | Russia | 187.35 | 3 | 64.80 | 3 | 122.55 |
| 4 | Caydee Denney / John Coughlin | United States | 182.43 | 6 | 62.06 | 4 | 120.37 |
| 5 | Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek | Italy | 180.27 | 4 | 63.85 | 5 | 116.42 |
| 6 | Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir | United States | 177.11 | 5 | 62.56 | 6 | 114.55 |
| 7 | Felicia Zhang / Nathan Bartholomay | United States | 168.42 | 7 | 55.83 | 7 | 112.59 |
| 8 | Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro | Canada | 146.28 | 8 | 50.26 | 8 | 96.02 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SD | SD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | United States | 188.23 | 1 | 75.70 | 1 | 112.53 |
| 2 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Italy | 168.49 | 2 | 69.88 | 2 | 98.61 |
| 3 | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | United States | 154.47 | 3 | 61.26 | 3 | 93.21 |
| 4 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | United States | 152.98 | 4 | 60.71 | 4 | 92.27 |
| 5 | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed | Japan | 136.13 | 6 | 54.28 | 5 | 81.85 |
| 6 | Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones | France | 135.70 | 7 | 54.10 | 6 | 81.60 |
| 7 | Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniunas | Lithuania | 134.67 | 8 | 53.17 | 7 | 81.50 |
| 8 | Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov | Azerbaijan | 133.76 | 5 | 54.53 | 8 | 79.23 |