# 2015 Cup of China

The 2015 Cup of China was the third event of six in the 2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on November 6–8. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final.

## Entries

| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| Canada | Elladj Baldé | | Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch | |
| China | Jin Boyang Song Nan Yan Han | Li Zijun Zhao Ziquan Zheng Lu | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang | Cong Yue / Sun Zhuoming Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Zhao Yue / Zheng Xun |
| Germany | | | Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert | |
| Italy | Ivan Righini | | | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte |
| Japan | | Mao Asada Rika Hongo | | |
| Philippines | Michael Christian Martinez | | | |
| South Korea | | Park So-youn | | |
| Russia | Moris Kvitelashvili Sergei Voronov | Anna Pogorilaya Elena Radionova | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin |
| Slovakia | | Nicole Rajičová | | Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley |
| Spain | Javier Fernández | | | |
| United States | Richard Dornbush Grant Hochstein | Karen Chen Courtney Hicks Hannah Miller | | Madison Chock / Evan Bates Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker |
| Uzbekistan | Misha Ge | | | |

### Changes to preliminary roster

* On August 17, 2015, Daniel Samohin and Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin were removed from the roster. No reasons were given. However, Samohin is not eligible to compete on the Senior Grand Prix circuit due to competing on the Junior Grand Prix this season. On August 21, Elladj Baldé and Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps were announced as their replacements.
* On September 14, Zhao Ziquan, Zheng Lu, and Cong Yue / Sun Zhuoming were added as host picks.
* On October 6, Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage were removed from the roster. No reason has been given. Their replacement was announced as Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert.
* On October 15, Takahiko Kozuka was removed from the roster due to an injury. On October 16, his replacement was announced as Ivan Righini.
* On November 5, China's Cong / Sun withdrew from the ice dancing event due to a medical reason.

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Javier Fernández | Spain | 270.55 | 1 | 93.19 | 1 | 177.36 |
| 2 | Jin Boyang | China | 261.26 | 2 | 90.05 | 2 | 171.18 |
| 3 | Yan Han | China | 230.33 | 6 | 73.97 | 3 | 156.36 |
| 4 | Grant Hochstein | United States | 222.74 | 5 | 74.27 | 4 | 148.47 |
| 5 | Sergei Voronov | Russia | 222.17 | 3 | 80.99 | 8 | 141.18 |
| 6 | Michael Christian Martinez | Philippines | 220.36 | 7 | 72.24 | 5 | 148.12 |
| 7 | Richard Dornbush | United States | 217.26 | 8 | 70.21 | 7 | 147.05 |
| 8 | Misha Ge | Uzbekistan | 217.17 | 9 | 69.13 | 6 | 148.04 |
| 9 | Song Nan | China | 212.10 | 4 | 76.46 | 9 | 135.64 |
| 10 | Ivan Righini | Italy | 200.98 | 10 | 68.98 | 11 | 132.00 |
| 11 | Elladj Baldé | Canada | 199.41 | 12 | 64.68 | 10 | 134.73 |
| 12 | Moris Kvitelashvili | Russia | 192.10 | 11 | 66.92 | 12 | 125.18 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Mao Asada | Japan | 197.48 | 1 | 71.73 | 3 | 125.75 |
| 2 | Rika Hongo | Japan | 195.76 | 2 | 65.79 | 1 | 129.97 |
| 3 | Elena Radionova | Russia | 184.28 | 6 | 58.51 | 2 | 125.77 |
| 4 | Anna Pogorilaya | Russia | 184.16 | 4 | 61.47 | 4 | 122.69 |
| 5 | Karen Chen | United States | 175.93 | 7 | 58.30 | 5 | 117.63 |
| 6 | Courtney Hicks | United States | 166.00 | 3 | 62.38 | 8 | 103.62 |
| 7 | Nicole Rajičová | Slovakia | 165.26 | 9 | 54.76 | 7 | 110.50 |
| 8 | Park So-youn | South Korea | 164.28 | 10 | 52.47 | 6 | 111.81 |
| 9 | Li Zijun | China | 159.13 | 5 | 58.62 | 9 | 100.51 |
| 10 | Hannah Miller | United States | 151.73 | 8 | 55.25 | 10 | 96.48 |
| 11 | Zhao Ziquan | China | 139.77 | 11 | 48.66 | 11 | 91.11 |
| 12 | Zheng Lu | China | 130.32 | 12 | 47.23 | 12 | 83.09 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Russia | 216.00 | 2 | 72.45 | 1 | 143.55 |
| 2 | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | China | 215.62 | 1 | 74.40 | 2 | 141.22 |
| 3 | Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang | China | 197.75 | 3 | 70.06 | 3 | 127.69 |
| 4 | Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei | China | 186.76 | 4 | 69.36 | 4 | 117.40 |
| 5 | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov | Russia | 173.36 | 6 | 59.17 | 5 | 114.19 |
| 6 | Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert | Germany | 171.41 | 5 | 63.45 | 7 | 107.96 |
| 7 | Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch | Canada | 166.80 | 7 | 55.42 | 6 | 111.38 |
| 8 | Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps | Canada | 159.34 | 8 | 52.41 | 8 | 106.93 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SD | SD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Italy | 173.30 | 1 | 66.39 | 1 | 106.91 |
| 2 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States | 169.16 | 2 | 65.36 | 2 | 103.80 |
| 3 | Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin | Russia | 159.00 | 3 | 63.54 | 3 | 95.46 |
| 4 | Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley | Slovakia | 136.17 | 5 | 53.90 | 4 | 82.27 |
| 5 | Zhao Yue / Zheng Xun | China | 129.65 | 6 | 51.02 | 5 | 78.63 |
| 6 | Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu | China | 126.73 | 7 | 50.64 | 6 | 76.09 |
| WD | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | United States | withdrew | 4 | 58.35 | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition |
| WD | Cong Yue / Sun Zhuoming | China | withdrew | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition |