title: 2001 Cup of Russia
text: # 2001 Cup of Russia
  
  The 2001 Cup of Russia was the fifth event of six in the 2001–02 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Ice Palace in Saint Petersburg on November 22–25. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2001–02 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Ravensburg Waltz.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Men
  
  Plushenko tried to complete a quadruple Lutz but fell in his winning free skating.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Evgeni Plushenko | Russia | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
  | 2 | Roman Serov | Russia | 4.5 | 5 | 2 |
  | 3 | Ivan Dinev | Bulgaria | 5.0 | 2 | 4 |
  | 4 | Matthew Savoie | United States | 6.5 | 3 | 5 |
  | 5 | Ilya Klimkin | Russia | 7.0 | 8 | 3 |
  | 6 | Yosuke Takeuchi | Japan | 9.0 | 6 | 6 |
  | 7 | Gheorghe Chiper | Romania | 9.0 | 4 | 7 |
  | 8 | Stefan Lindemann | Germany | 11.5 | 7 | 8 |
  | 9 | Markus Leminen | Finland | 14.0 | 10 | 9 |
  | 10 | Vitali Danilchenko | Ukraine | 14.5 | 9 | 10 |
  | WD | Vincent Restencourt | France | | 11 | |
  | WD | Li Yunfei | China | | | |
  
  ### Ladies
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Irina Slutskaya | Russia | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
  | 2 | Viktoria Volchkova | Russia | 4.0 | 4 | 2 |
  | 3 | Angela Nikodinov | United States | 4.0 | 2 | 3 |
  | 4 | Elena Sokolova | Russia | 5.5 | 3 | 4 |
  | 5 | Jennifer Robinson | Canada | 8.0 | 6 | 5 |
  | 6 | Elena Liashenko | Ukraine | 8.5 | 5 | 6 |
  | 7 | Zoya Douchine | Germany | 11.5 | 9 | 7 |
  | 8 | Galina Manyachenko | Ukraine | 12.5 | 7 | 9 |
  | 9 | Kanako Takahashi | Japan | 13.0 | 10 | 8 |
  | 10 | Tamara Dorofeev | Hungary | 14.0 | 8 | 10 |
  
  ### Pairs
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze | Russia | 2.5 | 3 | 1 |
  | 2 | Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov | Russia | 2.5 | 1 | 2 |
  | 3 | Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis | France | 4.0 | 2 | 3 |
  | 4 | Dorota Zagorska / Mariusz Siudek | Poland | 6.0 | 4 | 4 |
  | 5 | Julia Obertas / Alexei Sokolov | Russia | 7.5 | 5 | 5 |
  | 6 | Viktoria Maksiuta / Vitali Dubina | Ukraine | 9.0 | 6 | 6 |
  | 7 | Valérie Marcoux / Bruno Marcotte | Canada | 10.5 | 7 | 7 |
  | 8 | Kateřina Beránková / Otto Dlabola | Czech Republic | 12.0 | 8 | 8 |
  | 9 | Laura Handy / Jonathon Hunt | United States | 14.0 | 10 | 9 |
  | 10 | Mariana Kautz / Norman Jeshke | Germany | 14.5 | 9 | 10 |
  
  ### Ice dancing
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CD | OD | FD |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio | Italy | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
  | 2 | Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovsky | Israel | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
  | 3 | Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov | Ukraine | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
  | 4 | Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov | Russia | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
  | 5 | Natalia Romaniuta / Daniil Barantsev | Russia | 10.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
  | 6 | Magali Sauri / Michael Stifunin | France | 12.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
  | 7 | Agata Błażowska / Marcin Kozubek | Poland | 14.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
  | 8 | Kateřina Kovalová / David Szurman | Czech Republic | 16.4 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
  | 9 | Stephanie Rauer / Thomas Rauer | Germany | 17.6 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
  | 10 | Josée Piche / Pascal Denis | Canada | 20.0 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
  | 11 | Ekaterina Gvozdkova / Timur Alaskhanov | Russia | 22.0 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
  | 12 | Jessica Huot / Juha Valkama | Finland | 24.0 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
  