They won bronze medals at both events, competing in late August in Ostrava, Czech Republic and in October in Dresden, Germany.

They won their first JGP gold medal in October at the event in Egna, Italy, beating the silver medalists, their teammates Polishchuk/Vakhnov, by about two points.

In March, they won bronze at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, having placed third in both segments.

Ushakova/Nekrasov also upgraded their earlier short program, free skate, and combined total World record scores.

Ushakova/Nekrasov beat the bronze medalists, Khudaiberdieva/Nazarov, by about 6 points, but the race for the gold medal was extremely tight.

[4] Following the Final, Ushakova/Nekrasov were again defeated by Shevchenko/Eremenko at the 2019 Russian Junior Championships, winning the silver medal after second-place finishes in both segments.

[6] Ushakova/Nekrasov missed the first half of the season, including the Junior Grand Prix, due to Nekrasov undergoing and recovering from leg surgery.

They returned to competition with a victory at the Golden Spin of Zagreb and then competed at the Russian Junior Championships, where they placed second behind Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy.

[8] With the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in the cancellation of the international junior season, Ushakova/Nekrasov competed exclusively domestically.

(with Ushakova) JGP: Junior Grand Prix Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.