(Local time, UTC/GMT -05:00):[2] Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2011, were eligible to compete at two senior 2011–12 Grand Prix events, including the 2011 Skate America, 2011 Skate Canada International, 2011 Cup of China, 2011 NHK Trophy, 2011 Trophée Éric Bompard, and 2011 Cup of Russia.

[13][14] Kostner became the first Italian single skater to win the Grand Prix Final and is second overall after Barbara Fusar-Poli and Maurizio Margaglio, who won the ice dancing title in 2000.

The senior pairs produced the closest battle for gold, with only 0.18 points separating the top two at the end of the event.

Volosozhar and Trankov placed first in the short program[18][19] while Savchenko and Szolkowy were first in the free skate to win their third Grand Prix Final title.

[38] In the free skating, Lipnitskaia and Shelepen again placed first and second to win gold and silver, while Korobeynikova moved up from fifth to take the bronze medal and produce a Russian sweep.

[39][40] Sui and Han won the short program[44][45] and the free skate to win their second Junior Grand Prix Final title.