Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2011 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit.

Alissa Czisny won the short program,[10][11] while Carolina Kostner placed first in the free skating.

[14] Viktoria Helgesson took the bronze and became the first Swedish skater to win a Grand Prix medal.

[13] In the short program, Savchenko and Szolkowy attempted the rare throw triple Axel for the first time in their career but experienced a hard fall.

[18] They added a reverse lasso lift to their free skating but performed only a double twist because they were still working on a new entry to the triple.