2004 Players Championship (snooker)

2004

SECC

City	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£597,200
Winner's share	£82,500
Highest break	Ken Doherty (IRL) (145)
Final
Champion	Jimmy White (ENG)
Runner-up	Paul Hunter (ENG)
Score	9–7
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The 2004 Players Championship (officially the 2004 Daily Record Players Championship) was a professional

The tournament was a re-branding of the Scottish Open which had been held under various names since 1981. It was the last time the tournament was played until it returned to the calendar in 2016, under the original name from previous seasons.

Twelve years after his last ranking tournament success, Jimmy White aged 41 won his tenth ranking tournament by defeating Paul Hunter 9–7 in the final. This was White's first success in the tournament, having last appeared in the final in 1988 International Open, when he lost 12–6 to Steve Davis. It was also Hunter's last appearance in a ranking final.^[1]

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[2]

^[3]

	Last 48 Best of 9 frames					Last 32 Best of 9 frames					Last 16 Best of 9 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
						1	Anthony Davies	3																								Neil Robertson	3
													8																Paul Hunter	5
		Neil Robertson	5
																															3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	2
						14	Quinten Hann	3
	20	Anthony Hamilton	2				Jamie Burnett	5
												Jamie Burnett	0
		Jamie Burnett	5
											3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
						3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
	24	Tony Drago	4				Ryan Day	4
																8	Paul Hunter	6
		Ryan Day	5
																													6	Ken Doherty	2
						6	Ken Doherty	5
	17	Ali Carter	5				Ali Carter	3
											6	Ken Doherty	5
		Stuart Pettman	1
											16	Joe Perry	2
						16	Joe Perry	5
	21	Robert Milkins	1				Barry Pinches	4
																6	Ken Doherty	5
		Barry Pinches	5
																2	Stephen Hendry	4
						10	Alan McManus	5
	28	Dominic Dale	5				Dominic Dale	1
											10	Alan McManus	2
		Gary Wilkinson	4
											2	Stephen Hendry	5
						2	Stephen Hendry	5
	18	Chris Small	2				Gerard Greene	1
		Gerard Greene	5

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: S.E.C.C., Glasgow, Scotland, 11 April 2004.[3]
Jimmy White (15)  England	9–7	Paul Hunter (8)  England
Afternoon: 73–33, 76–50, 7–77, 9–63, 66–31, 28–56, 59–18, 27–58 Evening: 10–52, 70–2 (51), 64–33, 100–0 (56), 76–0 (76), 9–71 (67), 54–58, 74–8
76	Highest break	67
0	Century breaks	0
3	50+ breaks	1

Qualifying for the tournament took place at

Round 1

Best of 9 frames

Andrew Higginson 1–5 Tom Ford Atthasit Mahitthi 3–5 Joe Delaney Craig Butler 5–3 Garry Hardiman Tony Jones 0–5 Kurt Maflin Paul Wykes 5–2 Darryn Walker Johl Younger 2–5 Scott MacKenzie David Gilbert 3–5 Ian Preece Matthew Couch 3–5 Chris Melling Jason Prince 5–3 Andy Neck Adrian Gunnell w/o–w/d Alain Robidoux Wayne Brown 0–5 Philip Williams Terry Murphy 3–5 Luke Simmonds Kristján Helgason w/d–w/o Mehmet Husnu Luke Fisher 5–4 Michael Wild Simon Bedford 5–4 Ian Sargeant Peter Lines 2–5 Adrian Rosa

Rory McLeod 3–5 Liu Song Ryan Day 5–1 Carlo Giagnacovo Ricky Walden 2–5 Michael Rhodes Martin Dziewialtowski 5–1 Ian Brumby Colm Gilcreest 5–2 Joe Meara Bradley Jones 4–5 Neil Robertson Jamie Cope 5–1 Supoj Saenla Billy Snaddon 4–5 Ding Junhui Paul Davies 5–4 Stephen Croft Kwan Poomjang 3–5 Paul Sweeny Andrew Norman 1–5 Gary Thomson Joe Johnson 3–5 Stuart Mann Lee Walker 5–3 Martin Gould Jason Ferguson 5–4 James Leadbetter Munraj Pal 5–1 Steve Mifsud Leo Fernandez 5–2 Steven Bennie

Round 2–4

	Round 2 Best of 9 frames				Round 3 Best of 9 frames				Round 4 Best of 9 frames
	Dave Finbow	w/d			Michael Judge	2
	Ryan Day	5			Ryan Day	w/o			Ryan Day	5
	Michael Rhodes	2			Nick Walker	5			Jamie Burnett	5
	Martin Dziewialtowski	5			Martin Dziewialtowski	3			Nick Walker	3
	Colm Gilcreest	4			Alfie Burden	2			Jonathan Birch	2
	Neil Robertson	5			Neil Robertson	5			Neil Robertson	5
	Jamie Cope	2			Darren Morgan	2			Barry Hawkins	2
	Ding Junhui	5			Ding Junhui	5			Ding Junhui	5
	Paul Davies	3			David Roe	5			Stuart Pettman	5
	Paul Sweeny	5			Paul Sweeny	4			David Roe	3
	Gary Thomson	5			Marcus Campbell	3			Barry Pinches	5
	Stuart Mann	2			Gary Thomson	5			Gary Thomson	3
	Lee Walker	5			Nick Dyson	4			Gary Wilkinson	5
	Jason Ferguson	3			Lee Walker	5			Lee Walker	3
	Munraj Pal	2			Shokat Ali	5			Gerard Greene	5
	Leo Fernandez	5			Leo Fernandez	4			Shokat Ali	1

Century breaks

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