2004 Players Championship (snooker)

Daily Record Players Championship

Tournament information
Dates	3–11 April 2004
Venue	SECC
City	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£584,000
Winner's share	£82,500
Highest break	Ken Doherty (145)
Final
Champion	Jimmy White
Runner-up	Paul Hunter
Score	9–7
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The 2004 Daily Record Players Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 3–11 April 2004 at the S.E.C.C in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the seventh and penultimate ranking event of the 2003/2004 season.^[1]

This tournament was a re-branding of the Scottish Open which had been held under various names since 1981. It was also the last time the tournament was played until 2012, when it became a minor-ranking event as part of the Players Tour Championship. It became a full ranking tournament again in 2016.

Twelve years after his last ranking tournament success, Jimmy White 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.^[2]

Prize fund

The prize fund is shown below:^[3]

• Winner: £82,500
• Final: £42,500
• Semi-final: £21,500
• Quarter-final: £11,800
• Last 16: £9,700
• Last 32: £7,600
• Last 48: £4,200

Main draw

^[4]

	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
	32	Robin Hull	w/d			1	Mark Williams	5
		Rod Lawler	w/o				Rod Lawler	4
											1	Mark Williams	5
												Mark King	4
	22	Mark King	5	9	Matthew Stevens	3
		Jimmy Michie	2				Mark King	5
																1	Mark Williams	3
															7	Peter Ebdon	5
	27	Joe Swail	4			7	Peter Ebdon	5
		Stuart Bingham	5				Stuart Bingham	3
											7	Peter Ebdon	5
											13	Graeme Dott	3
	19	Marco Fu	5	13	Graeme Dott	5
		Scott MacKenzie	1				Marco Fu	3
																					7	Peter Ebdon	5
																					15	Jimmy White	6
	30	John Parrott	5			5	Stephen Lee	4
		Mark Davis	4				John Parrott	5
												John Parrott	2
											15	Jimmy White	5
	23	Dave Harold	1	15	Jimmy White	5
		Shaun Murphy	5				Shaun Murphy	3
																15	Jimmy White	5
																Ian McCulloch	3
	26	Ian McCulloch	5			12	David Gray	3
		Nigel Bond	4				Ian McCulloch	5
												Ian McCulloch	5
												Drew Henry	1
	25	Drew Henry	5	4	John Higgins	4
		Michael Holt	1				Drew Henry	5
																										15	Jimmy White	9
																										8	Paul Hunter	7
	29	Mark Selby	4			8	Paul Hunter	5
		Ding Junhui	5				Ding Junhui	0
											8	Paul Hunter	5
											11	Steve Davis	3
	31	Anthony Davies	3	11	Steve Davis	5
		Neil Robertson	5				Neil Robertson	3
																8	Paul Hunter	5
															3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	2
	20	Anthony Hamilton	2			14	Quinten Hann	3
		Jamie Burnett	5				Jamie Burnett	5
												Jamie Burnett	0
											3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
	24	Tony Drago	4	3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
		Ryan Day	5				Ryan Day	4
																					8	Paul Hunter	6
																					6	Ken Doherty	2
	17	Ali Carter	5			6	Ken Doherty	5
		Stuart Pettman	1				Ali Carter	3
											6	Ken Doherty	5
											16	Joe Perry	2
	21	Robert Milkins	1	16	Joe Perry	5
		Barry Pinches	5				Barry Pinches	4
																6	Ken Doherty	5
															2	Stephen Hendry	4
	28	Dominic Dale	5			10	Alan McManus	5
		Gary Wilkinson	4				Dominic Dale	1
											10	Alan McManus	2
											2	Stephen Hendry	5
	18	Chris Small	2	2	Stephen Hendry	5
		Gerard Greene	5				Gerard Greene	1

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Colin Brinded. S.E.C.C., Glasgow, Scotland, 11 April 2004.[4]
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 (51)–2, 64–33, 100 (56)–0, 76 (76)–0, 9–71 (67), 54–58, 74–8
76	Highest break	67
0	Century breaks	0
3	50+ breaks	1

References