2004 Players Championship (snooker)

The 2004 Players Championship (officially 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.

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.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


 * 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
 * Last 64: £3,100


 * Last 80: £2,200
 * Last 96: £1,500
 * Stage one highest break: £1,800
 * Stage two highest break: £5,000
 * Stage one maximum break: £5,000
 * Stage two maximum break: £20,000
 * Total: £597,200

Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 11 and 15 March 2004.

Round 1
Best of 9 frames

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 144, 102 – Stuart Bingham
 * 144 – Garry Hardiman
 * 137, 135, 100 – Ding Junhui
 * 134 – Chris Melling
 * 132, 115, 109 – Adrian Gunnell
 * 126 – Lee Walker
 * 125 – Mark King
 * 125 – Neil Robertson
 * 124 – Tom Ford
 * 123 – Patrick Wallace
 * 121 – Martin Dziewialtowski
 * 120, 106 – Ryan Day


 * 118 – Shaun Murphy
 * 113 – Ali Carter
 * 112, 104, 103 – Kurt Maflin
 * 108 – Jamie Burnett
 * 107 – Munraj Pal
 * 106 – Barry Pinches
 * 106 – Adrian Rosa
 * 104 – Ian Preece
 * 102 – Simon Bedford
 * 102 – Mark Davis
 * 101 – Michael Holt

Televised stage centuries

 * 145 – Ken Doherty
 * 144, 135, 121, 117, 110 – Paul Hunter
 * 144 – Peter Ebdon
 * 138 – Mark King
 * 123 – John Higgins
 * 122 – David Gray
 * 121, 115, 104 – Jimmy White
 * 120 – Ryan Day
 * 112, 106 – Graeme Dott


 * 107, 106, 103 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 106 – Stephen Lee
 * 105, 102 – Rod Lawler
 * 103, 101 – Ian McCulloch
 * 103 – Stephen Hendry
 * 102 – Alan McManus
 * 102 – Stuart Bingham
 * 100 – Joe Perry