The 2004 Players Championship (officially the 2004 Daily Record Players Championship) was a professional

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tournament that took place between 3–11 April 2004 at the S.E.C.C in

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. 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,

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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

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in

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between 11 and 15 March 2004.

Round 1

Best of 9 frames

Round 2–4

Century breaks

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

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* 120, 106 Ryan Day * 118

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* 113 Ali Carter * 112, 104, 103 Kurt Maflin * 108 Jamie Burnett * 107

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* 106 Barry Pinches * 106 Adrian Rosa * 104 Ian Preece * 102 Simon Bedford * 102

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* 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

* 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

References

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