| Tournament Name: | 2004 Daily Record Players Championship |
| Venue: | SECC |
| Location: | Glasgow |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Organisation: | WPBSA |
| Format: | Ranking event |
| Total Prize Fund: | £597,200 |
| Winners Share: | £82,500 |
| Highest Break: | (145) |
| Score: | 9–7 |
| Previous: | 2003 |
| Next: | 2016 |
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.[1]
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]
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Colin Brinded. S.E.C.C., Glasgow, Scotland, 11 April 2004. | |||
| Jimmy White (15) | 9–7 | Paul Hunter (8) | |
| Afternoon: 73–33, 76–50,,,,,, Evening: 10–52, 70–2 (51),,,,,, | |||
| 76 | Highest break | 67 | |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 | |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | 1 | |
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 11 and 15 March 2004.[4]
Best of 9 frames
| 1–5 | Tom Ford | ||
| 3–5 |  Joe Delaney | ||
| Craig Butler | 5–3 | Garry Hardiman | |
| 0–5 | Kurt Maflin | ||
| Paul Wykes | 5–2 | Darryn Walker | |
| 2–5 | Scott MacKenzie | ||
| 3–5 | Ian Preece | ||
| 3–5 | Chris Melling | ||
| Jason Prince | 5–3 | Andy Neck | |
| Adrian Gunnell | w/o–w/d | Alain Robidoux | |
| 0–5 | Philip Williams | ||
| 3–5 | Luke Simmonds | ||
| w/d–w/o |  Mehmet Husnu | ||
| Luke Fisher | 5–4 | Michael Wild | |
| Simon Bedford | 5–4 | Ian Sargeant | |
| 2–5 | Adrian Rosa |
| 3–5 |  Liu Song | ||
| Ryan Day | 5–1 | Carlo Giagnacovo | |
| 2–5 | Michael Rhodes | ||
| Martin Dziewialtowski | 5–1 | Ian Brumby | |
| Colm Gilcreest | 5–2 | Joe Meara | |
| 4–5 |  Neil Robertson | ||
| Jamie Cope | 5–1 |  Supoj Saenla | |
| 4–5 | Ding Junhui | ||
| Paul Davies | 5–4 | Stephen Croft | |
| 3–5 | Paul Sweeny | ||
| 1–5 | Gary Thomson | ||
| 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 |