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Johnstone's Paint Players Championship

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 19-25 Feb 2024; Venue: Telford International Centre, Telford, England; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Shaun Murphy; Twitter: @WeAreWST / #PlayersChampionship; Notes: See our Provisional Players Championship Rankings; See also live scores (1) and results (15)
Final
(Winner: £125,000; Runner-up: £50,000)
Northern Ireland Mark Allen [12] 10-8 China Zhang Anda [3] Head to head Details 

Session 1:
43-61, 0-82 (82), 24-70 (70), 69-0
79-51, 101-1 (101), 0-86 (64), 54-51

Session 2:
68-23, 6-75, 28-85 (64), 73-19, 69-30 (64)
65-56, 7-58, 64-51, 44-66 (50), 67-0

Referee: Jan Verhaas

This was Allen's second Players Championship title. It's his 11th ranking win in total and second of the season.
Semifinals
(Losers receive £30,000)
Northern Ireland Mark Allen [12] 6-3 England Ali Carter [9] Head to head Details 

73-34, 0-76 (62), 108-14 (108), 0-120 (106)
72-54 (AC 54), 18-81 (56), 96-24 (73)
70-21 (65), 57-55
China Zhang Anda [3] 6-5 England Mark Selby [10] Head to head Details 
Selby was 4-0 down.

135-0 (129), 81-0 (80), 88-5 (69), 84-0 (84)
56-62 (56, 62), 0-85 (85), 20-80, 64-40
16-114 (113), 39-62, 87-1 (50)
Quarterfinals
(Losers receive £15,000)
England Ali Carter [9] 6-4 England Judd Trump [1] Head to head Details 
Cue ball was changed in frame five as both players agreed that it was too light.
Northern Ireland Mark Allen [12] 6-4 England Gary Wilson [4] Head to head Details 
China Zhang Anda [3] 6-4 Scotland John Higgins [11]   Details 
There was a break in the first frame and the arena was cleared.
England Mark Selby [10] 6-0 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] Head to head Details 

O'Sullivan's 16-match winning streak ended.
Round 1
(Last 16; Losers receive £10,000)
1 England Judd Trump [1] 6-2 England Chris Wakelin [16] Head to head Details 
Re-rack in frame 1
2 England Ali Carter [9] 6-2 England Tom Ford [8] Head to head Details 
3 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [12] 6-3 Wales Mark J Williams [5] Head to head Details 

146 by Allen in frame 1 was the highest break of the event
4 England Gary Wilson [4] 6-4 Iran Hossein Vafaei [13] Head to head Details 
5 China Zhang Anda [3] 6-5 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [14] Head to head Details 
6 Scotland John Higgins [11] 6-4 China Ding Junhui [6] Head to head Details 
Re-rack in frame 10
7 England Mark Selby [10] 6-3 England Barry Hawkins [7] Head to head Details 
8 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] 6-2 China Zhou Yuelong [15] Head to head Details 

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