Johnstone's Paint Players Championship [ - ] [ + ]

19‑25 Feb 2024, Telford International Centre, Telford, England
Previous champion: Shaun Murphy (2023)
Notes: See our Provisional Players Championship Rankings
See also: Results (15)

Final (Winner: £125,000; Runner-up: £50,000)
		Mark Allen [12]	10	-	8	Zhang Anda [3]
	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)
		Mark Allen [12]	6	-	3	Ali Carter [9]
	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
		Zhang Anda [3]	6	-	5	Mark Selby [10]	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)						Selby was 4-0 down.
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £15,000)
		Ali Carter [9]	6	-	4	Judd Trump [1]	Cue ball was changed in frame five as both players agreed that it was too light.
		Mark Allen [12]	6	-	4	Gary Wilson [4]
		Zhang Anda [3]	6	-	4	John Higgins [11]	There was a break in the first frame and the arena was cleared.
		Mark Selby [10]	6	-	0	Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]
	O'Sullivan's 16-match winning streak ended.
Round 1 (Last 16; Losers receive £10,000)
1		Judd Trump [1]	6	-	2	Chris Wakelin [16]	Re-rack in frame 1
2		Ali Carter [9]	6	-	2	Tom Ford [8]
3		Mark Allen [12]	6	-	3	Mark J Williams [5]
	146 by Allen in frame 1 was the highest break of the event
4		Gary Wilson [4]	6	-	4	Hossein Vafaei [13]
5		Zhang Anda [3]	6	-	5	Noppon Saengkham [14]
6		John Higgins [11]	6	-	4	Ding Junhui [6]	Re-rack in frame 10
	The beginning of the Ding Curse						Re-rack in frame 10
7		Mark Selby [10]	6	-	3	Barry Hawkins [7]
8		Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]	6	-	2	Zhou Yuelong [15]