2004 World Matchplay (darts)
| 2004 Stan James World Matchplay Darts Championship | |||
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| Dates | 25–31 July | ||
| Venue | Winter Gardens | ||
| Location | Blackpool | ||
| Country | UK | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £100,000 | ||
| Winners share | £20,000 | ||
| High checkout |
170  Denis Ovens
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| Champion(s) | |||
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Phil Taylor
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The 2004 Stan James World Matchplay Darts Championship was held between 25–31 July 2004 at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool.
The prize fund was £99,250.
Three games this evening as the World Matchplay got underway. In the opening match, the 16th seed Bob Anderson back amongst the top 16 after a brilliant 2004 used his experience to edge out Mersey qualifier Robbie Green by a 10 legs to 7 margin, the 56-year-old hoping for a great run after moving back up the rankings. The second match saw the number 8 seed, Dennis Smith knock Keith Deller out of the competition in a comfortable 10-4 win. Then top seed John Part began his campaign in brilliant form, qualifier Colin Monk being dispatched by 10 legs to 0. Bob Anderson next up for the 2002 runner-up.
Eight games on day 2 as the Matchplay really began to get going. In the opening match of the afternoon 13th seed Steve Beaton knocked out World No. 21 Paul Williams from Bolton. The 1996 BDO World Champion looking in good form with a 10-7 win over Williams. In the second match, John Lowe made his final competitive appearance as a top 32 player and he started well, leading early on against Andy Jenkins, before the 9th seed turned the tide to win 10-6. Then Colin Lloyd, seeded 5 and currently on an awesome run of form knocked another of the four qualifiers in the first round in the shape of Big Dave Smith from Leeds, edging a 10-6 win. In the final match of the afternoon, 15th Seed Dave Askew crashed out 10-7 to World number 19 Jamie Harvey.
In the evening session, the proceedings began with a bang with the exit, 10-5 of number 6 seed Wayne Mardle to the number 17 ranked player in the world, Mark Dudbridge, Hawaii 501 unable to show the form that took him to the final in 2003. Then Roland Scholten, newly crowned UK Open champion after an 11-6 win over John Part and number 2 seed for these championships began his campaign with a 10-7 win over three time world finalist (one of those as champion) Richie Burnett, really a player on the slide. Phil Taylor, reigning champion but seeded only 4, had a tough draw in the shape of Watford's Alex Roy (twice quarter-finalist here), but was in fantastic form in building up a 9-0 lead over Roy, before Roy ended the embarrassment of a whitewash by taking the tenth leg. However Taylor soon found a double to end the run of Roy before it had started. In the final game, third seed Peter Manley (newlywed to Crissy) ended qualifiers hopes with a comfortable 10-4 win over Dave Jowett.
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