2004 World Matchplay

The 2004 Stan James World Matchplay was held between 25–31 July 2004 at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, and was won for the fifth year in a row by Phil Taylor.

Prize money

The prize fund was £100,000.

Position (no. of players)	Prize money (Total: £100,000)
Winner	(1)	£20,000
Runner-Up	(1)	£10,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£6,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£4,000
Second round	(8)	£2,250
First round	(16)	£1,500

Seeds

The tournament featured sixteen seeds.

Results

Players in bold denote match winners.

First round (best of 19 legs) 25–27 July			Second round (best of 25 legs) 27–28 July		Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 29 July	Semi-finals (best of 33 legs) 30 July	Final (best of 35 legs) 31 July

1	Canada John Part 90.54	10

	England Colin Monk 59.96	0
	1	Canada John Part 86.85	17

		16	England Bob Anderson 85.25	15
16	England Bob Anderson 87.18	10

	England Robbie Green 89.86	7
	1	Canada John Part 91.61	16

		9	England Andy Jenkins 84.13	14
8	England Dennis Smith 90.34	10

	England Keith Deller 79.99	4
	8	England Dennis Smith 84.41	15

		9	England Andy Jenkins 84.32	17
9	England Andy Jenkins 94.46	10

	England John Lowe 88.83	6
	1	Canada John Part 92.42	8

		4	England Phil Taylor 98.42	17
5	England Colin Lloyd 83.93	10

	England Dave Smith 80.28	6
	5	England Colin Lloyd 89.38	13

		12	England Denis Ovens 87.95	7
12	England Denis Ovens 92.60	10

	England Mark Walsh 89.89	5
	5	England Colin Lloyd 96.05	10

		4	England Phil Taylor 105.56	16
4	England Phil Taylor 109.42	10

	England Alex Roy 86.45	1
	4	England Phil Taylor 96.07	13

		13	England Steve Beaton 85.35	4
13	England Steve Beaton 86.84	10

	England Paul Williams 80.01	7
	4	England Phil Taylor 100.12	18

			England Mark Dudbridge 89.24	8
2	Netherlands Roland Scholten 81.17	10

	Wales Richie Burnett 83.08	7
	2	Netherlands Roland Scholten 87.57	16

			Scotland Jamie Harvey 86.64	18
15	England Dave Askew 83.05	7

	Scotland Jamie Harvey 80.06	10
		Scotland Jamie Harvey 83.89	4

		10	England Ronnie Baxter 87.97	16
7	England Kevin Painter 88.63	12

	England Lionel Sams 83.14	10
	7	England Kevin Painter 89.38	17

		10	England Ronnie Baxter 92.16	19
10	England Ronnie Baxter 91.65	10

	England Peter Evison 79.18	0
	10	England Ronnie Baxter 94.31	13

			England Mark Dudbridge 95.91	17
6	England Wayne Mardle 92.87	5

	England Mark Dudbridge 94.84	10
		England Mark Dudbridge 87.61	15

		11	England Alan Warriner 84.90	13
11	England Alan Warriner 88.11	10

	England Simon Whatley 79.78	3
		England Mark Dudbridge 89.40	16

		3	England Peter Manley 88.20	9
3	England Peter Manley 87.10	10

	England Dave Jowett 77.53	4
	3	England Peter Manley 83.64	13

		14	England Dennis Priestley 80.84	9
14	England Dennis Priestley 83.44	10

	England Alan Caves 81.79	5