 This set up a quarter-final with number 15 seed Paul Hanvidge, who beat Albertino Essers 4–1.Day Six "Thursday 11 January"
Day six saw the first two quarter-finals settled, as top seed Martin Adams saw off 2000 champion Ted Hankey 5–3 while Mervyn King beat Tony Eccles 5–4.King hit ten 180s in his match while coming from 3–0 behind, before revealing in his post-match interview that he had nearly walked out of the tournament in response to speculation about a possible switch to the PDC.