Lewis, who struggled through his opening two matches, lost just four legs in the match and will now face Terry Jenkins on Friday night for a place in the semi-finals.
"It's a great feeling to be through to the quarter-finals, and I'm on course to retain my title," said Lewis, who ended the match with a 67 percent checkout ratio after hitting 12 from 18 attempts at doubles.
"I felt it was a good performance tonight, and I was particularly sharp on the doubles which was the key to the win."
Lewis won the opening two legs of the match, which included a 106 checkout in the second, before finishing 72 for a 14-darter to win the opening set without Jones having a dart at a double.
Jones got off the mark with double eight to win the opening leg of the second set, but Lewis took out 56 to level and an 84 finish to break in the third, after the Wolverhampton man missed a dart at double 18.
The fourth leg saw Lewis fire in two maximums, and he hit double 19 to record a 13-dart finish and take the set.
Lewis, who defeated Robert Thornton in the second round, made a winning start to the third set after Jones was guilty of missing two darts at doubles.
Jones recovered to take the second with a 62 finish and the Wolverhampton man secured a break of throw in the third leg on double 18.
Lewis, though, won the fourth leg with an excellent 109 checkout and the deciding leg also fell in favour of the Stoke star, courtesy of a 14-darter, as he moved three sets clear.
Jones held throw to take the first leg of the fourth set with an 11-darter, but Lewis won the next two by landing double eight as he moved to within touching distance of victory.
The world number two then his fifth 180 in the fourth leg before landing double top at the first time of asking to seal the match in clinical fashion.
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