1989 Scottish Professional Championship

The 1989 Scottish Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament which took place in February 1989 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

1989 Scottish Professional Championship
Tournament information
Dates1-19 February 1989
VenueMarco's Leisure Centre
CityEdinburgh
CountryScotland
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatNon-Ranking event
Total prize fund£6,000
Winner's share£2,000[1]
Highest breakJohn Rea (147)
Final
Champion John Rea
Runner-up Murdo MacLeod
Score9–7
1988
2011

The tournament featured eight exclusively Scottish professional players. The quarter-final and semi-final matches were contested over the best of 9 frames, the final best of seventeen.

The 1989 tournament was the last for twenty-two years, before its revival in 2011.

John Rea won the event, beating Murdo MacLeod 9–7 in the final.[2] in his earlier match against Ian Black, Rea had become the first Scottish player ever to compile a 147 maximum break, which was also his first competitive century break.[3] The title was the first, and only, of Rea's career.

Main draw

Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
Murdo MacLeod 5
Eddie McLaughlin 0 Murdo MacLeod 5
Matt Gibson 5 Matt Gibson 1
Eddie Sinclair 4 Murdo MacLeod 7
John Rea 5 John Rea 9
Ian Black 3 John Rea 5
Jim Donnelly 5 Jim Donnelly 1
Bert Demarco 1

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: unknown.
Marco's Leisure Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 19 February 1989.[4]
John Rea
 Scotland
9–7 Murdo MacLeod
 Scotland
19–88(59), 68–41, 74–44, 61–53, 41–69, 28–69(50), 1–73, 73–7, 75(74)–28, 69–21, 18–79, 65–43, 42–73, 59–62(55), 62–31, 71–61
74 Highest break 59
0 Century breaks 0
1 50+ breaks 3

Century breaks

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