The 1989 Scottish Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament which took place in February 1989 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The tournament featured eight exclusively Scottish professional players. The quarter-final and semi-final matches were contested over the best of 9 frames, and the final as best of seventeen. Defending champion Stephen Hendry did not enter; his manager Ian Doyle said that this was because Hendry was "in a different class" to the other Scottish professional players.
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. In his earlier match against Ian Black, Rea compiled a 147 maximum break. It was the first maximum break achieved in a tournament in Scotland, and was also his first competitive century break. The title was the first, and only, of Rea's career.
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 17 frames.Marco's Leisure Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 19 February 1989. John Rea 9–7 Murdo MacLeod 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
147, 142 John Rea 109 Ian Black
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