1979 South African Professional Championship

South African Professional ChampionshipTournament information

Dates| August 1979
Country| South Africa
Organisation| WPBSA
Format| Non-Ranking event
Final
Champion|  Derek Mienie
Runner-up|  Jimmy van Rensberg
Score| 9–6

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Snooker tournament

The 1979 South African Professional Championship was a non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place in August 1979. The tournament featured five exclusively South African players - Derek Mienie, Jimmy van Rensberg, Mannie Francisco, Peter Francisco and the incumbent champion, Perrie Mans.[1]

Mienie won the title, beating van Rensberg 9–6 in the final.[2]

## Qualifying

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A first-round match was played between Mienie and Mannie Francisco, to determine who would advance to the semi-finals to play Mans, who was seeded through to this stage.

* Derek Mienie 9–3 Mannie Francisco

## Main draw

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| Semi-finals
Best of 17 frames | | | Final
Best of 17 frames |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
|  Derek Mienie | 9 | |
|  Perrie Mans | 3 |
| |  Derek Mienie | 9 |
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| | |  Jimmy van Rensberg | 6 |
|  Jimmy van Rensberg | 9 |

|  Silvino Francisco | 7 |

## References

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1. ^ "1979 South African Professional Championship Results". www.snookerdatabase.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
2. ^ "Misc1". www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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Ranking events|

* World Championship

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* Limosin International
* Kronenbrau 1308 Classic
* South African Professional Championship
* Australian Masters
* Canadian Open
* World Challenge Cup
* UK Championship
* Pot Black
* Padmore/Super Crystalate International
* Classic
* Welsh Professional Championship
* Tolly Cobbold Classic
* The Masters
* Bombay International
* Irish Masters
* British Gold Cup
* Canadian Professional Championship
* Pontins Professional
* Pontins Camber Sands

* 1979–80 world rankings

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