South African Professional Championship
| Tournament status | |
|---|---|
| Ranking tournament: | - |
| Minor ranking tournament: | - |
| Invitation tournament: | 1948-1989 |
| Tournament dates of the last edition | |
| Venue: | ?, Johannesburg |
| Prize money (total): | ? |
| Prize money (winner): | £ 5,063 |
| Frames in the final: | Best of 15 |
| Records | |
| Most wins: | ? (? ×) |
| Highest Break: | ? |
| Venue (s) on the map | |
The South African Professional Championship was a snooker tournament to determine the national snooker champion of South Africa.
history
The competition was first held in 1948. Until 1984 there were only five different winners with Peter Mans , Freddie van Rensberg , Perrie Mans , Derek Mienie and Jimmy van Rensberg . The competition mode was changed again and again, but the records from this period are incomplete.
From 1985 the competition was financially supported by the world association WPBSA . In the other leading snooker nations (England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada and Australia) corresponding championships were financed by the world association between 1985 and 1989 (see section see also ). Only players from the respective country were eligible to participate, so there were no points for the snooker world rankings .
Neither the venue nor the winners are known for the years 1985/86. In 1987 and 1989 the tournament took place in Johannesburg and in 1988 in Germiston . With the end of the funding by the WPBSA from 1988/89, the competition was discontinued.
winner
| year | winner | finalist | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South African Professional Championship (WPBSA funded) | ||||
| 1985 | - | - | ? | |
| 1986 | - | - | ? | |
| 1987 |
 Silvino Francisco
|
Francois Ellis
|
9: 1 | |
| 1988 |
Francois Ellis
|
Jimmy van Rensberg
|
9: 4 | |
| 1989 |
Perrie Mans
|
Robbie Grace
|
8: 5 | |
See also
- Australian Professional Championship
- Canadian Professional Championship
- English Professional Championship
- Irish Professional Championship
- Scottish Professional Championship
- Welsh Professional Championship
Web links
- Tournament history ( Memento from April 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) in Chris Turner's Snooker Archive
