| Tournament 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 |
| ← 1978 1986 → | |
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.
Mienie won the title, beating van Rensberg 9–6 in the final.
Qualifying
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
| Semi-finals Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||
| Derek Mienie
| 9 | ||||||||
| Perrie Mans
| 3 | ||||||||
| Derek Mienie
| 9 | ||||||||
| Jimmy van Rensberg
| 6 | ||||||||
| Jimmy van Rensberg
| 9 | ||||||||
| Silvino Francisco
| 7 | ||||||||
References
- "1979 South African Professional Championship Results". www.snookerdatabase.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- "Misc1". www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.