1979 Pontins Professional

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=1979 Pontins Professional

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|1979|05|5|1979|05|12|df=y}}

|venue=Pontin's

|location=Prestatyn

|country=Wales

|organisation=WPBSA

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=

|winners_share=£1,500

|highest_break=

|winner={{flagicon|WAL}} Doug Mountjoy

|runner_up={{flagicon|ENG}} Graham Miles

|score=8–4

|previous=1978

|next=1980

}}

The 1979 Pontins Professional was the sixth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament which took place between 5 and 12 May 1979 in Prestatyn, Wales.{{cite news|title=Off the cush|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19790215/216/0027|url-access=subscription|work=Daily Mirror|date=15 February 1979|page=27}}{{cite web|title=Brief History of the Pontins Open and Professional|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pontins.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228200841/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pontins.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 February 2012|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=18 January 2018}}

The tournament featured eight professional players. Four players advance to the semi-final while the other four were eliminated in the group stage. All frames were played during the group stage matches.

Doug Mountjoy won the event, beating Graham Miles 8–4 in the final.{{cite book|last=Layton|first=Eric|title=Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker|page=147}}

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