1983 Scottish Professional Championship

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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=Scottish Professional Championship

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|1983|08|26|1983|08|28|df=y}}

|venue=University of Glasgow

|location=Glasgow

|country=Scotland

|organisation=

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=£5,000{{cite book |last=Morrison |first=Ian |date=1986 |title=The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker |location=Twickenham |publisher=Hamlyn Publishing Group |isbn=0600501922 |page=117}}

|winners_share=£2,000

|highest_break={{flagathlete|Murdo MacLeod|SCO}} (106)

|winner={{flagicon|SCO}} Murdo MacLeod

|runner_up={{flagicon|SCO}} Eddie Sinclair

|score=11–9

|previous=1982

|next=1985

}}

The 1983 Scottish Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place between 26 and 28 August 1983 at the University of Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland.{{cite news|title=Eddie's Big Bid|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HdFAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mKYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5204%2C4739596|page=24|newspaper=Evening Times|date=25 August 1983|accessdate=28 September 2023}}{{cite web|title=Scottish Professional Championship|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/scotpro.html|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107135605/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/scotpro.html|accessdate=21 February 2018|archive-date=2012-01-07}}

Murdo MacLeod won the title by beating Eddie Sinclair 11–9 in the final.{{cite book|last=Hayton|first=Eric|title=Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker|page=149}}

Main draw

{{cite web|title=1983 Scottish Professional Championship Results Grid|url=http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=592|publisher=Snooker Database|accessdate=21 February 2018}}

{{8TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes

|RD1=Quarter-finals
Best of 11 Frames

|RD2=Semi-finals
Best of 11 Frames

|RD3=Final
Best of 21 Frames

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1={{flagicon|SCO}} Murdo MacLeod

| RD1-score1=6

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2={{flagicon|SCO}} Matt Gibson

| RD1-score2=5

| RD1-seed3=

| RD1-team3={{flagicon|SCO}} Ian Black

| RD1-score3=6

| RD1-seed4=

| RD1-team4={{flagicon|SCO}} Eddie McLaughlin

| RD1-score4=4

| RD1-seed7=

| RD1-team7={{flagicon|SCO}} Jim Donnelly

| RD1-score7=6

| RD1-seed8=

| RD1-team8={{flagicon|SCO}} Bert Demarco

| RD1-score8=4

| RD2-seed1=

| RD2-team1={{flagicon|SCO}} Murdo MacLeod

| RD2-score1=6

| RD2-seed2=

| RD2-team2={{flagicon|SCO}} Ian Black

| RD2-score2=2

| RD2-seed3=

| RD2-team3={{flagicon|SCO}} Eddie Sinclair

| RD2-score3=6

| RD2-seed4=

| RD2-team4={{flagicon|SCO}} Jim Donnelly

| RD2-score4=5

| RD3-seed1=

| RD3-team1={{flagicon|SCO}} Murdo MacLeod

| RD3-score1=11

| RD3-seed2=

| RD3-team2={{flagicon|SCO}} Eddie Sinclair

| RD3-score2=9

}}

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