| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 5–10 February 1985 |
| Venue | Marco's Leisure Centre |
| City | Edinburgh |
| Country | Scotland |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Murdo MacLeod |
| Runner-up | Eddie Sinclair |
| Score | 10–2 |
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The 1985 Scottish Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place in February 1985 in Edinburgh, Scotland. [1]
Murdo MacLeod won the title by beating Eddie Sinclair 10–2 in the final. [2]
| Quarter-finals Best of 11 Frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 Frames | Final Best of 19 Frames | ||||||||||||
| | Murdo MacLeod | 6 | ||||||||||||
| | Eddie McLaughlin | 4 | | Murdo MacLeod | 6 | |||||||||
| | Matt Gibson | 6 | | Matt Gibson | 4 | |||||||||
| | Ian Black | 2 | | Murdo MacLeod | 10 | |||||||||
| | Eddie Sinclair | 6 | | Eddie Sinclair | 2 | |||||||||
| | Bert Demarco | 3 | | Eddie Sinclair | 6 | |||||||||
| | John Rea | 6 | | John Rea | 2 | |||||||||
| | Jim Donnelly | 2 | ||||||||||||
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