| Frank Noon | |
| Fullname: | Frank Seymour Noon |
| Birth Date: | March 1865 |
| Birth Place: | Blaby, Leicestershire, England |
| Death Date: | September 1932 (age 67) |
| Death Place: | Eastry, Kent, England |
| Turnedpro: | 1883 (amateur tour) |
| Retired: | 1893 |
| Singlesrecord: | [1] |
| Singlestitles: | 9 |
Frank Seymour Noon (March 1865 – September 1932) was an English tennis player during the Victorian era. He was active from 1883 to 1893 and won 9 career singles titles.[1]
Frank Seymour Noon was born in Blaby, Leicestershire, England in March 1865.[2] In 1883 he played his first event at Teignmouth and Shaldon Open where he reached the quarter finals.[1] He won his first singles titles at the Burton-on-Trent Spring Open in 1884.[1] His other career singles highlights include winning the Staffordshire Lawn Tennis Tournament (1886),[1] Midland Counties Championships (1886),[3] Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club (1887),[1] Staffordshire Lawn Tennis Tournament (1887), Market Harborough Open Championship (1889–90),[1] Darlington Open (1889),[4] the Northumberland Championships (1889) and the Darlington Open (1890).[1]
In addition he was a losing finalist at the Midland Counties Championships (1887),[1] Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club (1888),[1] Leicester Open (1888),[1] Leamington Open Tournament (1889),[1] Norton Lawn Tennis Open Tournament (1889), and the Warwickshire Championships (1890).[1] Between 1891 and 1893 he left for the United States to play on the USNLTA Eastern Circuit where he competed in the Longwood Challenge Bowl.[1] [5] He reached the semi-finals of the 1891 edition, but lost to Philip Shelton Sears.[1] He was a quarter finalist at the 1892 edition losing to Frederick Hovey.[1] He played his final tournament at the prestigious Longwood Bowl tournament in the United States in 1893 where he lost Valentine Gill Hall.[1]
Noon died in September 1932 at Eastry, Kent, England age 67.[6]