Frank Seymour Noon (March 1865 – September 1932) was an English tennis player during the

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. He was active from 1883 to 1893 and won 9 career singles titles.

Tennis career

Frank Seymour Noon was born in

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in March 1865. In 1883 he played his first event at Teignmouth and Shaldon Open where he reached the quarter finals. He won his first singles titles at the Burton-on-Trent Spring Open in 1884. His other career singles highlights include winning the Staffordshire Lawn Tennis Tournament (1886),

Midland Counties Championships The Midland Counties Championships also known as the Midland International was a grass court tennis tournament held at Edgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club, Edgbaston, Great Britain from 1881 to 1977. History The first unofficial championshi ...

(1886), Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club (1887), Staffordshire Lawn Tennis Tournament (1887), Market Harborough Open Championship (1889–90),

Darlington Open The Darlington Open. also known as the Darlington Association Tournament was a late Victorian era men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1881. It was organised by the Darlington Outdoor's Sports Association and held at the Fe ...

(1889), the

Northumberland Championships The Northumberland Championships or Northumberland Lawn Tennis Championships or Northumberland County Championships and later known as the ESAB Northumberland Open for sponsorship reasons was a men's and women's open grass court tennis tournament ...

(1889) and the

(1890). In addition he was a losing finalist at the

(1887), Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club (1888),

Leicester Open The Leicester Open was a combined men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1878 as the Leicester Lawn Tennis Tournament. It was held at the Leicestershire Lawn Tennis Club, Leicester, Leicestershire, England. It ran until 1939 as ...

(1888),

Leamington Open Tournament The Leamington Open Tournament, also known as the Leamington Lawn Tennis Club Tournament, was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament held at Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England from 1882 to 1931 as part of the pre-open era tennis tour ...

(1889), Norton Lawn Tennis Open Tournament (1889), and the

Warwickshire Championships The Warwickshire Championships also known as the Warwickshire County Championships founded on 1 August 1882 was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament held at Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England from 1882 to 1938 as part of the pre-op ...

(1890). Between 1891 and 1893 he left for the United States to play on the USNLTA Eastern Circuit where he competed in the

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. He reached the semi-finals of the 1891 edition, but lost to Philip Shelton Sears. He was a quarter finalist at the 1892 edition losing to

Frederick Hovey Frederick Howard Hovey (October 7, 1868 – October 18, 1945) was a male tennis player from the United States. Biography Frederick Howard Hovey was born on October 7, 1868 in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. His brother was George Rice Hovey, and ...

. He played his final tournament at the prestigious Longwood Bowl tournament in the United States in 1893 where he lost Valentine Gill Hall. Noon died in September 1932 at

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, Kent, England age 67.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Noon, Frank Seymour 1865 births 1932 deaths 19th-century male tennis players British male tennis players Tennis people from Leicestershire English male tennis players