Table tennis (Senyesemane: ping-pong), e tsejoang hape e le billiards Taiwan (e leng "table tennis" (Senyesemane: table tennis for short), Cantonese colloquially as ping-pong wave, ke papali e bapaloang ke batho ba babeli kapa ho feta. likarolong tse ngata tsa lefats'e, libapali tse 'nè li otla bolo e bobebe pele le morao holim'a tafole ka racket e nyenyane (ke hore, ping-pong bat) kapa ba otla bolo ea tennis ea tafole ka 'mankhane oa ping-pong. E ka bapaloa e le batho ba le bang kapa ba habeli, mahlakore ka bobeli a otlana ho fihlela e mong a sitoa ho khutlisa bolo 'me e mong a fumana lintlha habonolo.

Papali ena e simolohile ho Victorian England e le papali ea kamora lijo tsa mantsiboea bakeng sa batho ba maemo a holimo [4][5].Pele ba ne ba tsejoa e le "tenese ea litafole," joale ba boetse ba tsejoa e le "tenese ea ka tlung" (tenese ea ka tlung). Tenese ea litafole e ile ea ata Europe le Asia mathoasong a lekholo la mashome a mabeli.Phaliso ea Memo ea Machaba ea Tennis ea Tafole e ile ea tšoareloa Berlin, Jeremane, ka 1926, ’me Ka nako e tšoanang ho ile ha thehoa Federation ea Machaba ea Tennis ea Tafole.Lipapali tsa pele tsa Lefatše tsa Tennis ea Tafole li ile tsa bula khaolo e ncha nalaneng ea thenese ea litafole 'me ea rala motheo oa litlholisano tsa lefatše tse tlang.Lipapali tsa Lefatše tsa Tennis ea Tafole li ne li tšoaroa hang ka selemo ho tloha ka 1926 ho isa 1939. ITTF e ile ea etsa qeto ea ho arola litlholisano tsa motho ka mong le tsa sehlopha ho qala ka Bo-47th World Table Tennis Championships ka 2003. Lirakete tsa thenese ea litafole, libolo tsa papali, le melao kaofela li fetohile haholo nakong ea lilemo.Racket ea pele e ne e le lepolanka le entsoeng hanyenyane, 'me hamorao le koahetsoe ka letlalo la linku.Hamorao, Maeurope a ile a koahela racket ka likaroloana tsa rabara.Racket e nang le seponche se teteaneng e qapiloe ke Majapane mathoasong a lilemo tsa bo-1950.

Lehlabuleng la 1988, tennis ea tafole e ile ea amoheloa ka molao e le papali ea Liolimpiki ka lekhetlo la pele.