Table tennis at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Table Tennis at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Table Tennis Centre, Sportcity
Location	Manchester, England
Dates	25 July to 4 August 2002
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Table tennis at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was the inaugural appearance of Table tennis at the Commonwealth Games. Competition took place in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August 2002. ^{[1] [2]}

The events were held at the Table Tennis Centre in Sportcity at 9 Sportcity Way. ^{[3] [4]} In 2026, the venue was the Manchester Tennis and Football Centre ^[5] and headquarters for the Manchester Football Association.

Singapore topped the squash medal table by virtue of winning three gold medals and one silver medal, whereas England did not win a silver medal. ^{[6] [7]}

The building on the right hosted the table tennis

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Singapore  (SIN)	3	1	7	11
2	England  (ENG)	3	0	1	4
3	New Zealand  (NZL)	1	1	2	4
4	Nigeria  (NGR)	1	1	0	2
5	Australia  (AUS)	0	2	2	4
6	Canada  (CAN)	0	1	1	2
7	South Africa  (SAF)	0	1	0	1
	Wales  (WAL)	0	1	0	1
9	India  (IND)	0	0	3	3
Totals (9 entries)		8	8	16	32

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Segun Toriola   Nigeria	Wenguan Johnny Huang   Canada	Duan Yong Jun   Singapore
			Chetan Baboor   India
Women's singles	Li Chunli   New Zealand	Li Jiawei   Singapore	Jing Jun Hong   Singapore
			Tan Paey Fern Sharon   Singapore
Women's EAD Singles – Open Wheelchair	Sue Gilroy   England	Alette Moll   South Africa	Cathy Mitton   England
			Joy Boyd   Australia
Men's doubles	Andrew Baggaley & Gareth Herbert   England	Adam Robertson & Ryan Jenkins   Wales	Duan Yong Jun & Zhang Tai Yong   Singapore
			Subramaniam Raman & Chetan Baboor   India
Women's doubles	Jing Jun Hong & Li Jiawei   Singapore	Li Karen & Li Chunli   New Zealand	Tan Paey Fern Sharon, & Zhang Xue Ling   Singapore
			Lay Jian Fang & Miao Miao   Australia
Mixed doubles	Duan Yong Jun and Li Jiawei   Singapore	Brett Clarke & Lay Jian Fang   Australia	Zhang Tai Yong & Jing Jun Hong   Singapore
			Peter Jackson & Li Chunli   New Zealand
Men's Team	Alex Perry, Andrew Baggaley, Gareth Herbert, Matthew Syed, & Terry Young   England	Ayemojuba Sau, Kazeem Nosiru, Monday Merotohun, Saka Suraju & Segun Toriola   Nigeria	Cai Xiao Li, Duan Yong Jun, Leng Chih Cheng, Sen Yew Fai, & Zhang Tai Yong   Singapore
			Chetan Baboor, Chakraborty Sourav, Roy Soumyadeep, Saha Subhajit & Subramanian Raman   India
Women's Team	Jing Junhong, Li Jiawei, Tan Paey Fern Sharon, & Zhang Xueling   Singapore	Cho Yuen-Wern, Lay Jian Fang, Miao Miao, Peri Campbell-Innes, & Tammy Gough   Australia	Li Karen, Li Chunli, Tracey McLauchlan, & Laura-Lee Smith   New Zealand
			Petra Cada, Geng Lijuan, Marie-Christine Roussy & Chris Xu   Canada

Men's singles

	Round of 16											Quarter finals											Semi finals											Final
	Segun Toriola		11	11	9	11	13
	Aaron Li		7	5	11	6	11					Toriola		11	12	11	9	13
	Alex Perry		9	11	11	11	9	11				Perry		6	10	3	11	11
	Ryan Jenkins		11	9	4	9	11	7															Toriola		11	11	6	7	11	11
	Duan Yong Jun		11	11	11	11	11																Yong Jun		6	7	11	11	8	9
	Bence Csaba		6	13	8	4	6					Yong Jun		11	5	6	11	11	11
	Matthew Syed		11	14	12	11						Syed		8	11	11	7	3	5
	Kazeem Nosiru		2	12	10	3																												Toriola		3	11	6	11	12	11
	Wenguan Johnny Huang		11	11	11	11																												Huang		11	9	11	7	10	9
	Andrew Baggaley		5	3	7	5						Huang		11	11	11	12
	Tai Yong Zhang		12	11	6	11	9	11	11			Yong Zhang		6	7	7	10
	Sau Ayemojuba		10	6	11	13	11	8	9														Huang		11	14	8	11	11
	Chetan Baboor		11	11	11	8	11																Baboor		4	12	11	7	9
	Dexter St. Louis		8	8	5	11	9					Baboor		13	11	11	4	11
	Gareth Herbert		9	11	13	6	11	9	11			Herbert		11	8	6	11	8
	Euan Walker		11	7	11	11	6	11	6

Women's singles

	Round of 16											Quarter finals											Semi finals											Final
	Li Chunli		11	11	11	11
	Poulomi Ghatak		5	4	6	4						Li Chunli		11	11	11	11	11
	Zhang Xueling		11	11	11	11						Zhang Xueling		8	5	13	8	9
	Marie-Christine Roussy		2	6	3	7																	Li Chunli		11	7	11	11	11
	Jing Jun Hong		11	9	11	11	11																Jing Jun Hong		4	11	5	7	8
	Petra Cada		9	11	4	4	8					Jing Jun Hong		9	6	11	11	11	8	11
	Miao Miao		13	11	11	11						Miao Miao		11	11	8	7	5	11	6
	Olufunke Oshonaike		11	7	5	4																												Li Chunli		11	11	5	11	11
	Li Jiawei		11	11	11	11																												Li Jiawei		6	9	11	5	8
	Chris Xu		8	5	8	4						Li Jiawei		11	11	11	11
	Karen Jinli		9	11	11	11	12	7	11			Karen Jinli		8	9	4	8
	Bethan Daunton		11	8	9	5	14	11	7														Li Jiawei		11	11	11	7	9	11
	Tan Paey Fern		12	11	11	11	11																Tan Paey Fern		8	5	6	11	11	5
	Nandita Saha		14	9	8	4	4					Tan Paey Fern		11	11	3	11	9	19
	Geng Lijuan		12	11	11	11						Geng Lijuan		8	9	11	9	11	17
	Mouma Das		10	7	5	4

Men's doubles

	Quarterfinals											Semifinals											Final
	Andrew Baggaley Gareth Herbert		11	12	11
	Peter Jackson Aaron Li		8	10	8							Baggaley & Herbert		5	13	11	11	11
	Subramaniam Raman Chetan Baboor		11	11	11							Raman & Baboor		11	11	9	13	8
	Segun Toriola Monday Merotohun		6	6	9																		Baggaley & Herbert		11	11	8	11	17
	Adam Robertson Ryan Jenkins		w/o																				Robertson & Jenkins		9	13	11	9	15
	Pradeeban Peter-Paul Wenguan Johnny Huang											Robertson & Jenkins		5	11	12	5	11
	Duan Yong Jun Tai Yong Zhang		11	11	11							Duan & Zhang		11	5	10	11	8
	Alex Perry Terry Young		9	5	6

Women's doubles

	Quarterfinals											Semifinals											Final
	Li Jiawei Jing Jun Hong		11	11	2	11
	Petra Cada Chris Xu		8	3	11	6						Li Jiawei & Jing Jun Hong		7	9	11	11	11
	Miao Miao Lay Jian Fang		11	11	13							Miao Miao & Lay		11	11	5	7	9
	Nagapattinam R Indu Mantu Ghosh		9	6	11																		Li Jiawei & Jing Jun Hong		11	11	10	11
	Karen Li Li Chunli		11	11	11	11																	Karen Li & Li Chunli		3	7	12	4
	Yuen-Fern Cho Tammy Gough		7	13	5	2						Karen Li & Li Chunli		11	11	17
	Tan Paey Fern Zhang Xue Ling		11	9	13	11						Tan & Zhang		7	9	15
	Lee Fong Beh Lee Wei Beh		9	11	11	8

Mixed doubles

	Quarterfinals											Semifinals											Final
	Duan Yong Jun Li Jiawei		11	9	14	10	11
	Matthew Syed Katy Parker		2	11	12	12	5					Duan Yong Jun & Li Jiawei		11	13	11
	Peter Jackson Li Chunli		11	11	11	6	11					Jackson & Chunli		9	11	7
	Ryan Jenkins Bethan Daunton		9	4	13	11	5																Jun & Li Jiawei		9	11	11	11
	Brett Clarke Lay Jian Fang		8	13	11	13	11																Clarke & Lay		11	9	6	4
	Shane Laugesen Karen Li		11	11	6	15	9					Clarke & Lay		5	12	12	2	11
	Tai Yong Zhang Jing Jun Hong		11	11	12							Zhang & Hong		11	10	10	11	9
	Pradeeban Peter-Paul Marie-Christine Roussy		3	6	10

Men's team

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	England	3
	Australia	2
					England	3
					India	1
	India	3
	Canada	2
									England	3
									Nigeria	0
	Nigeria	3
	Wales	0
					Nigeria	3
					Singapore	1
	Singapore	3
	New Zealand	0

Gold medal match

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30 July

ENG

3–0

NGR

	Individual matches
Matthew Syed		3–1	Monday Merotohun	11–1, 7–11, 11–4, 11–2
Gareth Herbert		3–0	Segun Toriola	11–3, 11–8, 11–5
Alex Perry		3–1	Kazeem Nosiru	11–8, 9–11, 11–5, 11–8

Women's team

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Singapore	3
	Malaysia	0
					Singapore	3
					New Zealand	2
	New Zealand	3
	England	1
									Singapore	3
									Australia	0
	Australia	3
	India	1
					Australia	3
					Canada	2
	Canada	3
	Wales	0

Gold medal match

30 July

SIN

3–0

AUS

	Individual matches
Li Jiawei		3–0	Jian Fang Lay	11–2, 11–6, 11–5
Jing Junhong		3–1	Miao Miao	10–12, 11–6, 11–5, 11–8
Zhang Xueling		3–1	Tammy Gough	11–7, 11–6, 6–11, 11–4

References

1. "Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
2. "Results". thecgf.com.
3. "'Stage set for Manchester to lay on feast of sport'" . The Times. 25 July 2002. p. 36 – via Times Digital Archive.
4. "What's on in England's biggest sporting event for more than half a century" . Fleetwood Weekly New. 2 January 2002. p. 29. Retrieved 14 March 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "What happened to Manchester's Commonwealth venues?". BBC News. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
6. "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Table tennis". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
7. "Statistics". BBC. 2 August 2002. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
8. "Richard Eaton. "Syed orchestrates command performance." Times [London, England] 31 July 2002". Times Archives.