Country | India |
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Governing body | Table Tennis Federation of India |
National team(s) | See below |
Club competitions | |
Ultimate Table Tennis (2017–present) |
Table tennis is a popular indoor recreation sport in India. It has gained popularity in states like West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, and Maharashtra. The official governing body of the sport in India is the Table Tennis Federation of India. As of October 2024, the men's team is ranked 12th in the world while the women's team is ranked 10th. India has produced many singles players who have ranked in the top 50 in both categories. [1]
Competition | Total | |||
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World Championships | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Commonwealth Games | 10 | 5 | 13 | 28 |
Asian Games | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Asian Cup | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Asian Championships | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
Total | 10 | 6 | 28 | 44 |
Year | Players | Category | Medal |
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1926 | Athar-Ali Fyzee Hassan Ali Fyzee A.M. Peermahomed B.C. Singh S.R.G. Suppiah | Men's team | |
S.R.G. Suppiah | Men's singles |
Year | Players | Category | Medal |
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2014 | Anthony Amalraj Sharath Kamal | Men's doubles | |
2018 | Manika Batra | Women's singles | |
Manika Batra Mouma Das Sutirtha Mukherjee Madhurika Patkar Pooja Sahasrabudhe | Women's team | ||
Sharath Kamal Anthony Amalraj Harmeet Desai Sanil Shetty Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | Men's team | ||
Sharath Kamal Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | Men's doubles | ||
Manika Batra Mouma Das | Women's doubles | ||
Sharath Kamal | Men's singles | ||
Harmeet Desai Sanil Shetty | Men's doubles | ||
Manika Batra Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | Mixed doubles | ||
2022 | Sharath Kamal | Men's singles | |
Sharath Kamal Sreeja Akula | Mixed doubles | ||
Bhavina Patel | Women's singles C35 | ||
Harmeet Desai Sanil Shetty Sharath Kamal Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | Men's team | ||
Sharath Kamal Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | Men's doubles | ||
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | Men's singles | ||
Sonalben Patel | Women's singles C35 |
Year | Players | Category | Medal |
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2018 | Anthony Amalraj Harmeet Desai Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Sharath Kamal Manav Thakkar | Men's team | |
Manika Batra Sharath Kamal | Mixed doubles | ||
2022 | Ayhika Mukherjee Sutirtha Mukherjee | Women's doubles |
Year | Players | Category | Medal |
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1976 | Manjit Dua Vilas Menon | Men's doubles | |
2021 | Harmeet Desai Manav Thakkar | Men's doubles | |
Sharath Kamal Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | Men's doubles | ||
Sanil Shetty Harmeet Desai Manav Thakkar Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Sharath Kamal | Men's team | ||
2023 | Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Manush Shah Harmeet Desai Manav Thakkar Sharath Kamal | Men's team | |
2024 | Manika Batra Ayhika Mukherjee Sreeja Akula Diya Chitale Sutirtha Mukherjee | Women's team | |
Sharath Kamal Harmeet Desai Manav Thakkar Manush Shah Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | Men's team | ||
Ayhika Mukherjee Sutirtha Mukherjee | Women's doubles |
Year | Players | Category | Medal |
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1997 | Chetan Baboor | Men's singles | |
2000 | Chetan Baboor | Men's singles | |
2022 | Manika Batra | Women's singles |
# | Player | Rank |
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1 | Sharath Kamal | 38 |
2 | Manav Thakkar | 59 |
3 | Harmeet Desai | 68 |
4 | Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | 72 |
5 | Manush Shah | 78 |
# | Player | Rank |
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1 | Sreeja Akula | 28 |
2 | Manika Batra | 29 |
3 | Ayhika Mukherjee | 75 |
4 | Yashaswini Ghorpade | 88 |
5 | Sutirtha Mukherjee | 89 |
# | Players | Rank | Points |
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1 | Manav Thakkar Manush Shah | 13 | 1165 |
2 | Harmeet Desai Manav Thakkar | 36 | 405 |
3 | Sharath Kamal Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | 102 | 122 |
# | Players | Rank | Points |
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1 | Sutirtha Mukherjee Ayhika Mukherjee | 14 | 985 |
2 | Diya Chitale Yashaswini Ghorpade | 29 | 588 |
3 | Sreeja Akula Archana Kamath | 41 | 400 |
# | Players | Rank | Points |
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1 | Diya Chitale Manush Shah | 14 | 734 |
2 | Harmeet Desai Yashaswini Ghorpade | 20 | 520 |
3 | Manav Thakkar Archana Kamath | 25 | 464 |
Year | Event | Player | Result |
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2024 | |||
Women's team | Sreeja Akula Manika Batra Archana Kamath | Quarterfinals |
Year | Recipient | Award | Gender |
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2020 | Manika Batra | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Female |
2022 | Sharath Kamal | Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna | Male |
1961 | J. C. Vohra | Arjuna Award | Male |
1964 | Gautam R. Diwan | Arjuna Award | Male |
1966 | Usha Sunder Das | Arjuna Award | Female |
1967 | Faruk R. Khodaiji | Arjuna Award | Male |
1969 | Mir Khasim Ali | Arjuna Award | Male |
1970 | Gudalore Jagannath | Arjuna Award | Male |
1971 | Kaity Farookh Khodaiji | Arjuna Award | Female |
1973 | Niraj Ramkrishna Bajaj | Arjuna Award | Male |
1976 | Shailaja Salokhe | Arjuna Award | Female |
1979–1980 | Indu Puri | Arjuna Award | Female |
1980–1981 | Manjit Dua | Arjuna Award | Male |
1982 | Venugopal Chandrasekhar | Arjuna Award | Male |
1985 | Kamlesh Mehta | Arjuna Award | Male |
1987 | Monalisa Baruah Mehta | Arjuna Award | Female |
1989 | Niyati Shah | Arjuna Award | Female |
1990 | M. S. Walia | Arjuna Award | Male |
1997 | Chetan Baboor | Arjuna Award | Male |
1998 | Subramaniam Raman | Arjuna Award | Male |
2002 | Mantu Ghosh | Arjuna Award | Female |
2004 | Sharath Kamal | Arjuna Award | Male |
2005 | Soumyadeep Roy | Arjuna Award | Male |
2006 | Subhajit Saha | Arjuna Award | Male |
2009 | Poulomi Ghatak | Arjuna Award | Female |
2013 | Mouma Das | Arjuna Award | Female |
2016 | Soumyajit Ghosh | Arjuna Award | Male |
2017 | Anthony Amalraj | Arjuna Award | Male |
2018 | Manika Batra | Arjuna Award | Female |
2018 | Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | Arjuna Award | Male |
2019 | Harmeet Desai | Arjuna Award | Male |
2020 | Madhurika Patkar | Arjuna Award | Female |
2022 | Sreeja Akula | Arjuna Award | Female |
2019 | Arup Basak | Dhyan Chand Award | Male |
2012 | Bhawani Mukherjee+ | Dronacharya Award | Male |
2018 | A. Srinivasa Rao | Dronacharya Award | Male |
2019 | Sandip Gupta | Dronacharya Award | Male |
2021 | Subramanian Raman | Dronacharya Award | Male |
+ Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour |
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