Table tennis in India

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CountryFlag of India.svg  India
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]

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Medal table

CompetitionGold medal world centered-2.svgSilver medal world centered-2.svgBronze medal world centered-2.svgTotal
World Championships 0022
Commonwealth Games 1051328
Asian Games 0033
Asian Cup 0123
Asian Championships 0088
Total1062844

Medalists

World Championships

YearPlayersCategoryMedal
1926 Athar-Ali Fyzee
Hassan Ali Fyzee
A.M. Peermahomed
B.C. Singh
S.R.G. Suppiah
Men's team Bronze medal world centered-2.svg
S.R.G. Suppiah Men's singles Bronze medal world centered-2.svg

Commonwealth Games

YearPlayersCategoryMedal
2014 Anthony Amalraj
Sharath Kamal
Men's doublesSilver medal world centered-2.svg
2018 Manika Batra Women's singlesGold medal world centered-2.svg
Manika Batra
Mouma Das
Sutirtha Mukherjee
Madhurika Patkar
Pooja Sahasrabudhe
Women's teamGold medal world centered-2.svg
Sharath Kamal
Anthony Amalraj
Harmeet Desai
Sanil Shetty
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Men's teamGold medal world centered-2.svg
Sharath Kamal
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Men's doublesSilver medal world centered-2.svg
Manika Batra
Mouma Das
Women's doublesSilver medal world centered-2.svg
Sharath Kamal Men's singlesBronze medal world centered-2.svg
Harmeet Desai
Sanil Shetty
Men's doublesBronze medal world centered-2.svg
Manika Batra
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Mixed doublesBronze medal world centered-2.svg
2022 Sharath Kamal Men's singlesGold medal world centered-2.svg
Sharath Kamal
Sreeja Akula
Mixed doublesGold medal world centered-2.svg
Bhavina Patel Women's singles C35Gold medal world centered-2.svg
Harmeet Desai
Sanil Shetty
Sharath Kamal
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Men's teamGold medal world centered-2.svg
Sharath Kamal
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Men's doublesSilver medal world centered-2.svg
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Men's singlesBronze medal world centered-2.svg
Sonalben Patel Women's singles C35Bronze medal world centered-2.svg

Asian Games

YearPlayersCategoryMedal
2018 Anthony Amalraj
Harmeet Desai
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Sharath Kamal
Manav Thakkar
Men's teamBronze medal asia.svg
Manika Batra
Sharath Kamal
Mixed doublesBronze medal asia.svg
2022 Ayhika Mukherjee
Sutirtha Mukherjee
Women's doublesBronze medal asia.svg

Asian Championships

YearPlayersCategoryMedal
1976 Manjit Dua
Vilas Menon
Men's doublesBronze medal asia.svg
2021 Harmeet Desai
Manav Thakkar
Men's doublesBronze medal asia.svg
Sharath Kamal
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Men's doublesBronze medal asia.svg
Sanil Shetty
Harmeet Desai
Manav Thakkar
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Sharath Kamal
Men's teamBronze medal asia.svg
2023 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Manush Shah
Harmeet Desai
Manav Thakkar
Sharath Kamal
Men's teamBronze medal asia.svg
2024 Manika Batra
Ayhika Mukherjee
Sreeja Akula
Diya Chitale
Sutirtha Mukherjee
Women's teamBronze medal asia.svg
Sharath Kamal
Harmeet Desai
Manav Thakkar
Manush Shah
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Men's teamBronze medal asia.svg
Ayhika Mukherjee
Sutirtha Mukherjee
Women's doublesBronze medal asia.svg

Asian Cup

YearPlayersCategoryMedal
1997 Chetan Baboor Men's singlesSilver medal asia.svg
2000 Chetan Baboor Men's singlesBronze medal asia.svg
2022 Manika Batra Women's singlesBronze medal asia.svg

Current rankings

Men's singles

#PlayerRank
1 Sharath Kamal 38
2 Manav Thakkar 59
3 Harmeet Desai 68
4 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran 72
5 Manush Shah 78

Women's singles

#PlayerRank
1 Sreeja Akula 28
2 Manika Batra 29
3 Ayhika Mukherjee 75
4 Yashaswini Ghorpade 88
5 Sutirtha Mukherjee 89

Men's doubles

#PlayersRankPoints
1 Manav Thakkar
Manush Shah
131165
2 Harmeet Desai
Manav Thakkar
36405
3 Sharath Kamal
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
102122

Women's doubles

#PlayersRankPoints
1 Sutirtha Mukherjee
Ayhika Mukherjee
14985
2 Diya Chitale
Yashaswini Ghorpade
29588
3 Sreeja Akula
Archana Kamath
41400

Mixed doubles

#PlayersRankPoints
1 Diya Chitale
Manush Shah
14734
2 Harmeet Desai
Yashaswini Ghorpade
20520
3 Manav Thakkar
Archana Kamath
25464

Notable Olympics performance

YearEventPlayerResult
2024
Women's team Sreeja Akula
Manika Batra
Archana Kamath
Quarterfinals

National award recipients

YearRecipientAwardGender
2020 Manika Batra Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaFemale
2022 Sharath Kamal Major Dhyan Chand Khel RatnaMale
1961J. C. VohraArjuna AwardMale
1964Gautam R. DiwanArjuna AwardMale
1966Usha Sunder DasArjuna AwardFemale
1967Faruk R. KhodaijiArjuna AwardMale
1969 Mir Khasim Ali Arjuna AwardMale
1970Gudalore JagannathArjuna AwardMale
1971Kaity Farookh KhodaijiArjuna AwardFemale
1973Niraj Ramkrishna BajajArjuna AwardMale
1976 Shailaja Salokhe Arjuna AwardFemale
1979–1980 Indu Puri Arjuna AwardFemale
1980–1981Manjit DuaArjuna AwardMale
1982 Venugopal Chandrasekhar Arjuna AwardMale
1985 Kamlesh Mehta Arjuna AwardMale
1987 Monalisa Baruah Mehta Arjuna AwardFemale
1989 Niyati Shah Arjuna AwardFemale
1990M. S. WaliaArjuna AwardMale
1997 Chetan Baboor Arjuna AwardMale
1998 Subramaniam Raman Arjuna AwardMale
2002 Mantu Ghosh Arjuna AwardFemale
2004 Sharath Kamal Arjuna AwardMale
2005Soumyadeep RoyArjuna AwardMale
2006 Subhajit Saha Arjuna AwardMale
2009 Poulomi Ghatak Arjuna AwardFemale
2013 Mouma Das Arjuna AwardFemale
2016 Soumyajit Ghosh Arjuna AwardMale
2017 Anthony Amalraj Arjuna AwardMale
2018 Manika Batra Arjuna AwardFemale
2018 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Arjuna AwardMale
2019 Harmeet Desai Arjuna AwardMale
2020 Madhurika Patkar Arjuna AwardFemale
2022 Sreeja Akula Arjuna AwardFemale
2019Arup BasakDhyan Chand AwardMale
2012Bhawani Mukherjee+Dronacharya AwardMale
2018A. Srinivasa RaoDronacharya AwardMale
2019Sandip GuptaDronacharya AwardMale
2021Subramanian RamanDronacharya AwardMale
Key
   + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour

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