The game of Table Tennis has its roots in lawn tennis.
When lawn tennis became very popular in the 1870s & 1880s, game makers tried to emulate its success by developing indoor versions of the game.
So there were card games, board & dice games, rackets & balloon games and even tiddledy winks tennis games.
But the first use of the name Table Tennis occurred on a board and dice game by J.H.Singer of New York around 1884 and it's also known that a game of Table Tennis was offered in the 1887 game catalogue of George S. Parker, founder of the famed Parker Brothers in America.
But the first action game of tennis on a table was in 1890, so it was David Foster of England who is the founder/inventor of table tennis in 1890.
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∙ 2010-08-11 14:55:55Fenerbahçe Table Tennis was created in 1928.
International Table Tennis Federation was created in 1926.
Under the Table Tennis was created on 2010-05-18.
Table Tennis Association of Wales was created in 1921.
Family Table Tennis was created on 2008-03-25.
English Table Tennis Association was created in 1927.
David Foster of England introduced the first action game of tennis on a table (table tennis) in 1890.
David Foster of England introduced the first action game of tennis on a table (Table Tennis) in 1890.
National Collegiate Table Tennis Association was created in 1991.
European Champions League - table tennis - was created in 1988.
Oceania Table Tennis Federation was created on 1977-06-01.
Asian Table Tennis Union was created on 1972-05-07.