It was in 1926 that the modern game of Table Tennis began and the inaugural World Championship took place that year in London, England.
Hungarian Roland Jacobi took the men's singles title in that first year, beating another Hungarian (Zoltan Mechlovits) in the final as European players dominated the championship.
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The first Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships were in Singapore in 1971, but the first time that table tennis was included in the Commonwealth Games was in 2002 in Manchester, England.
David Foster of England introduced the first action game of tennis on a table (Table Tennis) in 1890.
Table tennis was introduced to the olympics in 1988.
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.
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It was in 1988 - in Seoul, South Korea - that table tennis first joined the Olympics and became an Olympic sport.
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