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 Sep 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 that have ranked in the top 50 in both categories.[1]
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) |
Medal table
editCompetition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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World Championships | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Asian Games | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Asian Cup | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Asian Championships | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
Commonwealth Games | 10 | 5 | 13 | 28 |
Total | 13 | 10 | 22 | 45 |
- Updated till 31st July 2024
Current rankings
editMen's singles
edit# | Player | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sharath Kamal | 38 | 668 |
2 | Manav Thakkar | 57 | 445 |
3 | Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | 63 | 392 |
4 | Harmeet Desai | 85 | 271 |
5 | Manush Shah | 114 | 185 |
Women's singles
edit# | Player | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sreeja Akula | 23 | 1040 |
2 | Manika Batra | 28 | 906 |
3 | Sutirtha Mukherjee | 85 | 279 |
4 | Yashaswini Ghorpade | 87 | 273 |
5 | Ayhika Mukherjee | 92 | 245 |
Men's doubles
edit# | Players | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Manav Thakkar Manush Shah |
16 | 905 |
2 | Harmeet Desai Manav Thakkar |
37 | 405 |
3 | Sharath Kamal Sathiyan Gnanasekaran |
70 | 167 |
Women's doubles
edit# | Players | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sutirtha Mukherjee Ayhika Mukherjee |
16 | 815 |
2 | Diya Chitale Yashaswini Ghorpade |
26 | 584 |
3 | Sreeja Akula Archana Kamath |
38 | 400 |
Mixed doubles
edit# | Players | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Diya Chitale Manush Shah |
14 | 794 |
2 | Harmeet Desai Yashaswini Ghorpade |
28 | 475 |
3 | Manav Thakkar Archana Kamath |
29 | 464 |
Notable Olympics performance
editYear | Event | Player | Result |
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2024 | |||
Women's team | Sreeja Akula Manika Batra Archana Kamath |
Quarterfinals |
National award recipients
editYear | 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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References
edit- ^ Olympics https://olympics.com/en/news/sreeja-akula-india-table-tennis-rankings-career-best-paris-2024.
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