Note: This Illustrated History of Table Tennis / Ping-Pong is a pictorial counterpart of my article, A Brief History of Table Tennis / Ping-Pong. The content is the same, so if you'd prefer a text only version, use the brief history instead. I'd also like to give the ITTF Museum a very big thank you for allowing me to use some of their images. If you'd like to view a lot more historic photos of table tennis, they are the place to go!
The history of table tennis (or ping-pong as it is also commonly known) is a long and interesting sequence of events, which would require a book to do it justice. In this article I'm going to give a brief overview of the origins of the game, as well as what are generally acknowledged as many of the important highlights of the game's development.
There is often conflicting information available regarding the early days of table tennis, and since I am not a historian of merit I'll settle for simply mentioning the differing opinions for completeness.
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