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Table tennis in India

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Country India
Governing bodyTable 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]

Medal table

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Total
World Championships 0 0 2 2
Commonwealth Games 10 5 13 28
Asian Games 0 0 3 3
Asian Cup 0 1 2 3
Asian Championships 0 0 8 8
Total 10 6 28 44
  • Updated till October 2024

Medalists

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Year Players Category Medal
1926 Athar-Ali Fyzee
Hassan Ali Fyzee
A.M. Peermahomed
B.C. Singh
S.R.G. Suppiah
Men's team Bronze
S.R.G. Suppiah Men's singles Bronze
Year Players Category Medal
2014 Anthony Amalraj
Sharath Kamal
Men's doubles Silver
2018 Manika Batra Women's singles Gold
Manika Batra
Mouma Das
Sutirtha Mukherjee
Madhurika Patkar
Pooja Sahasrabudhe
Women's team Gold
Sharath Kamal
Anthony Amalraj
Harmeet Desai
Sanil Shetty
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Men's team Gold
Sharath Kamal
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Men's doubles Silver
Manika Batra
Mouma Das
Women's doubles Silver
Sharath Kamal Men's singles Bronze
Harmeet Desai
Sanil Shetty
Men's doubles Bronze
Manika Batra
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Mixed doubles Bronze
2022 Sharath Kamal Men's singles Gold
Sharath Kamal
Sreeja Akula
Mixed doubles Gold
Bhavina Patel Women's singles C35 Gold
Harmeet Desai
Sanil Shetty
Sharath Kamal
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Men's team Gold
Sharath Kamal
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Men's doubles Silver
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Men's singles Bronze
Sonalben Patel Women's singles C35 Bronze
Year Players Category Medal
2018 Anthony Amalraj
Harmeet Desai
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Sharath Kamal
Manav Thakkar
Men's team Bronze
Manika Batra
Sharath Kamal
Mixed doubles Bronze
2022 Ayhika Mukherjee
Sutirtha Mukherjee
Women's doubles Bronze
Year Players Category Medal
1976 Manjit Dua
Vilas Menon
Men's doubles Bronze
2021 Harmeet Desai
Manav Thakkar
Men's doubles Bronze
Sharath Kamal
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Men's doubles Bronze
Sanil Shetty
Harmeet Desai
Manav Thakkar
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Sharath Kamal
Men's team Bronze
2023 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Manush Shah
Harmeet Desai
Manav Thakkar
Sharath Kamal
Men's team Bronze
2024 Manika Batra
Ayhika Mukherjee
Sreeja Akula
Diya Chitale
Sutirtha Mukherjee
Women's team Bronze
Sharath Kamal
Harmeet Desai
Manav Thakkar
Manush Shah
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Men's team Bronze
Ayhika Mukherjee
Sutirtha Mukherjee
Women's doubles Bronze
Year Players Category Medal
1997 Chetan Baboor Men's singles Silver
2000 Chetan Baboor Men's singles Bronze
2022 Manika Batra Women's singles Bronze

Current rankings

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Men's singles

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# Player Rank Points
1 Sharath Kamal 40 655
2 Manav Thakkar 62 445
3 Harmeet Desai 69 376
4 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran 73 347
5 Manush Shah 99 238

Women's singles

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# Player Rank Points
1 Sreeja Akula 23 1010
2 Manika Batra 25 946
3 Ayhika Mukherjee 84 314
4 Yashaswini Ghorpade 88 299
5 Sutirtha Mukherjee 89 293

Men's doubles

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# Players Rank Points
1 Manav Thakkar
Manush Shah
13 1165
2 Harmeet Desai
Manav Thakkar
36 405
3 Sharath Kamal
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
102 122

Women's doubles

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# Players Rank Points
1 Sutirtha Mukherjee
Ayhika Mukherjee
15 985
2 Diya Chitale
Yashaswini Ghorpade
29 588
3 Sreeja Akula
Archana Kamath
41 400

Mixed doubles

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# Players Rank Points
1 Diya Chitale
Manush Shah
14 734
2 Harmeet Desai
Yashaswini Ghorpade
20 520
3 Manav Thakkar
Archana Kamath
25 464

Notable Olympics performance

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Year Event Player Result
2024
Women's team Sreeja Akula
Manika Batra
Archana Kamath
Quarterfinals

National award recipients

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Year Recipient Award Gender
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
Key
   + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour

References

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  1. ^ Olympics https://olympics.com/en/news/sreeja-akula-india-table-tennis-rankings-career-best-paris-2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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