Who invented the table tennis?

Although John Jaques is sometimes quoted as the person who invented table tennis, this is not correct. On 16 July 1891 - a full year after David Foster's Table Tennis game in 1890 - John Jaques & Son of Hatton Garden, London, England registered Gossima (Trademark number 157,615). read more

To discover the origins of table tennis we need to look no further than the International Table Tennis Federation's (ITTF) Museum. The Curator, American born Charles "Chuck" Hoey, is a world renowned authority on the history of Table Tennis and is rightly proud of the ITTF's museum. read more

Ping-Pong is a trademark name for table tennis and associated equipment. The name “Ping-Pong” was invented by the English firm J. Jaques and Son at the end of the 1800s and later trademarked in the United States by Parker Brothers, the board game company. read more

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using small bats. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net. read more