Tennis ya patebulo (Chingerezi: ping-pong), yomwe imadziwikanso kuti biliards ku Taiwan (monga "tennis ya patebulo" (Chingerezi: tennis ya patebulo mwachidule), Cantonese yomwe imadziwikanso kuti ping-pong wave, ndi masewera omwe anthu awiri kapena kuposerapo amaseweredwa. M'madera ambiri padziko lapansi, osewera anayi amamenya mpira wopepuka patebulo ndi racket yaying'ono (kutanthauza, bat ya ping-pong) kapena kugunda mpira wa tennis ya patebulo ndi bat ya ping-pong. Matebulo a ukonde amapikisana wina ndi mnzake. Itha kuseweredwa ngati singles kapena doubles, ndipo mbali zonse ziwiri zimagundana mpaka imodzi isathe kubweza mpirawo ndipo inayo imagoletsa mosavuta. Masewera a racket akuphatikizapo tennis ya patebulo, badminton, ndi tennis.

Masewerawa adayambira ku Victorian England ngati masewera a pabalaza a anthu apamwamba pambuyo pa chakudya chamadzulo [4][5]. Poyamba ankadziwika kuti "tennis ya patebulo," tsopano amadziwikanso kuti "tennis yamkati" (tennis yamkati). Tennis ya patebulo idakula ku Europe ndi Asia kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 2000. Mpikisano wa International Table Tennis Invitational Tournament unachitika ku Berlin, Germany, mu 1926, ndipo International Table Tennis Federation idakhazikitsidwa nthawi yomweyo. Mpikisano woyamba wa World Table Tennis Championships unatsegula mutu watsopano m'mbiri ya tennis ya patebulo ndikukhazikitsa maziko a mpikisano wapadziko lonse wamtsogolo. Mpikisano wa World Table Tennis Championships unkachitika kamodzi pachaka kuyambira 1926 mpaka 1939. ITTF idaganiza zolekanitsa mpikisano wa munthu payekha komanso wamagulu kuyambira ndi Mpikisano wa 47 wa World Table Tennis mu 2003. Ma racket a tennis ya patebulo, mipira yamasewera, ndi malamulo onse asintha kwambiri pazaka zambiri. Racket yoyambirira inali bolodi lamatabwa lokonzedwa pang'ono, ndipo pambuyo pake idakutidwa ndi chikopa cha nkhosa. Pambuyo pake, Azungu adaphimba racket ndi tinthu ta rabara. Chikwama chokhala ndi siponji yokhuthala chinapangidwa ndi anthu aku Japan kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1950.

M'chilimwe cha 1988, tennis ya patebulo inavomerezedwa mwalamulo ngati masewera a Olimpiki kwa nthawi yoyamba.