Mutambo wetenesi yepatafura (Chirungu: ping-pong), unozivikanwawo semabhiriyadhi muTaiwan (kureva "tenisi yepatafura" (Chirungu: tenisi yepatafura muchidimbu), mutauro wechiCantonese unowanzo shandiswa sewave yeping-pong, mutambo unotambwa nevanhu vaviri kana kupfuura. Munzvimbo zhinji dzepasi, vatambi vana vanorova bhora rakareruka patafura neracket diki (kureva, bat yeping-pong) kana kurova bhora retenisi yepatafura nebat yeping-pong. Matafura enet anokwikwidzana. Anogona kutambwa ari ega kana maviri, mativi ese achirovana kusvika rimwe risinganyanyi kudzosa bhora uye rimwe richiwana mapoinzi zviri nyore. Mitambo yeracket inosanganisira tenisi yepatafura, badminton, uye tenisi.

Mutambo uyu wakatanga muVictorian England semutambo weparori mushure mekudya kwemanheru wevanhu vepamusoro[4][5]. Pakutanga waizivikanwa se "table tennis," ikozvino yava kuzivikanwawo se "indoor tennis" (indoor tennis). Table tennis yakabudirira muEurope neAsia mukutanga kwezana remakore rechimakumi maviri. Mutambo weInternational Table Tennis Invitational Tournament wakaitika muBerlin, Germany, muna 1926, uye International Table Tennis Federation yakaumbwa panguva imwe chete. Makwikwi ekutanga eWorld Table Tennis akavhura chitsauko chitsva munhoroondo yetable tennis uye akaisa hwaro hwemakwikwi epasi rose emangwana. Makwikwi eWorld Table Tennis aiitwa kamwe chete pagore kubva muna 1926 kusvika 1939. ITTF yakasarudza kuparadzanisa makwikwi emunhu mumwe nemumwe neechikwata kutanga ne47th World Table Tennis Championships muna 2003. Maraketi etennis etafura, mabhora emitambo, nemitemo zvese zvakachinja zvakanyanya mumakore apfuura. Raketi yekutanga yaive bhodhi rehuni rakagadziriswa zvishoma, uye gare gare rakafukidzwa neganda remakwai. Gare gare, maEurope akafukidza raketi nezvidimbu zverabha. Chirauro chine chipanji chakakora chakagadzirwa nevaJapan kutanga kwema1950.

Muzhizha ra1988, mutambo wetennis wetafura wakazivikanwa zviri pamutemo semutambo weOlympic kekutanga.