I-tennis yetafile (ngesiNgesi: i-ping-pong), eyaziwa ngokuba yi-billiards eTaiwan (oko kukuthi "i-tennis yetafile" (ngesiNgesi: i-tennis yetafile ngamafutshane), isiCantonese esiqhelekileyo njenge-ping-pong wave, ngumdlalo odlalwa ngabantu ababini okanye ngaphezulu. Kwiindawo ezininzi zehlabathi, abadlali abane babetha ibhola ekhaphukhaphu besiya phambili nangasemva etafileni nge-racket encinci (oko kukuthi, i-ping-pong bat) okanye babethe ibhola ye-tennis yetafile nge-ping-pong bat. Iitafile ze-net ziyakhuphisana. Ingadlalwa njenge-singles okanye i-doubles, apho omabini amacala ebetha omnye komnye de elinye lingakwazi ukubuyisela ibhola kwaye elinye lifumane amanqaku ngokulula. Imidlalo ye-racket ibandakanya i-tennis yetafile, i-badminton, kunye ne-tennis.

Lo mdlalo waqala eNgilane yaseVictoria njengomdlalo we-parlor emva kwesidlo sangokuhlwa kubantu abakumgangatho ophezulu[4][5]. Ekuqaleni wawusaziwa ngokuba yi-"table tennis," ngoku uyaziwa ngokuba yi-"indoor tennis" (indoor tennis). I-table tennis yachuma eYurophu nase-Asia ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yama-20. I-International Table Tennis Invitational Tournament yenzeka eBerlin, eJamani, ngo-1926, kwaye i-International Table Tennis Federation yasekwa ngaxeshanye. Iintshatsheli zokuqala ze-World Table Tennis Championships zavula isahluko esitsha kwimbali ye-table tennis kwaye zabeka isiseko se-world champions zexesha elizayo. Iintshatsheli ze-World Table Tennis Championships zazibanjwa kanye ngonyaka ukususela ngo-1926 ukuya ku-1939. I-ITTF yagqiba ekubeni yahlule ukhuphiswano lomntu ngamnye nolwamaqela luqala nge-47th World Table Tennis Championships ngo-2003. Iiracket ze-table tennis, iibhola zemidlalo, kunye nemithetho zonke zitshintshe kakhulu kule minyaka idlulileyo. Iracket yokuqala yayiyibhodi yokhuni ecutshungulwe kancinci, kwaye kamva yagqunywa ngesikhumba segusha. Kamva, abantu baseYurophu bagquma iracket ngamaqhekeza erabha. Irakethi enesponji etyebileyo yaveliswa ngamaJapan ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1950.

Ehlotyeni lowe-1988, itenesi yetafile yaqatshelwa ngokusesikweni njengomdlalo weOlimpiki okokuqala.