I-table tennis (isiNgisi: i-ping-pong), eyaziwa nangokuthi ama-billiard eTaiwan (okungukuthi "i-table tennis" (isiNgisi: i-table tennis ngamafuphi), isiCantonese esivame ukubizwa ngokuthi i-ping-pong wave, ngumdlalo odlalwa abantu ababili noma ngaphezulu. Ezingxenyeni eziningi zomhlaba, abadlali abane bashaya ibhola elilula emuva naphambili etafuleni nge-racket encane (okungukuthi, i-ping-pong bat) noma bashaye ibhola le-table tennis nge-ping-pong bat. Amatafula anetha ayancintisana. Ingadlalwa njenge-singles noma i-doubles, izinhlangothi zombili zishayana kuze kube yilapho enye ingakwazi ukubuyisa ibhola kanti enye ishaya kalula. Imidlalo ye-racket ifaka phakathi i-table tennis, i-badminton, kanye ne-tennis.

Lo mdlalo waqala eNgilandi yaseVictoria njengomdlalo we-parlor wangemva kwesidlo sakusihlwa wesigaba esiphakeme[4][5]. Ekuqaleni wawaziwa ngokuthi "i-table tennis," manje aziwa nangokuthi "i-indoor tennis" (i-indoor tennis). I-table tennis yachuma eYurophu nase-Asia ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20. Umqhudelwano Wokumema I-International Table Tennis wabanjelwa eBerlin, eJalimane, ngo-1926, kwathi i-International Table Tennis Federation yasungulwa ngesikhathi esifanayo. I-World Table Tennis Championships yokuqala yavula isahluko esisha emlandweni we-table tennis futhi yabeka isisekelo semiqhudelwano yomhlaba yesikhathi esizayo. I-World Table Tennis Championships yayibanjwa kanye ngonyaka kusukela ngo-1926 kuya ku-1939. I-ITTF yanquma ukuhlukanisa imincintiswano yomuntu ngamunye neyeqembu kusukela nge-47th World Table Tennis Championships ngo-2003. Ama-racket e-table tennis, amabhola omdlalo, kanye nemithetho konke kushintshe kakhulu eminyakeni edlule. I-racket yokuqala yayiyibhodi lokhuni elicutshungulwe kancane, futhi kamuva lambozwa ngesikhumba semvu. Kamuva, abaseYurophu bamboza i-racket ngezinhlayiya zerabha. I-racket ene-sponge ejiyile yasungulwa amaJapane ekuqaleni kwawo-1950.

Ehlobo lika-1988, ithenisi yetafula yaqashelwa ngokusemthethweni njengomdlalo wama-Olympic okokuqala ngqa.