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Table tennis racket Also known as a paddle or bat, is used by table tennis players. The table tennis racket is usually made from laminated wood covered with rubber on one or two sides depending on the player's grip. The USA generally uses the term "paddle" while Europeans and Asians use the term "bat" and the official ITTF term is "racket". [17]
Diagram of a table tennis table showing the official dimensions. The table is 2.74 m (9.0 ft) long, 1.525 m (5.0 ft) wide, and 76 cm (2.5 ft) high with any continuous material so long as the table yields a uniform bounce of about 23 cm (9.1 in) when a standard ball is dropped onto it from a height of 30 cm (11.8 in), or about 77%.
Ma held the world number 1 ranking for a total of 64 months (and 34 consecutive months from March 2015), the most by any man in the history of table tennis. [16] He won the World Championship in men's singles in 2015 , 2017 and 2019 .
Top medalists ordered by number of gold medals at the World Table Tennis Championships (including at team events) are listed below. [6] 12 men won at least nine gold medals and 11 women with a minimum of eight.
The ITTF World Tour, known as the ITTF Pro Tour until 2011, was an annual series of table tennis tournaments introduced by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in 1996. The tour includes events in seven categories: Men's and Women's Singles, Men's, Women's, and Mixed Doubles, and Under-21 Men's and Women's Singles.
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The table tennis point system was reduced from a 21 to an 11-point scoring system in 2001. [3] A game shall be won by the player or pair first scoring 11 points unless both players or pairs score 10 points, when the game shall be won by the first player or pair subsequently gaining a lead of 2 points.
The ITTF World Youth Championships is an annual table tennis competition for juniors under 19 and under 15. [2] From 2003 to 2019, the World Junior Table Tennis Championships was held for juniors under 18. [3] [4] The ITTF changed the U18 age group into U19 in 2020, [5] and implemented the new World Youth Championships for U19 and U15 in 2021.