Table Tennis

1/15/2026 |  Australian Open’s Rising Popularity Also Brings Growing Pains (Front Office Sports) Much like the US Open, another tennis Grand Slam—the Australian Open—is becoming something of a victim of its own mushrooming success.
The initial days of Australian Open qualifying this week have seen unprecedented attendance as crowds have flocked to Melbourne Park, pushing facility capacity to the limit—just like at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. 

8/28/2025 |  Major League Table Tennis Announces 2025–2026 Schedule (SportsTravel) Major League Table Tennis has released its full 2025–2026 season schedule, starting with an early September event at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, California, with the Bay Area Blasters hosting the Portland Paddlers, Florida Crocs and Texas Smash.

7/21/2025 |  2026 US National Table Tennis Championships Heads to San Jose (SportsTravel) The 2026 US Table Tennis Championships will be held in San Jose, California, at the McEnery Convention Center from July 3–9 with a projected record number of participants in Silicon Valley.
The event will be held in the SJCC’s 165,000 square foot main hall. Opened in 1989, the SJCC is located in the heart of downtown San Jose and is the largest convention center in Silicon Valley and previously hosted Fan Fair for the NHL’s 2019 All-Star Game.

7/17/2025 |  World Table Tennis Announces United States Headquarters (SportsTravel) World Table Tennis will establish its first permanent base in Southern California which will be a global training center, home to the International Table Tennis Federation’s U.S. office and World Table Tennis Management Group’s global headquarters.

5/15/2025 |  LA 2028 Games venue for table tennis is too small-ITTF President (Reuters Sports) BERLIN, May 15 (Reuters) - The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics table tennis venue is too small for the needs of the sport amid a growing global popularity, said the head of the International Table Tennis Federation Petra Soerling on Thursday.