| 1920s |
Table Tennis
was introduced to Singapore by the British |
| 1931 |
Singapore Table Tennis
Association was set up |
| 1932 |
STTA organized the first
National Table Tennis Championships with only one event,
the Men's Singles |
| 1934 |
Introduced women's events
at the 3rd National Table Tennis Championships |
| 1941-1945 |
Table tennis activities
were suspended during the Pacific War |
| 1947 |
STTA became a member
of the International Table Tennis Federation |
| 1952 |
Singapore made her debut
international appearance in the 19th World Championships
hosted by Bombay, India |
| 1952 |
STTA organized the first
Asian Table Tennis Championships in Singapore |
| 1954 |
At the third Asian Table
Tennis Championships, the National Men's Team emerged
champion in the Men's Doubles. This was Singapore's first
win in a major table tennis tournament |
| 1961 |
Table tennis's first
medal at the SEA Peninsular Games (SEAP) was won by the
National Men's Team. They won a silver medal in the 2nd
SEAP Games held in Rangoon, Burma |
| 1962 |
The National Men's Team
won bronze medal in the 4th Asian Games held in Jakarta,
their first medal in the Asian Games |
| 1985 |
Opening of Singapore
Table Tennis Academy at Toa Payoh |
| 1994 |
4 zone centres were set
up to focus on youth development (Bishan, Clementi, Tampines
and Toa Payoh) |
| 1996 |
STTA brought in the first
batch of athletes under the foreign talent scheme |
| 2000 |
Jing Jun Hong achieved
fourth position in the Sydney Olympics |
| 2001 |
Opening of the upgraded
training hall at Toa Payoh |
| 2002 |
The National Women's
Team won 2 bronze medals at the 14th Asian Games held
in Busan, Korea. This was significant as table tennis's
last Asian Games medal was won 40 years ago. |
| 2002 |
Both men's and women's
team won an impressive total of 11 medals (3 Gold, 1 Silver
and 7 Bronze) at the 17th Commonwealth Games held in Manchester,
England. This is the first time that the national paddlers
won medals at the Commonwealth Games. |
| 2004 |
STTA hosted it's first
International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Pro-tour
event in Singapore |
| 2004 |
Li Jia Wei achieved fourth
position in the Athens Olympics |
| 2006 |
STTA hosted the South
East Asian Table Tennis Championships in Singapore |
| 2006 |
Singapore's men's and
women's team replicated their 2002 Commonwealth Games
success by clinching a total of 11 medals (4 Gold, 4 Silver
and 3 Bronze) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne,
Australia |
| 2006 |
STTA hosted it's 2nd
Internation Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Pro Tour event
in Singapore |
