Ithenisi yetafula (isiNgisi: ping-pong), eyaziwa nangokuthi amabhiliyadi e-Taiwan (okungukuthi "ithenisi yetafula" (isiNgisi: ithenisi yetafula kafushane), isiCantonese ngokuhlanganyela njenge-ping-pong wave, umdlalo odlalwa abantu ababili noma ngaphezulu. ezingxenyeni eziningi zomhlaba, abadlali abane bashaya ibhola elilula emuva naphambili etafuleni ngerakhethi encane (okungukuthi, ilulwane le-ping-pong) noma bashaye ibhola lethenisi yetafula nge-ping-pong. Amatafula anetha ayaqhudelana Ingadlalwa njengeyodwa noma ephindwe kabili, izinhlangothi zombili zishayane kuze kube yilapho omunye engakwazi ukubuyisa ibhola futhi omunye athole amaphuzu kalula. Imidlalo yerekhethi ihlanganisa ithenisi yetafula, i-badminton, nethenisi.

Lo mdlalo wadabuka e-Victorian England njengomdlalo wangemva kwesidlo sakusihlwa wekilasi eliphezulu [4][5].Ekuqaleni eyaziwa ngokuthi "ithenisi yetafula," manje seyaziwa nangokuthi "ithenisi yasendlini" (ithenisi yasendlini). Ithenisi yetafula yachuma eYurophu nase-Asia ngasekuqaleni kwekhulu lamashumi amabili.I-International Table Tennis Invitational Tournament yaba seBerlin, eJalimane, ngo-1926, futhi i-International Table Tennis Federation yasungulwa ngesikhathi esifanayo.Imiqhudelwano Yomhlaba Yethenisi Yetafula Yomhlaba yokuqala yavula isahluko esisha emlandweni wethenisi futhi yabeka isisekelo semiqhudelwano yomhlaba ezayo.I-World Table Tennis Championships yayibanjwa kanye ngonyaka kusukela ngo-1926 kuya ku-1939. I-ITTF yanquma ukuhlukanisa imiqhudelwano yomuntu ngamunye neyeqembu eqala nge-47th World Table Tennis Championships ngo-2003. Amarakhethi ethenisi, amabhola omdlalo, kanye nemithetho konke kushintshe kakhulu Iminyaka.I-racket yasekuqaleni yayiyibhodi lezinkuni elicutshungulwe kancane, futhi kamuva lambozwa ngesikhumba semvu.Kamuva, abaseYurophu bamboza irakhethi ngezinhlayiya zenjoloba.Irakhethi enesipontshi esiwugqinsi yasungulwa amaJapane ekuqaleni kwawo-1950.

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