Courts & fields
Table Tennis Table Diagram
The table tennis table from above: the two halves either side of the net, the end and side lines, and the centre line that divides each half for doubles service.
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Questions
- Why does the table have a centre line if singles play ignores it?
- The centre line exists for doubles, where each service must travel diagonally from the server’s right half to the receiver’s right half. In singles the whole half is in play, so the line has no effect.