How to keep ping pong score here
- Choose singles or doubles, the match length (best of 5 is the default), and which side serves first. Name the players. For doubles, also pick who serves first and who receives first.
- Press Start match. The Serve panel shows who serves now and how many points are left before service changes.
- After every point, tap the player or pair who won it. Service changes after every 2 points, and after every point once the score reaches 10-10.
- When a game ends the page starts the next one with the other side serving first and reminds you to change ends. In the deciding game it reminds you again when a side reaches 5.
- Tapped the wrong side? Press Undo. Press Announce score to hear the score read aloud. The match is saved in your browser.
The rules this page follows
The default is the ITTF Laws of Table Tennis:
- Game: first to 11 points, but at 10-10 the winner is the first to lead by 2.
- Match: the best of any odd number of games. This page offers best of 3, 5 or 7, with best of 5 as the default.
- Service: it changes after every 2 points, and after every point from 10-10.
- Ends: players change ends after each game, and in the last possible game when the first player or pair reaches 5 points.
- Doubles: the serve and receive order rotates as described in the FAQ above, and the receiving pair changes its order of receiving at 5 in the deciding game.
Where these rules come from
These rules are in the Laws of Table Tennis, section 2 of the ITTF Statutes 2025: the game (2.11), the match (2.12), and the order of serving, receiving and ends (2.13). Check the current Laws if you are running an official competition. The 21-point option is a house format and is labeled that way in the setup. Which player serves first in the very first game is chosen by lot in the Laws, so flip a coin and set it on the setup screen.
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Frequently asked questions
How does service work in ping pong?
Under the ITTF Laws, the server serves for 2 points, then the receiver becomes the server for 2 points, and so on. From 10-10 each player serves for only 1 point at a time until the game ends. The page shows who serves and how many points remain in the turn.
How do you win a game of table tennis?
By scoring 11 points first, unless both sides reach 10. Then the first side to lead by 2 points wins the game. A match is the best of any odd number of games; this page offers 3, 5 and 7, with 5 as the default.
When do players change ends?
After each game, and in the deciding game of a match when the first player or pair reaches 5 points. The page shows a highlighted reminder at both moments.
How does the doubles serve order work?
The first server serves to the first receiver. After 2 points the receiver becomes the server and serves to the first server’s partner. Then that partner serves to the first receiver’s partner, and that player serves to the first server. In each later game the pair that received first now serves first, and the first receiver is the player who served to the new first server in the previous game. In the deciding game, the pair due to receive next changes its order of receiving when one pair first reaches 5.
What is the old 21-point option?
Before 2001 table tennis games went to 21 with service changing every 5 points. It is not part of the current Laws. It is here as a house option for players who like the older format, and this page changes service every point from 20-20.
Does it handle the expedite system or let calls?
No. A let replays the point, so simply do not tap anyone. The expedite system (which changes serving after a long game) is not tracked.
Can other people follow the score live?
Yes, when a Share live button shows above the tool. It gives you a viewer link and a QR code that follow the game and update every few seconds, and a separate scorekeeper link so a helper can enter scores. Viewers cannot change anything. The scores and names on screen are stored on our server until the link expires 14 days after the last change, or until you press Stop sharing. If you don’t see the button, live sharing isn’t switched on and everything else works as before in your browser.