21-Point Game Matches
We suggest that you could either play traditional 21-point games as was
the rule for many years, or the new 11-point games which the
International Table Tennis Federation has adopted as its new rule as
of September 2001.
Recreational players may want to play 21-point games, because it will be
easier to keep track of the number of games won by each player, because
there are less games per match then with the 11-point games, and keeping track of who should serve
is usually easier.
Serving:
Who serves?
Each player gets 5 consecutive serves.
When a game is tied at 20 points each, the serve
changes from 5 consecutive serves per player, to alternating after each
serve between players or teams. If the score becomes tied at 20 points each, the first player or team to
take a lead of two points wins the game.