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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

Research Park

    Table Tennis Tournament

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    The Annual Table Tennis Tournament is a Research Park favorite! In two days of matches, players in three different brackets (beginner, intermediate, and advanced) compete in round-robin games and tournament play. Champions are crowned in each bracket, points are awarded to top-placing players, and the top-scoring company wins the Golden Paddle.

    Read about the 2025 Research Park Table Tennis Tournament here.

    Head to the Research Park Calendar for the latest updates and to register.

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    2025 Table Tennis Tournament Winners

    Golden Paddle Champion

    Synchrony Emerging 

    Technology Center

    Beginner Bracket

    First: Weston Walker, AGCO Acceleration Center

    Second: Kush Patel, Synchrony

    Third: Yuxuan Chen, PrairieLearn and Devin Patel, Synchrony

    Intermediate Bracket

    First: Jakub Slomczynski, Yahoo!

    Second: Charlie Liu, Synchrony

    Third: Abhijit Kannepalli, Synchrony and Minjae Jang, COUNTRY Financial Digitalab

    Advanced Bracket

    First: Asim Chitre, Synchrony

    Second: Venkatarama Sooriyakumar Ramakrishnan, Yahoo!

    Third: Neelan Coleman, Yahoo! and Yong-Bin Kim, Champaign Caterpillar Innovation Center

    Superlative Winners

    In It for the Long Run

    Yahoo! and COUNTRY Financial

    Biggest Comeback

    Kush Patel, Synchrony

    Best Sportsmanship

    Yuxuan Chen, PrairieLearn and Yong-Bin Kim, Caterpillar

    Early Bird

    Yuxuan Chen, PrairieLearn and David Lomiashvili, Identomat

    Fan Favorite

    Roy Taylor

    Most Entertaining to Watch

    Dustin Mayfield-Jones, EnterpriseWorks

    Rules

    Review the Rule Sheet here.