No. A table tennis serve that touches the net does not automatically lose the point. If the service is otherwise correct, it is a let and is replayed without a point being scored.
The 2026 ITTF laws reproduced by Table Tennis England state this in rule 2.9.1.1. PongFit's practical guide gives the same explanation: a serve that clips the net and otherwise lands legally is served again.
The condition matters: touching the net does not rescue a serve that is otherwise incorrect. During a rally, a return may touch the net and still be valid if it reaches the opponent's court correctly; that contact alone does not require a replay.
An otherwise correct serve that touches the net is replayed. During a rally, a valid return can touch the net and play continues.
Table Tennis England / International Table Tennis Federation
Rule 2.9.1.1 makes net contact during an otherwise correct service a let. Rule 2.5.3 defines a let as a rally whose result is not scored.
Based on: Table Tennis England
PongFit
PongFit explains that a served ball touching the net and otherwise bouncing legally in play is a let and must be served again.
Based on: PongFit
Table Tennis England / International Table Tennis Federation
Rule 2.7.1 permits a return to touch the opponent's court after touching the net assembly. The service-let rule should not be applied automatically to rally returns.
Based on: Table Tennis England
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