diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/QueryUtils.java b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/QueryUtils.java
index bff7d732d..c74cc0e9d 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/QueryUtils.java
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/QueryUtils.java
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class QueryUtils {
 			String table = (String) accessor.getPropertyValue("table");
 
 			if (table != null) {
-				return CqlIdentifier.of(table);
+				return CqlIdentifier.isQuotedIdentifier(table) ? CqlIdentifier.quoted(unquote(table)) : CqlIdentifier.of(table);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ class QueryUtils {
 		if (matcher.find()) {
 
 			String cqlTableName = matcher.group(1);
-			if (cqlTableName.startsWith("\"")) {
-				return CqlIdentifier.quoted(cqlTableName.substring(1, cqlTableName.length() - 1));
+			if (CqlIdentifier.isQuotedIdentifier(cqlTableName)) {
+				return CqlIdentifier.quoted(unquote(cqlTableName));
 			}
 
 			int separator = cqlTableName.indexOf('.');
@@ -326,4 +326,8 @@ class QueryUtils {
 
 		return delete;
 	}
+
+	private static String unquote(String identifier) {
+		return identifier.substring(1, identifier.length() - 1);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/cql/CqlIdentifier.java b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/cql/CqlIdentifier.java
index 38ee27e76..c09ff7fd7 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/cql/CqlIdentifier.java
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/cql/CqlIdentifier.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public final class CqlIdentifier implements Comparable<CqlIdentifier>, Serializa
 
 		Assert.hasText(string, "Identifier must not be empty");
 
-		if (forceQuote || isQuotedIdentifier(string)) {
+		if (forceQuote || requiresQuoting(string)) {
 			this.unquoted = string;
 			this.identifier = "\"" + string + "\"";
 			this.quoted = true;
@@ -165,9 +165,18 @@ public final class CqlIdentifier implements Comparable<CqlIdentifier>, Serializa
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Returns {@code true} if the given {@link CharSequence} is a legal unquoted identifier.
+	 * Returns {@code true} if the given {@link CharSequence} is an identifier with quotes.
 	 */
 	public static boolean isQuotedIdentifier(CharSequence chars) {
+		return chars != null && chars.length() > 1 && chars.charAt(0) == '"' && chars.charAt(chars.length() - 1) == '"';
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns {@code true} if the given {@link CharSequence} requires quoting.
+	 *
+	 * @since 2.1.10
+	 */
+	public static boolean requiresQuoting(CharSequence chars) {
 		return QUOTED.matcher(chars).matches() || ReservedKeyword.isReserved(chars);
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/QueryUtilsUnitTests.java b/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/QueryUtilsUnitTests.java
index d39b4d60c..1a1a842ad 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/QueryUtilsUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/QueryUtilsUnitTests.java
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ public class QueryUtilsUnitTests {
 		assertThat(tableName).isEqualTo(CqlIdentifier.of("table"));
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATACASS-642
+	public void shouldRetrieveQuotedTableNameFromSelect() {
+
+		Select select = QueryBuilder.select().from("keyspace", "\"table\"");
+
+		CqlIdentifier tableName = QueryUtils.getTableName(select);
+
+		assertThat(tableName).isEqualTo(CqlIdentifier.quoted("table"));
+	}
+
 	@Test // DATACASS-106
 	public void shouldRetrieveTableNameFromSimpleStatement() {