{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.hypo-group-tennis-international","code":"thing-q299432","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q299432/","name":"Hypo Group Tennis International","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Activities and processes","entryKind":"thing","plane":"ACT","domain":["ACT.ACT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"Hypo Group Tennis International was a men's professional ATP tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Austria, associated with Sankt Pölten before moving to Pörtschach.","purpose":"Enable an agent to identify Hypo Group Tennis International, distinguish its tournament lineage from individual editions, assess historical records and attach information to the correct event.","scope":{"in":["Tournament identity and the period in which the Hypo Group Tennis International name applied","Relationships between annual editions, historical names and host locations","Edition-specific singles, doubles and qualifying competitions","Tour classification, playing conditions and calendar placement","Evidence supporting results, organisational roles and cessation or succession"],"out":["Hypo Group's corporate history and banking activities","Players' full biographies, careers and rankings outside this tournament","General tennis rules independently of their application to an edition","The host town and tennis venue as independently managed places","Other Austrian tournaments and the French Open as separate events"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["It denotes a recurring men's tennis tournament, rather than the Hypo Group sponsor or a tennis organisation.","The Hypo Group title is associated with the Pörtschach phase of the event; a historical name or earlier host requires a documented continuity relationship before being treated as equivalent.","The Pörtschach editions used outdoor clay courts, helping distinguish this event from other Austrian tour events. [2008 edition overview](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Hypo_Group_Tennis_International)","A year-qualified reference denotes an edition, while a singles or doubles final denotes a competition component within that edition.","Historical International Series classification must be retained with its applicable year rather than silently replaced by a modern tour category."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"tournament-identity-and-lineage","name":"Tournament identity and lineage","description":"Resolve what the Hypo Group title identifies and how it relates to earlier tournament phases.","layers":[{"id":"sponsored-name-boundary","name":"Sponsored name boundary","description":"Establish the temporal and conceptual reach of the registered name.","findings":[{"id":"name-does-not-establish-lineage","name":"The sponsored name does not by itself establish lineage","description":"Record the name's attested editions separately from claims that it labels the tournament's entire history.","questions":[{"text":"Does the registry's originating record identify the Pörtschach sponsored phase or the complete historical tournament lineage?","id":"name-does-not-establish-lineage-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Which contemporary programmes or tour records establish the first and last use of the Hypo Group Tennis International title?","id":"name-does-not-establish-lineage-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"predecessor-continuity","name":"Predecessor continuity","description":"Evaluate continuity claims involving Bari, Genoa and St. Pölten.","findings":[{"id":"relocation-requires-continuity-evidence","name":"Relocation requires continuity evidence","description":"Historical summaries connect this tournament with earlier host cities, but the model must distinguish official continuity from retrospective grouping. [Tournament history overview](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypo_Group_Tennis_International)","questions":[{"text":"Which ATP identifiers, sanction records or organiser statements connect the Bari, Genoa, St. Pölten and Pörtschach phases?","id":"relocation-requires-continuity-evidence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Should an earlier host-city reference resolve to this same registered thing or remain a related predecessor pending stronger evidence?","id":"relocation-requires-continuity-evidence-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"editions-and-playing-setting","name":"Editions and playing setting","description":"Locate each edition in its actual calendar and tennis setting.","layers":[{"id":"edition-calendar","name":"Edition calendar","description":"Distinguish annual identity, advertised event dates and competition dates.","findings":[{"id":"qualifying-and-main-draw-dates","name":"Qualifying and main-draw dates need separate interpretation","description":"Record what each reported date range covers before deciding that two sources disagree.","questions":[{"text":"For each Hypo Group edition, which dates cover qualifying, main-draw play and the wider advertised event?","id":"qualifying-and-main-draw-dates-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which official schedule or completed draw establishes the dates on which play actually occurred?","id":"qualifying-and-main-draw-dates-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"portschach-venue-and-courts","name":"Pörtschach venue and courts","description":"Describe the edition's use of a named facility and its playing conditions.","findings":[{"id":"venue-use-is-edition-specific","name":"Venue use is edition-specific","description":"Associate the reported Werzer Arena setting with supported editions, keeping town, facility and court conditions distinct.","questions":[{"text":"Which editions are documented at Werzer Arena, and what venue-name variants refer to that same facility?","id":"venue-use-is-edition-specific-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What evidence establishes surface and outdoor status for each edition included in the model?","id":"venue-use-is-edition-specific-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]}]},{"id":"competitive-programme-and-results","name":"Competitive programme and results","description":"Represent entry, draws and outcomes at the level of each tennis competition.","layers":[{"id":"draws-and-entry","name":"Draws and entry","description":"Capture the competition programme and edition-specific routes into it.","findings":[{"id":"draws-have-distinct-entry-populations","name":"Draws have distinct entry populations","description":"Keep singles players, doubles partnerships and qualifying entrants separate, with entry routes supported by the relevant draw.","questions":[{"text":"What were the singles, doubles and qualifying draw sizes for each edition, and do the figures describe slots or actual starters?","id":"draws-have-distinct-entry-populations-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which draw annotations identify direct acceptances, qualifiers, wild cards and replacements?","id":"draws-have-distinct-entry-populations-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"results-and-tour-consequences","name":"Results and tour consequences","description":"Connect verified outcomes to the rules and rewards applicable that season.","findings":[{"id":"outcomes-retain-competition-and-season","name":"Outcomes retain their competition and season","description":"Record winners, scores and exceptional match endings against a specific draw; attach ranking points and financial awards only when documented.","questions":[{"text":"Which completed official draws establish singles and doubles winners, final scores, retirements and walkovers?","id":"outcomes-retain-competition-and-season-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What ranking points and prize awards applied to each round under that edition's contemporary tour classification?","id":"outcomes-retain-competition-and-season-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]}]},{"id":"organisation-and-historical-status","name":"Organisation and historical status","description":"Separate the sponsor, event operator and tour authority while establishing how the event's run ended.","layers":[{"id":"sponsor-and-operator-roles","name":"Sponsor and operator roles","description":"Identify who named, delivered and sanctioned the event in each relevant year.","findings":[{"id":"title-sponsorship-is-a-specific-role","name":"Title sponsorship is a specific role","description":"Distinguish naming sponsorship from promotion, venue operation and ATP sanctioning rather than inferring ownership from the tournament title.","questions":[{"text":"Which records identify Hypo Group's contractual role and the entity responsible for organising each edition?","id":"title-sponsorship-is-a-specific-role-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Who had authority over tournament scheduling, participant entry and commercial presentation?","id":"title-sponsorship-is-a-specific-role-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"cessation-and-successor-claims","name":"Cessation and successor claims","description":"Establish the last completed edition and evaluate any claimed continuation elsewhere.","findings":[{"id":"end-of-run-and-transfer-are-separate","name":"End of run and transfer are separate claims","description":"Treat a final recorded edition, cancellation, sanction transfer and successor tournament as different assertions requiring their own evidence.","questions":[{"text":"Which contemporary announcement or tour record establishes when and why the Hypo Group event ceased?","id":"end-of-run-and-transfer-are-separate-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Does any proposed successor share documented sanction or organisational continuity, or merely occupy a similar calendar position?","id":"end-of-run-and-transfer-are-separate-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Hypo Group Tennis International this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-kinds","name":"Kinds and varieties","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Hypo Group Tennis International this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation","name":"Standards and regulation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Hypo Group Tennis International this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Hypo Group Tennis International this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Hypo Group Tennis International this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Hypo Group Tennis International this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Hypo Group Tennis International this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Report past results and champions of the tournament from official records.","Explain its history, including its move between Austrian venues."],"mustNot":["Present the tournament as still held.","Confuse it with later tournaments held in the same towns.","Report sponsor-related controversies as fact without sources."],"requiresHuman":["Publishing claims about named players' conduct at past editions."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Accurate records preserve players' achievements."],"affectedParties":["Players","Tennis historians"]},"owners":{"steward":"The professional men's tour that sanctioned it keeps its records.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q13219666","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q26863790","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.hypo-group-tennis-international","Wikidata: Q299432 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q299432)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["Identity extent: Sponsored Pörtschach phase; 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