Bruna Colósio

Bruna Colósio

Country (sports)	Brazil
Born	(1980-10-13) 13 October 1980 Cascavel, Brazil
Plays	Right-handed[1]
Prize money	$31,707
Singles
Career record	86–56 (60.56%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 291 (21 July 2003)
Doubles
Career record	84–36 (70%)
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 193 (12 January 2004)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	PO (2003, 2004)
Medal record Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Doubles

Bruna Colósio (born 13 October 1980 in Cascavel) is a retired brazilian tennis player.

Colósio has won the Gold medal partnering Joana Cortez at the 2003 Pan American Games, as well as two singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 21 July 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of World number 291. On 12 January 2004, she peaked at World number 193 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Brazil at the Fed Cup, Bruna has a win–loss record of 7–6.

Tennis career

Junior career

Bruna had a successful junior career, peaking at World no. 43 in singles and World no. 10 in doubles; both in December 31, 1997. She reached a total of 11 finals in doubles; with 9 titles. Colósio won her only singles titles in her only final. She played at all the Grand Slams except the Australian Open in 1997. Colósio ended her junior career with a 34–25 record on singles and 45–15 on doubles.

In 1997, between January and March, Bruna reached 8 consecutive doubles finals in 8 weeks, winning six titles. Her defeats came through the hands of the Year-end no.1 pair, Cara Black and Irina Selyutina. During that period, she also won her only singles title, a G3 tournament in Bolivia.

Junior Slam singles results:
Australian Open: —
French Open: Q2 (1997)
Wimbledon: 2R (1997)
US Open: 1R (1997)

Senior career

Bruna played mostly at the ITF Women's Circuit during her senior career. She played at a WTA Tour tournament main draw once, in doubles, at the WTA Brasil Open in 2002, partnering Vanessa Menga. In 2004, she tried and failed to qualify to both singles and doubles main draw at the Copa Colsanitas. During her early career, she played at the ITA circuit, peaking at no. 5, but couldn't manage to keep the good results to enter the WTA Tour tournaments.^[2]

Her career highlights include a Gold medal at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, partnering Joana Cortez,^[3] two ITF single titles and eleven ITF doubles titles. Colósio also played for the Brazil Fed Cup team in 8 ties, in 2001, 2003-04, with a 7–6 record.

Bruna retired from professional level in 2005.

Career finals

ITF Women's Circuit

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	000000002002-08-12-000012 August 2002	ITF Manta, Ecuador	Clay	Regina Temez	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	000000002002-08-18-000018 August 2002	ITF La Paz, Bolivia	Clay	Sabrina Eisenberg	4–6, 7–5, 5–7
Runner-up	000000002002-09-01-00001 September 2002	ITF Santiago, Chile	Clay	Celeste Contin	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up	000000002002-11-17-000017 November 2002	ITF Florianópolis, Brazil	Clay	Larissa Carvalho	6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Winner	000000002003-11-09-00009 November 2003	ITF Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Clay	Carla Tiene	6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 18 (11 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	000000001998-05-03-00003 May 1998	ITF Guimarães, Portugal	Hard	Cristina Correia	Marina Escobar-Martinez Paula Hermida-Velo	6–7, 4–6
Winner	000000001998-05-24-000024 May 1998	ITF Azemeis, Portugal	Hard	Cristina Correia	Kelly Liggan Irina Selyutina	6–2, 6–4
Winner	000000001998-09-06-00006 September 1998	ITF Manaus, Brazil	Hard	Carla Tiene	María José Gaidano Joanne Moore	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	000000002001-07-22-000022 July 2001	ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil	Hard	Carla Tiene	Melisa Arevalo Vanessa Menga	6–3, 7–5
Winner	000000002002-07-21-000021 July 2002	ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	Carla Tiene	Jolanda Mens Andrea Van der Hurk	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	000000002002-08-18-000018 August 2002	ITF La Paz, Bolivia	Clay	Lívia Azzi	Daniela Alvaréz Ana Lucía de León	6–1, 3–6, 0–6
Winner	000000002002-08-25-000025 August 2002	ITF Asuncion, Paraguay	Clay	Nanda Alves	María José Argeri Larissa Carvalho	6–4, 1–6, 6–2
Winner	000000002002-09-01-00001 September 2002	ITF Santiago, Chile	Clay	Celeste Costin	Larissa Carvalho Soledad Esperón	Walkover
Winner	000000002002-11-17-000017 November 2002	ITF Florianópolis, Brazil	Clay	Larissa Carvalho	Maria Evangelista Letícia Sobral	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	000000002003-01-26-000026 January 2003	ITF Miami, United States	Hard	Vanessa Menga	Beau Jones Anžela Žguna	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up	000000002003-02-23-000023 February 2003	ITF Columbus, United States	Hard (i)	Joana Cortez	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	3–6, 1–6
Winner	000000002003-05-25-000025 May 2003	ITF Catania, Italy	Clay	Joana Cortez	Aurélie Védy Christina Zachariadou	6–1, 6–1
Winner	000000002003-10-05-00005 October 2003	ITF Greenville, USA	Clay	Joana Cortez	Kelly McCain Kristen Schlukebir	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	000000002003-11-09-00009 November 2003	ITF Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Hard	Joana Cortez	Marcela Evangelista Carla Tiene	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner	000000002003-11-16-000016 November 2003	ITF Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Joana Cortez	Nanda Alves Carla Tiene	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	000000002004-05-30-000030 May 2004	ITF Houston, United States	Hard (i)	Anne Mall	Angela Haynes Ahsha Rolle	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Runner-up	000000002004-09-05-00005 September 2004	ITF Asuncion, Paraguay	Clay	Ana Lucía de León	Betina Jozami Verónica Spiegel	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	000000002004-09-12-000012 September 2004	ITF Santiago, Chile	Clay	Ana Lucía de León	María José Argeri Leticia Sobral	2–6, 0–6

ITF Junior's Circuit

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	000000001995-02-09-00009 February 1995	Grade 3	Condor de Plata Tournament, Bolovia	Clay	Olga Rejniak	6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 11 (9 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Outcome	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	000000001995-10-14-000014 October 1995	Grade 3	Copa Banco Econômico, Brazil	Hard	Deborah Gaviria	Ana Elizabeth Jimenez Paola Palencio	6–2, 6–2
Winner	000000001996-03-24-000024 March 1996	Grade B2	South America Closed Championships, Brazil	Clay	Carla Tiene	Renata Brito Lilian Silva	6–4, 5–0 RET
Winner	000000001996-10-20-000020 October 1996	Grade 3	13th Gerdau-Cooper Tennis Cup, Brazil	Clay	Carla Tiene	Joana Cortez Marilia Fritelli	6–4, 0–6, 6–4
Winner	000000001997-01-26-000026 January 1997	Grade 2	Nicolas Macchiavello Almeida Cup, Ecuador	Clay	Carla Tiene	Ioulia Mirnaia Olga Gorzelak	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	000000001997-02-02-00002 February 1997	Grade 3	13th Inka Bowl, Peru	Clay	Paola Palencio	Olivia Karlikova Anat Katz	6–3, 6–2
Winner	000000001997-02-09-00009 February 1997	Grade 3	Condor de Plata Tournament, Bolivia	Clay	Paola Palencio	Joana Cortez Lourdes Lopez	6–2, 6–0
Winner	000000001997-02-16-000016 February 1997	Grade 2	19th Milo Cup, Chile	Clay	Paola Palencio	Melisa Arevalo Ana Laura Viglione	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	000000001997-02-23-000023 February 1997	Grade 2	Argentina Cup, Argentina	Clay	Paola Palencio	Cara Black Irina Selyutina	3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up	000000001997-03-09-00009 March 1997	Grade 1	17th Asuncion Bowl, Paraguay	Clay	Paola Palencio	Cara Black Irina Selyutina	3–6, 3–6
Winner	000000001997-03-16-000016 March 1997	Grade 1	27th Banana Bowl, Brazil	Clay	Cristina Correia	Joana Cortez Simone Jardim	6–4, 6–2
Winner	000000001997-03-25-000025 March 1997	Grade B2	South America Closed Championships, Brazil	Clay	Carla Tiene	Joana Cortez Simone Jardim	6–4, 7–6

References

External links

• Bruna Colósio at the Women's Tennis Association
• Bruna Colósio at the International Tennis Federation
• Bruna Colósio at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
• Bruna Colósio at the Fed Cup