Bruna Colósio

Bruna Colósio (born 13 October 1980) is a retired Brazilian tennis player.

Bruna Colósio
Country (sports) Brazil
Born (1980-10-13) 13 October 1980
Cascavel, Brazil
Retired2005
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$31,707
Singles
Career record86–56 (60.6%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 291 (21 July 2003)
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon Junior2R (1997)
US Open Junior1R (1997)
Doubles
Career record84–36 (70.0%)
Career titles11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 193 (12 January 2004)
Team competitions
Fed CupPlay-offs (2003, 2004)
Medal record
Pan American Games
2003 Santo DomingoDoubles

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 number 193 in the WTA doubles rankings.

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

Tennis career

Junior

Bruna had a successful junior career, peaking at world number 43 in singles and No. 10 in doubles; both in December 31, 1997. She reached a total of eleven finals in doubles; with nine titles. Colósio won her only singles titles in her only final. She played at all the Grand Slam events 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 eight consecutive doubles finals in eight weeks, winning six titles. Her defeats came through the hands of the year-end number-one pair, Cara Black and Irina Selyutina. During that period, she also won her only singles title, a G3 tournament in Bolivia.

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 tournaments.[1]

Her career highlights include a gold medal at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, partnering Joana Cortez,[2] two ITF single titles and eleven ITF doubles titles.

Colósio also played in eight ties for the Brazil Fed Cup team, in 2001, 2003-04, with a 7–6 record.

She retired from professional level in 2005.

Career finals

Singles (2–3)
Category
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Surface
Clay (2–3)
Setting
Outdoor (2–3)
Outcome Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 12 August 2002 ITF Manta, Ecuador Clay Regina Temez 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 18 August 2002 ITF La Paz, Bolivia Clay Sabrina Eisenberg 4–6, 7–5, 5–7
Runner-up 1 September 2002 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Celeste Contín 3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up 17 November 2002 ITF Florianópolis, Brazil Clay Larissa Carvalho 6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Winner 9 November 2003 ITF Belo Horizonte, Brazil Clay Carla Tiene 6–4, 6–3

Doubles (11–7)
Category
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Surface
Clay (5–3)
Hard (6–4)
Setting
Outdoor (10–6)
Indoor (1–1)
Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 3 May 1998 ITF Guimarães, Portugal Hard Cristina Correia Marina Escobar
Paula Hermida		 6–7, 4–6
Winner 24 May 1998 ITF Azemeis, Portugal Hard Cristina Correia Kelly Liggan
Irina Selyutina		 6–2, 6–4
Winner 6 September 1998 ITF Manaus, Brazil Hard Carla Tiene María José Gaidano
Joanne Moore		 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner 22 July 2001 ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil Hard Carla Tiene Melisa Arévalo
Vanessa Menga		 6–3, 7–5
Winner 21 July 2002 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil Hard Carla Tiene Jolanda Mens
Andrea van der Hurk		 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up 18 August 2002 ITF La Paz, Bolivia Clay Lívia Azzi Daniela Alvaréz
Ana Lucía de León		 6–1, 3–6, 0–6
Winner 25 August 2002 ITF Asuncion, Paraguay Clay Nanda Alves María José Argeri
Larissa Carvalho		 6–4, 1–6, 6–2
Winner 1 September 2002 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Celeste Contín Larissa Carvalho
Soledad Esperón		 w/o
Winner 17 November 2002 ITF Florianópolis, Brazil Clay Larissa Carvalho Marcela Evangelista
Letícia Sobral		 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 26 January 2003 ITF Miami, United States Hard Vanessa Menga Beau Jones
Anžela Žguna		 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up 23 February 2003 ITF Columbus, United States Hard (i) Joana Cortez Li Ting
Sun Tiantian		 3–6, 1–6
Winner 25 May 2003 ITF Catania, Italy Clay Joana Cortez Aurélie Védy
Christina Zachariadou		 6–1, 6–1
Winner 5 October 2003 ITF Greenville, United States Clay Joana Cortez Kelly McCain
Kristen Schlukebir		 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up 9 November 2003 ITF Belo Horizonte, Brazil Hard Joana Cortez Marcela Evangelista
Carla Tiene		 3–6, 6–7(4)
Winner 16 November 2003 ITF Mexico City, Mexico Hard Joana Cortez Nanda Alves
Carla Tiene		 1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner 30 May 2004 ITF Houston, United States Hard (i) Anne Mall Angela Haynes
Ahsha Rolle		 7–6(4), 6–4
Runner-up 5 September 2004 ITF Asuncion, Paraguay Clay Ana Lucía de León Betina Jozami
Verónica Spiegel		 5–7, 4–6
Runner-up 12 September 2004 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Ana Lucía de León María José Argeri
Letícia Sobral		 2–6, 0–6

Singles (1–0)
Category
Category G3 (1–0)
Surface
Clay (1–0)
Setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Outcome Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 9 February 1995 Grade 3 Condor de Plata Tournament, Bolivia Clay Olga Rejniak 6–4, 6–2

Doubles (9–2)
Category
Category G1 (1–1)
Category G2 (2–1)
Category G3 (4–0)
Category GB2 (2–0)
Surface
Clay (8–2)
Hard (1–0)
Setting
Outdoor (9–2)
Outcome Date Category Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 14 October 1995 Grade 3 Copa Banco Econômico, Brazil Hard Déborah Gaviria Ana Elizabeth Jimenez
Paola Palencio		 6–2, 6–2
Winner 24 March 1996 Grade B2 South America Closed Championships, Brazil Clay Carla Tiene Renata Brito
Lilian Silva		 6–4, 5–0 ret.
Winner 20 October 1996 Grade 3 13th Gerdau-Cooper Tennis Cup, Brazil Clay Carla Tiene Joana Cortez
Marilia Fritelli		 6–4, 0–6, 6–4
Winner 26 January 1997 Grade 2 Nicolas Macchiavello Almeida Cup, Ecuador Clay Carla Tiene Ioulia Mirnaia
Olga Gorzelak		 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Winner 2 February 1997 Grade 3 13th Inka Bowl, Peru Clay Paola Palencio Olivia Karlikova
Anat Katz		 6–3, 6–2
Winner 9 February 1997 Grade 3 Condor de Plata Tournament, Bolivia Clay Paola Palencio Joana Cortez
Lourdes Lopez		 6–2, 6–0
Winner 16 February 1997 Grade 2 19th Milo Cup, Chile Clay Paola Palencio Melisa Arévalo
Ana Laura Viglione		 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 23 February 1997 Grade 2 Argentina Cup Clay Paola Palencio Cara Black
Irina Selyutina		 3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up 9 March 1997 Grade 1 17th Asuncion Bowl, Paraguay Clay Paola Palencio Cara Black
Irina Selyutina		 3–6, 3–6
Winner 16 March 1997 Grade 1 27th Banana Bowl, Brazil Clay Cristina Correia Joana Cortez
Simone Jardim		 6–4, 6–2
Winner 25 March 1997 Grade B2 South America Closed Championships, Brazil Clay Carla Tiene Joana Cortez
Simone Jardim		 6–4, 7–6

References
  1. "Tricampeonato marca despedida de dupla cascavelense". SET Paraná (in Portuguese). November 25, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  2. "Joana Cortez e Bruna Colosio são campeãs nas duplas do tênis no Pan". Folha Online (in Portuguese). August 9, 2003. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
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