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

Bruna Colósio
Country (sports) Brazil
Born (1980-10-13) 13 October 1980 (age 44)
Cascavel, Brazil
Retired2005
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$31,707
Singles
Career record86–56
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 291 (21 July 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon Junior2R (1997)
US Open Junior1R (1997)
Doubles
Career record84–36
Career titles11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 193 (12 January 2004)
Team competitions
Fed CupPlay-offs (2003, 2004)
Medal record
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo Doubles

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

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Junior

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Bruna had a successful junior career, peaking at world number 43 in singles and No. 10 in doubles; both on 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

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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

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ITF Women's Circuit

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Singles (2–3)

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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)

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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

ITF Junior's finals

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Singles (1–0)

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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)

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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

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  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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