Bruna Colósio Brazilian tennis player
Bruna Colósio Country (sports) Brazil Born (1980-10-13 ) 13 October 1980 (age 45) Retired 2005 Plays Right-handed Prize money $31,707 Career record 86–56 Career titles 2 ITF Highest ranking No. 291 (21 July 2003) Wimbledon Junior2R (1997 ) US Open Junior1R (1997 ) Career record 84–36 Career titles 11 ITF Highest ranking No. 193 (12 January 2004) Fed Cup Play-offs (2003 , 2004 )
Bruna Colósio (born 13 October 1980) 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 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 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
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
ITF Women's Circuit
Singles (2–3)
Category
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
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
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
Singles (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)
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