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 43) Cascavel , BrazilRetired 2005 Plays Right-handed Prize money $31,707 Career record 86–56 (60.6%) Career titles 2 ITF Highest ranking No. 291 (21 July 2003) Wimbledon Junior2R (1997 ) US Open Junior1R (1997 ) Career record 84–36 (70.0%) Career titles 11 ITF Highest ranking No. 193 (12 January 2004) Fed Cup Play-offs (2003 , 2004 )
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]
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 6–2, 6–2 Runner-up 18 August 2002 ITF La Paz, Bolivia Clay 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 Marina Escobar Paula Hermida 6–7, 4–6 Winner 24 May 1998 ITF Azemeis, Portugal Hard 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 Melisa Arévalo Vanessa Menga 6–3, 7–5 Winner 21 July 2002 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil Hard Jolanda Mens 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 Runner-up 18 August 2002 ITF La Paz, Bolivia Clay 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 Soledad Esperón w/o Winner 17 November 2002 ITF Florianópolis, Brazil Clay Letícia Sobral 6–4, 6–4 Runner-up 26 January 2003 ITF Miami, United States Hard 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 Aurélie Védy Christina Zachariadou 6–1, 6–1 Winner 5 October 2003 ITF Greenville, United States Clay Kelly McCain Kristen Schlukebir 6–2, 7–5 Runner-up 9 November 2003 ITF Belo Horizonte, Brazil Hard 3–6, 6–7(4) Winner 16 November 2003 ITF Mexico City, Mexico Hard 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 Betina Jozami 5–7, 4–6 Runner-up 12 September 2004 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay 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 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 6–2, 6–2 Winner 24 March 1996 Grade B2 South America Closed Championships, Brazil Clay Carla Tiene 6–4, 5–0 ret. Winner 20 October 1996 Grade 3 13th Gerdau-Cooper Tennis Cup, Brazil Clay Joana Cortez 6–4, 0–6, 6–4 Winner 26 January 1997 Grade 2 Nicolas Macchiavello Almeida Cup, Ecuador Clay 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 Winner 2 February 1997 Grade 3 13th Inka Bowl, Peru Clay 6–3, 6–2 Winner 9 February 1997 Grade 3 Condor de Plata Tournament, Bolivia Clay 6–2, 6–0 Winner 16 February 1997 Grade 2 19th Milo Cup, Chile Clay Melisa Arévalo 6–3, 6–3 Runner-up 23 February 1997 Grade 2 Argentina Cup Clay Cara Black Irina Selyutina 3–6, 6–2, 4–6 Runner-up 9 March 1997 Grade 1 17th Asuncion Bowl, Paraguay Clay Cara Black 3–6, 3–6 Winner 16 March 1997 Grade 1 27th Banana Bowl, Brazil Clay 6–4, 6–2 Winner 25 March 1997 Grade B2 South America Closed Championships, Brazil Clay 6–4, 7–6
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