Bruna Colósio (born 13 October 1980) is a retired Brazilian tennis player.
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Born | Cascavel, Brazil | 13 October 1980||||||||
Retired | 2005 | ||||||||
Plays | Right-handed | ||||||||
Prize money | $31,707 | ||||||||
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Career record | 86–56 | ||||||||
Career titles | 2 ITF | ||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 291 (21 July 2003) | ||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||
Wimbledon Junior | 2R (1997) | ||||||||
US Open Junior | 1R (1997) | ||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||
Career record | 84–36 | ||||||||
Career titles | 11 ITF | ||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 193 (12 January 2004) | ||||||||
Team competitions | |||||||||
Fed Cup | Play-offs (2003, 2004) | ||||||||
Medal record
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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
editJunior
editBruna 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
editBruna 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
editITF Women's Circuit
editSingles (2–3)
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Outcome | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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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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Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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 |
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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
editSingles (1–0)
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Outcome | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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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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Outcome | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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
edit- ^ "Tricampeonato marca despedida de dupla cascavelense". SET Paraná (in Portuguese). November 25, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
- ^ "Joana Cortez e Bruna Colosio são campeãs nas duplas do tênis no Pan". Folha Online (in Portuguese). August 9, 2003. Retrieved April 25, 2017.