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.

Her career highlights include a gold medal at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, partnering Joana Cortez, 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
Category $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsSurface Clay (2–3)Setting Outdoor (2–3)
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Surface
Clay (2–3)
Setting
Outdoor (2–3)
OutcomeDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner12 August 2002ITF Manta, EcuadorClaySpain Regina Temez6–2, 6–2
Runner-up18 August 2002ITF La Paz, BoliviaClayArgentina Sabrina Eisenberg4–6, 7–5, 5–7
Runner-up1 September 2002ITF Santiago, ChileClayArgentina Celeste Contín3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up17 November 2002ITF Florianópolis, BrazilClayBrazil Larissa Carvalho6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Winner9 November 2003ITF Belo Horizonte, BrazilClayBrazil Carla Tiene6–4, 6–3

Doubles (11–7)

Category
Category $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsSurface Clay (5–3) Hard (6–4)Setting Outdoor (10–6) Indoor (1–1)
$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)
ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up3 May 1998ITF Guimarães, PortugalHardPortugal Cristina CorreiaSpain Marina Escobar Spain Paula Hermida6–7, 4–6
Winner24 May 1998ITF Azemeis, PortugalHardPortugal Cristina CorreiaRepublic of Ireland Kelly Liggan Kazakhstan Irina Selyutina6–2, 6–4
Winner6 September 1998ITF Manaus, BrazilHardBrazil Carla TieneArgentina María José Gaidano United Kingdom Joanne Moore3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner22 July 2001ITF São José dos Campos, BrazilHardBrazil Carla TieneArgentina Melisa Arévalo Brazil Vanessa Menga6–3, 7–5
Winner21 July 2002ITF Campos do Jordão, BrazilHardBrazil Carla TieneNetherlands Jolanda Mens Netherlands Andrea van der Hurk6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up18 August 2002ITF La Paz, BoliviaClayBrazil Lívia AzziBolivia Daniela Alvaréz Uruguay Ana Lucía de León6–1, 3–6, 0–6
Winner25 August 2002ITF Asuncion, ParaguayClayBrazil Nanda AlvesArgentina María José Argeri Brazil Larissa Carvalho6–4, 1–6, 6–2
Winner1 September 2002ITF Santiago, ChileClayArgentina Celeste ContínBrazil Larissa Carvalho Argentina Soledad Esperónw/o
Winner17 November 2002ITF Florianópolis, BrazilClayBrazil Larissa CarvalhoBrazil Marcela Evangelista Brazil Letícia Sobral6–4, 6–4
Runner-up26 January 2003ITF Miami, United StatesHardBrazil Vanessa MengaUnited States Beau Jones Latvia Anžela Žguna4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up23 February 2003ITF Columbus, United StatesHard (i)Brazil Joana CortezChina Li Ting China Sun Tiantian3–6, 1–6
Winner25 May 2003ITF Catania, ItalyClayBrazil Joana CortezFrance Aurélie Védy Greece Christina Zachariadou6–1, 6–1
Winner5 October 2003ITF Greenville, United StatesClayBrazil Joana CortezUnited States Kelly McCain United States Kristen Schlukebir6–2, 7–5
Runner-up9 November 2003ITF Belo Horizonte, BrazilHardBrazil Joana CortezBrazil Marcela Evangelista Brazil Carla Tiene3–6, 6–7(4)
Winner16 November 2003ITF Mexico City, MexicoHardBrazil Joana CortezBrazil Nanda Alves Brazil Carla Tiene1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner30 May 2004ITF Houston, United StatesHard (i)Republic of Ireland Anne MallUnited States Angela Haynes United States Ahsha Rolle7–6(4), 6–4
Runner-up5 September 2004ITF Asuncion, ParaguayClayUruguay Ana Lucía de LeónArgentina Betina Jozami Argentina Verónica Spiegel5–7, 4–6
Runner-up12 September 2004ITF Santiago, ChileClayUruguay Ana Lucía de LeónArgentina María José Argeri Brazil Letícia Sobral2–6, 0–6

ITF Junior's finals

Singles (1–0)

Category
Category Category G3 (1–0)Surface Clay (1–0)Setting Outdoor (1–0)
Category G3 (1–0)
Surface
Clay (1–0)
Setting
Outdoor (1–0)
OutcomeDateCategoryTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner9 February 1995Grade 3Condor de Plata Tournament, BoliviaClayPoland Olga Rejniak6–4, 6–2

Doubles (9–2)

Category
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)
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)
OutcomeDateCategoryTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner14 October 1995Grade 3Copa Banco Econômico, BrazilHardPeru Déborah GaviriaMexico Ana Elizabeth Jimenez Mexico Paola Palencio6–2, 6–2
Winner24 March 1996Grade B2South America Closed Championships, BrazilClayBrazil Carla TieneBrazil Renata Brito Brazil Lilian Silva6–4, 5–0 ret.
Winner20 October 1996Grade 313th Gerdau-Cooper Tennis Cup, BrazilClayBrazil Carla TieneBrazil Joana Cortez Brazil Marilia Fritelli6–4, 0–6, 6–4
Winner26 January 1997Grade 2Nicolas Macchiavello Almeida Cup, EcuadorClayBrazil Carla TieneUkraine Ioulia Mirnaia Poland Olga Gorzelak6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Winner2 February 1997Grade 313th Inka Bowl, PeruClayMexico Paola PalencioSlovakia Olivia Karlikova Israel Anat Katz6–3, 6–2
Winner9 February 1997Grade 3Condor de Plata Tournament, BoliviaClayMexico Paola PalencioBrazil Joana Cortez Mexico Lourdes Lopez6–2, 6–0
Winner16 February 1997Grade 219th Milo Cup, ChileClayMexico Paola PalencioArgentina Melisa Arévalo Argentina Ana Laura Viglione6–3, 6–3
Runner-up23 February 1997Grade 2Argentina CupClayMexico Paola PalencioZimbabwe Cara Black Kazakhstan Irina Selyutina3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up9 March 1997Grade 117th Asuncion Bowl, ParaguayClayMexico Paola PalencioZimbabwe Cara Black Kazakhstan Irina Selyutina3–6, 3–6
Winner16 March 1997Grade 127th Banana Bowl, BrazilClayPortugal Cristina CorreiaBrazil Joana Cortez Brazil Simone Jardim6–4, 6–2
Winner25 March 1997Grade B2South America Closed Championships, BrazilClayBrazil Carla TieneBrazil Joana Cortez Brazil Simone Jardim6–4, 7–6

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