The record-breaking win came at the five-star event in Gstaad in Switzerland as the top-seeded duo secured their place in the main draw by beating Germany’s Armin Dollinger and Jonathan Erdmann 21-16, 21-13 at the Eisbahn Areal.

Guto and Solberg have won 11 matches during the nine-day period, which started in Poreč on June 26. 

The run was headlined by their gold medal match victory in the Croatian town on Sunday (July 2), when they overcame Italy’s Daniele Lupo and Paolo Nicolai.

"It’s an incredible streak," Guto said.

"Each match is tough and we have to play our best.

"Winning the gold medal in Poreč on Sunday was the highlight of my beach volleyball career.

"I just hope we can keep it going, but it will be tough as every team is out to win, especially against the last tournament’s winners."

Guto and Solberg put themselves in a position to break the record today by defeating compatriots Vitor Felipe and George Wanderley 21-16, 14-21, 15-12 in a country quota match yesterday.

Among the other teams qualifying for the men’s main draw today were second-seeded Ryan Doherty and John Hyden of the United States and third-seeded Anders Mol and Christian Sorum of Norway.

Also through are Latvia’s Martins Plavins and Haralds Regza, Belgium’s Dries Koekelkoren and Tom van Walle, Australia’s Christopher McHugh and Damien Schumann, Italy’s Adrian Carambula and Alex Ranghieri, and Qatar’s Jefferson Santos Pereira and Cherif Younousse.

In the women’s competition, twin sisters Inna and Iryna Makhno of Ukraine qualified for a FIVB World Tour main draw for only the second time in 11 international starts together by winning two matches today.

Seeded 21st in the 24-team qualifier, the pair posted impressive victories over 12th-seeded Manon Nummerdor-Flier and Marleen Ramond-van Iersel of The Netherlands - 21-16, 21-17 - and fifth-seeded Jagoda Gruszczynska and Kinga Kolosinska of Poland - 18-21, 22-20, 20-18.

The only other time the 22-year-old Makhnos qualified for a FIVB World Tour main draw was in Turkish city Antalya in October 2015, when they eventually finished 17th.

Among the other women’s qualifiers today were top seeds Taiana Lima and Elize Maia of Brazil, second seeds Ekaterina Birlova and Nadezda Makroguzova of Russia and third-seeds Jolien Sinnema and Joy Stubbe of The Netherlands.

Also through are Canada’s Kristina May and Taylor Pischke, the US’s Kim DiCello and Emily Stockman, Brazil’s Juliana Felisberta and Carolina Horta, and Italy’s Marta Menegatti and Rebecca Perry.