The French 17th seed was beaten 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 by unheralded Austrian Tamira Paszek, much to the disappointment of the gang of photographers who had crowded around court number 15 in the hope of catching a flash of the scarlet hotpants Golovin was sporting under her white dress.

But she offered her growing army of fans a tantalising promise that she would be back with some more eye-catching underwear.

"We're going to play in the United States so the knickers might be another colour," the 19-year-old said. "You'll see. Of course I've got something crazy planned."

Golovin's outfit certainly raised plenty of eyebrows around the All England Club and she revealed that she had not checked whether her attire breached the strict all-white clothing code.

"I might be pushing it but I'm still within the rules," she said. "I like to do that with everything in life.

"I've not thought about what I'll do next year, but definitely I always have a little surprise."