 The same year he won his place on World Snooker's Main Tour becoming the second youngest professional snooker player in the world at the time.Despite reaching the last 48 of the Welsh Open before losing to Tony Drago, the rest of Maflin's results were not strong enough to remain on Main Tour, forcing him to return to Challenge Tour.He managed to win Event 4 and was back into Main Tour for the 2003/04 season, but again couldn't hold his place.