Iverson Guan was originally from Beijing, China. He loved tennis back home and was inspired by Chinese player Li Na. He was a top ranked junior back in Beijing and played college tennis In 2013, 2014. Iverson led his College team and made the 3rd and 5th place in Beijing College Team Competition. 

He made the move to Winnipeg in 2015 to continue his study in the University of Manitoba’s Recreation Management and Community Development. After graduating in 2018, Iverson took his talents to the Winnipeg Winter Club where he worked as an assistant pro from 2018-19. He then became a full-time tennis coach at Taylor Tennis Club in 2019 and was named the Club Head Pro at the Tennis Manitoba Hub @ Deer Lodge in the summer of 2021 and 2022. In the Summer of 2022, he was traveling with players as a Tennis Manitoba U12 National Tour Coach and assisted in training Team Manitoba for the 2022 Canada Summer Games. Iverson is a certified Tennis Canada Tennis professional (Club Pro 1). He was also the Tournament director for Tennis Manitoba since 2018, managing all Tennis Manitoba tennis tournaments all year round.

Fun fact about Iverson: His first name is technically Xinwei, but he said Chinese names are difficult to pronounce in English, so he wanted to go by something easier — Iverson. He also has a passion for basketball and with former Philadelphia 76ers legend Allen Iverson being his all-time favourite player, he decided to adopt the name.